Sam Kerr has taken out third place in the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2018 award with Olympique Lyonnais and England defender Lucy Bronze has been crowned the winner.
"It's really special," Bronze told BBC.
"I'm still a bit surprised, I didn't know why everyone was clapping at first.
"I was very grateful to even be nominated.
"The people who've been nominated alongside me are really great players and had really great years," she said.
Congratulations @LucyBronze! 🏆🏴
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) May 22, 2018
BC Women's Footballer of the Year winner 2018.https://t.co/hRvKxo8dMC#BBCWFOTY2018 pic.twitter.com/2sM0LYRtfm
Thousands of fans cast their votes as the 26-year-old Bronze beat Netherlands forward and FIFA Women's Player of the Year 2017, Lieke Martens who came second.
The other two nominees on the five-player shortlist included Denmark's Pernille Harder and Germany's Dzsenifer Marozsan.
Bronze scored for Manchester City as they beat Birmingham City 4-1 to win the Women's FA Cup for the first time in May 2017 before her move to French giants Olympique Lyonnais saw her score the lone goal in the Champions League semi-final against her former club to put Olympique into the Final.
"I don't think I'm the most technical player, probably not the most tactical, smartest, but I'm probably one of the ones who works hardest to get where I am & to have done what I've done" @LucyBronze, BBC Women's Footballer of the Year!👉 https://t.co/IwB8I3Urc1 #BBCWFOTY2018 pic.twitter.com/7SOxdrel0u
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) May 22, 2018
Martens helped her country win Euro 2017 on home soil, while Kerr is the all-time leading scorer in the NWSL with 43 goals.
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