Liverpool announced on its official website on Friday that the team's Egypt international right-winger Mohamed Salah was named the Football Writers' Association (FWA) Footballer of the Year for the 2024/25 season.

According to Liverpool's official statement, a total of 918 journalists from all over the UK participated in the vote, and Salah received 90% of the votes, making him the player with the highest votes this century.

His teammate Virgil van Dijk, Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak and Arsenal defensive midfielder Declan Rice won the second, third and fourth places respectively.

Salah will be invited to the Football Writers' Association (FWA) dinner this month to personally receive the award and give a speech.

Regarding Salah's selection, John Cross, chairman of the Football Writers' Association (FWA), said: "Rarely has there been few winners more popular than Mohamed. His overwhelming victory just reflects his brilliant season.

"He keeps breaking records, and his performance this season is obviously the key to Liverpool's 20th title. ”

“I have been honoured to watch him play this season and to invite him to our dinner to celebrate his success.”

It is worth mentioning that this will be the third time Salah has been named after 2018 and 2022, which also makes him tied with former Arsenal and France legendary international striker Thierry Henry as the player who has won the FWA Footballer of the Year the most times in the history.

He also broke the record of club legends John Barnes and Sir Kenny Dalglish, who were selected twice each, to become the player who have been named the FWA Footballer of the Year the most times in Liverpool's club history.

About Mohamed Salah

The 32-year-old Salah, nicknamed "The Pharaoh" or "Egyptian King", was born on June 15, 1992 in Nagrig, Basyoun, Western Province, Egypt. He is 1.75 meters tall and primarily plays as a right winger, but can also play as a center forward.

When Salah was young, he played for the youth academies of Ittihad-Basyoun and Othmason Tanta. At the age of 14, he was spotted by a scout and joined the Al-Mokawloon youth academy and completed he made his Al-Mokawloon first-team debut by coming on as a substitute in an Egyptian Premier League match.

In April 2012, Salah joined Basel.

During his time with Basel, Salah won the Swiss Super League twice with the club and was pursued fiercely by Chelsea after scoring and playing tricks against his opponent in a UEFA Champions League match against Chelsea.

In January 2014, Chelsea joined Chelsea for £11 million.

It is worth mentioning that Liverpool had actually already wanted to sign Salah at that time, but missed the opportunity because they made an offer too late.

During his time with the Blues, Salah rarely got chances to play due to fierce competition for positions.

On the winter transfer window deadline day of the following year, Salah was loaned-out to Fiorentina.

In August 2015, Salah joined Roma on-loan with an option-to-buy, and his ownership was officially bought out the following summer.

During the two-year spell with I Giallorossi, Salah attracted the attention of many European giants with his extremely high goalscoring and assists efficiency.

In July 2017, Salah finally joined Liverpool for £43 million, becoming the most expensive player in Egyptian football history.

During this spell, the "Terrifying Front-Three" partnership which he had formed with his former teammates Sadio Mané and Roberto Firmino was one of the most efficient forward partnerships in European football history.

At the same time, Salah is also the most goalscoring efficient striker in Liverpool's modern history since Fernando Torres and Luis Suárez.

This season, Salah has been in great form, breaking records one after another. So far, he has played 49 times for the Reds in all competitions, scoring 33 goals and providing 23 assists.

In the Premier League alone, he has scored 28 goals and provided 18 assists, making him very likely to win the Golden Boot and Playmaker award this season.

Since becoming a member of the Reds, Salah has played 398 times for Liverpool across all competitions so far, scoring 244 goals and providing 114 assists. During which, he has won the Carabao Cup twice, the English Community Shield once, the English FA Cup once, the Premier League twice, the UEFA Champions League once, the UEFA Super Cup once, and the FIFA Club World Cup once with the club. He has continuously broken hundreds of goals and assists records in the Premier League, the Champions League and Liverpool's club history.

At the same time, he is also the third Liverpool's third all-time goalscorer in the club's history.