Kerr was one of five players shortlisted by the global panel of judges and went up against Aitana Bonmati, Mary Earps, Alexandra Popp and Fridolina Rolfo for the award, with Bonmati taking second place and Earpsclaiming the ninth edition of the coveted prize.

Having finished runner-up for the award in 2022, Kerr was among the contenders for the second year in a row. The 30-year-old played a leading role in helping us towards a fourth consecutive Women’s Super League title and third successive FA Cup triumph last time out.

It was another remarkable season for Kerr who netted 29 goals in 38 appearances for the Blues on our way to the Double in 2022/23. She reached a personal milestone with her 100th appearance for the club during our FA Cup fifth round victory over Arsenal at Kingsmeadow in February.

Individual plaudits saw Kerr scoop the club’s Player and Players’ Player of the Season awards, the FA WSL Player of the Year at the London Football Awards for the second time, and she became the first player to win the Football Writers’ Association Women’s Footballer of the Year prize twice in a row.

She has scored seven goals in eight appearances this season, including a hat-trick against Paris FC in the UEFA Women’s Champions League, where she holds the record for the most goals scored in the group stage of the competition.

It was an eventful summer for Kerr and Australia at the Women’s World Cup on home soil. An injury saw the Matildas skipper miss the entirety of the group phase, but she returned in the round of 16 to help her country to the semi-finals for the very first time.

Kerr’s strike for the hosts in their semi-final defeat to England, an unstoppable long-range effort after a driving run at the Lionesses defence, was also nominated for the 2023 FIFA Puskas Award with the winner of this award to be announced in due course.