Steven Gerrard has been voted the Football Association's England player of the year for the second time.
The Liverpool midfielder received the award from Sir Bobby Charlton at the FA England awards ceremony at St George's Park on Sunday evening.
Gerrard, who had previously won the award in 2007, finished ahead of the Manchester United striker Danny Welbeck, with the Chelsea defender Ashley Cole third. Gerrard joins Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney in lifting the award twice.
The 32-year-old was one of England's best performers at Euro 2012 and the award completes a memorable period for Gerrard, who was handed the England captaincy by Roy Hodgson ahead of the finals in Ukraine and Poland.
More than 180,000 votes were cast by supporters on TheFA.com website, a record for the player poll since David Beckham was crowned the winner in 2003.
The left-back Stephanie Houghton was voted as England women's player of the year.
Houghton was a star performer for Team GB during the Olympic Games and scored the winner against Brazil at Wembley.
Other notable award winners included the women's senior team, who were voted Club England team of the year.
The men's Under-21 and women's Under-23 player of the year awards went to the Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson and Everton's Toni Duggan respectively.
The evening was part of the FA's 150th anniversary programme and celebrated the work of the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK.
The full list of award winners is
Men's youth player of the year – Nathaniel Chalobah
Women's youth player of the year – Alex Greenwood
Women's Under-23 player of the year – Toni Duggan
Disability player of the year – Imbrahima Diallo
England 'C' player of the year – Jamie Turley
Club England team of the year – England Women's Team
Men's Under-21 player of the year – Jordan Henderson
Lifetime achievement award – David Clarke, England and Team GB Blind Team
Senior women's player of the year – Stephanie Houghton
Senior men's player of the year – Steven Gerrard
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