OCEANIAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR
This award is chosen by journalists, originating in 1988 and can be given to any player originating from the Oceania region. This includes two players who have chosen to play for France, Christian Karembeu who came from New Caledonia and Marama Vahirua who came from Tahiti. The results in 2002 are:
| RANK | NAME | NATIONALITY |
VOTES |
| 1 | Brett Emerton | Australia | 63 |
| 2 | Harry Kewell | Australia | 46 |
| 3 | Mark Schwarzer | Australia | 39 |
| 4 | Simon Elliott | New Zealand | 34 |
Harry Kewell again polled well but this time it was Brett Emerton who won the award. Emerton's good form in Holland for Feyenoord had led to frequent rumours of a move to England. Previous winners of the award are:
| YEAR | NAME | NATIONALITY |
| 1988 | Frank Farina | Australia |
| 1989 | Wynton Rufer | New Zealand |
| 1990 | Wynton Rufer | New Zealand |
| 1991 | Robbie Slater | Australia |
| 1992 | Wynton Rufer | New Zealand |
| 1993 | Robbie Slater | Australia |
| 1994 | Aurelio Vidmar | Australia |
| 1995 | Christian Karembeu | France |
| 1996 | Paul Okon | Australia |
| 1997 | Mark Bosnich | Australia |
| 1998 | Christian Karembeu | France |
| 1999 | Harry Kewell | Australia |
| 2000 | Mark Viduka | Australia |
| 2001 | Harry Kewell | Australia |
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