After being pipped by Virgil van Dijk to the PFA Player of the Year award, Raheem Sterling has taken the Football Writers' version of the honour.
The England international topped the poll of the 400-strong FWA members with 62 per cent, which was 100 more votes than Liverpool defender Virgil Van Dijk.
Sterling's City team-mate Sergio Aguero was in third place.
Manchester City's England forward Nikita Parris was named the FWA Women's Footballer of the Year, winning the vote by the narrowest of margins from Arsenal and Holland striker Vivianne Miedema.
Other players to receive votes from FWA members were Harry Kane (Tottenham), Eden Hazard (Chelsea), Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), Bernardo Silva and David Silva (both Manchester City).
On Sunday evening, Sterling, 24, was announced as the 2018-19 Professional Footballers' Association Young Player of the Year.
As well as being a key man in Pep Guardiola's side as they battle with Liverpool for the Premier League title, Sterling has also received praised for the strong stance he has taken against racism in the game, having himself been subjected to abuse.
Sterling has scored 29 goals for club and country, including a hat-trick for England in the opening Euro 2020 qualifier against the Czech Republic at Wembley, while also helping Gareth Southgate's side reach this summer's Nations League Finals.
It was Sterling who converted the decisive spot-kick as City beat Chelsea on penalties to win the Carabao Cup final in February - and he could also yet end up with an FA Cup winners' medal.
Sterling will be presented with the Footballer of the Year trophy, which has been awarded since 1948, at the Landmark Hotel in London on May 9, when Parris will also collect her accolade.
