Alessia Russo and fellow England Lionesses star Keira Walsh pick up prizes at Women’s Football Awards

Manchester United ahead Alessia Russo was named Participant of the 12 months on the inaugural Ladies’s Soccer Awards, along with her fellow England star Keira Walsh named Worldwide Participant of the 12 months.

Russo and Walsh had been key figures in England profitable Euro 2022, with the previous scoring 4 objectives and the latter being named within the workforce of the event.

These exploits enabled Russo to beat off competitors from the likes of Beth Mead, Sam Kerr and Chloe Kelly to the Participant of the 12 months award.

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Walsh, who joined Barcelona in 2022, beat off competitors from her fellow Camp Nou star Alexia Putellas, Alex Morgan and Wendie Renard to be named Worldwide Participant of the 12 months.

The Younger Participant of the 12 months award was shared, with Liverpool’s Missy Bo-Kearns and Chelsea star Lauren James unable to be separated.

Manchester United want Chelsea to slide up within the remaining sport of the Ladies’s Tremendous League season to win the title, however Marc Skinner’s workforce have been rewarded for his or her fantastic marketing campaign by being named Membership of the 12 months.

England captain Harry Kane was recognised for the help he has given to the ladies’s sport by being named Soccer Ally of the 12 months – with West Ham star Declan Rice additionally recognised for his efforts in selling the ladies’s sport.

Arsenal legend and former England worldwide Ian Wright was named Ladies’s Soccer Champion of the 12 months.

Former England worldwide Karen Carney, who now works as a commentator and broadcaster, was handed a lifetime achievement award.

Eni Aluko, the previous England worldwide, hosted the occasion alongside Jamie Carragher and he or she paid tribute to the winners.

“Tonight was a spotlight of my profession,” Aluko stated. “This was a primary for ladies’s soccer and a landmark second for the sport.

“I’m so proud to be a part of this occasion. For the primary time, girls’s soccer has received the popularity it deserved. It’s much more particular as a result of the general public nominated and voted for these awards.

“To see so many wonderful footballers, folks, organisations and types recognised for advancing and enhancing the sport we love was phenomenal.

“From celebrity gamers to the grassroots organisations selling the sport in their very own time, we’ve got seen the perfect of the perfect being recognised tonight and it has been a dream come true to be a part of it alongside Jamie Carragher and the Ladies’s Soccer Awards workforce.”