Nico O’Reilly wins Manchester City and Premier League 2025-26 end-of-season awards

Nico O’Reilly wins Manchester City and Premier League 2025-26 end-of-season awards Nico O’Reilly has won the 2025-26 Premier League Young Player of the Season award The 21-year-old made 34 PL appearances this term, scoring five goals & providing three assists O’Reilly saw off competition from Rayan Cherki & Bournemouth duo Junior Kroupi and Alex Scott Nico O’Reilly has won the 2025-26 Premier League Young Player of the Season and Manchester City Player of the Season awards. The versatile 21-year-old has been a revelation this year, playing in multiple roles in an FA Cup and Carabao Cup double winning season to establish himself as one of England’s most exciting young talents. Only Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland have played more Premier League games for City this term than O’Reilly with 33 appearances – a remarkable statistic for a player who made just nine top-flight starts in the previous season.

Nico O’Reilly wins Premier League Academy Graduate of the Year after breakout Man City season O’Reilly’s season in numbers O’Reilly’s Premier League statistics for the 2025-26 season make for impressive reading for a player operating predominantly at left-back. He played 34 of Manchester City ‘s 37 Premier League games, scoring five times and providing three assists across 2,649 minutes of football. Beyond the league, his contribution across all competitions has been equally significant.

He scored twice in the Carabao Cup final win over Arsenal at Wembley – the defining moment of his season and the performance that announced him to a wider audience. He also found in the FA Cup final run and contributed in the UEFA Champions League , finishing the campaign with nine goal involvements in all competitions from defence. O’Reilly twice won City’s Etihad Player of the Month award, claiming the fan vote in February and April.

How O’Reilly went from academy prospect to first-team stalwart He joined City’s academy at the age of eight and worked his way through every age group before breaking into the senior setup. He captained City’s U18s to league glory in 2023 and after impressing in the EDS ranks, the Englishman made his breakthrough into the senior side last season. This season, however, has been on an entirely different level.