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SPFA Young Player of the Year

The Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year is named at the end of every Scottish football season. The members of the Professional Footballers' Association vote on which of its young members played the best football in the previous year. The award was first given in 1978.

List of winners

Year	Player	Club
1978	Graeme Payne	Dundee United
1979	Ray Stewart	Dundee United
1980	John MacDonald	Rangers
1981	Charlie Nicholas	Celtic
1982	Frank McAvennie	St Mirren
1983	Paul McStay	Celtic
1984	John Robertson	Hearts
1985	Craig Levein	Hearts
1986	Craig Levein	Hearts
1987	Robert Fleck	Rangers
1988	John Collins	Hibernian
1989	Billy McKinlay	Dundee United
1990	Scott Crabbe	Hearts
1991	Eoin Jess	Aberdeen
1992	Phil O'Donnell	Motherwell
1993	Eoin Jess	Aberdeen
1994	Phil O'Donnell	Motherwell
1995	Charlie Miller	Rangers
1996	Jackie McNamara	Celtic
1997	Robbie Winters	Dundee United
1998	Gary Naysmith	Hearts
1999	Barry Ferguson	Rangers
2000	Kenny Miller	Hibernian
2001	Stiliyan Petrov	Celtic
2002	Kevin McNaughton	Aberdeen
2003	James McFadden	Motherwell
2004	Stephen Pearson	Celtic
2005	Derek Riordan	Hibernian
2006	Shaun Maloney	Celtic
2007	Steven Naismith	Kilmarnock
2008	Aiden McGeady	Celtic

Breakdown of winners

Winners by club

Club	Number of wins	Last Winner
Celtic	7	Aiden McGeady (2008)
Hearts	5	Gary Naysmith (1998)
Dundee United	4	Robbie Winters (1997)
Rangers	4	Barry Ferguson (1999)
Aberdeen	3	Kevin McNaughton (2002)
Hibernian	3	Derek Riordan (2005)
Motherwell	3	James McFadden (2003)
Kilmarnock	1	Steven Naismith (2007)
St Mirren	1	Frank McAvennie (1982)

Winners by country

Nationality	Number of wins	Winning seasons
Scotland	29	1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07
Republic of Ireland	1	2007–08
Bulgaria	1	2000–01