Sam Kerr’s magnificent European season, capped back home by her striking late contribution to Australia’s World Cup push, has been rewarded with her being named runner-up behind Spain’s Aitana Bonmati in Uefa’s player of the year awards.
While Manchester City striker Erling Haaland was voted men’s player of the year and his team’s manager, Pep Guardiola, coach of the year by European football’s ruling body, Kerr finished second between two Spanish Women’s World Cup winners, Bonmati and third-placed Olga Carmona.
Thursday’s acknowledgement was a reward for another exceptional campaign for the Chelsea striker Kerr, whose goals helped the Blues lift the women’s FA Cup and Super League “double” i…