Schwarzer FFA's best

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Socceroos superstar Mark Schwarzer has been crowned the 2010 Footballer of the Year at the second annual Australian Football Awards hosted by FFA in Sydney.

It was a big night for the Fulham custodian who also claimed Professional Footballers Association (PFA) Player of the Year honours.

"It's overwhelming, I didn't expect it at all," the 38-year-old said of his double.

"Last year was a surprise (to win Footballer of the Year), it's an amazing honour to receive such an award and to back it up and get another two awards this year again, I don't know what to say."

Schwarzer received 392 votes from his fellow professionals, just seven clear of last year's winner Tim Cahill, with AZ Alkmaar attacking midfielder Brett Holman finishing third with 196 votes.

"The PFA award, voted by your peers, is a phenomenal award to receive and I feel very honoured to receive it and very grateful and thankful to my peers," he said.

"I pride myself on being able to stay at the highest level as long as I have and I'd like to continue it, and I think it's something that I'll look back at even more so in the future and admire from afar the longevity of it all."

It wasn't all bad news for Cahill, with the Everton star voted Australia's most outstanding international player for 2009-10 by the Football Media Association (FMA) of Australia.

Cahill, who played in 10 of the Socceroos' 15 games in the period of the award, scored seven times in the green and gold.

He also played 43 matches scoring 17 goals for The Toffees, in 2009-10.

"I suppose it's a bit of a surprise but the good thing is it's nice to be recognised form the media and (for them) to appreciate you because to win over the media sometimes is very hard," the Everton star said of the award.

"My biggest goal is to work with these guys to help the game and there's no one better that likes constructive criticism like myself when I play bad."

"I'm very proud and it means a lot because sometimes for players you think things go unnoticed and you try your hardest to convince people that you're trying to do the right (thing) for the game."

Rising Socceroos and FC Utrecht star Tommy Oar, who made his senior international debut against Indonesia in March, was named U20 Footballer of the Year.

It was a good night for goalkeepers with former Melbourne Victory goalkeeper Mitch Langerak, now with German giant Borussia Dortmund, winning the PFA Harry Kewell Medal for the best young player ahead of Adelaide United's Matthew Leckie and Oar.

Meanwhile, Brisbane Roar's Clare Polkinghorne secured the 2010 Women's Footballer of the Year title, while Perth Glory's Sam Kerr claimed the U20's award.

The inaugural PFA Women's Footballer of the Year went to Servet Uzunlar, a star defender for the Matildas in their Asian Cup triumph, who received 39 votes from her Matildas team-mates.

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