Newly crowned ‘Footballer of the Year’ David Clifford says recognition from his fellow players is the most satisfying aspect in earning such awards.

Clifford picked up the individual gong along with his fourth All-Star as last night’s gala ceremony at the Dublin Convention centre.

It comes after the Fossa man earned his first All-Ireland SFC medal back in July and, speaking to RTE Sport, the 23-year-old says the recognition from his peers made it even more special.

"It's very satisfying. I suppose the All-Ireland is the big prize you set out to win at the start of the year," he said.

"But when you get nominated for something like the Footballer of the Year, it's nice to go on and win it.

"It's nice to get the recognition from your fellow players too, which adds an awful lot to it."

Looking towards next season with the Kingdom, Clifford added: "There's a good age-profile there. There's a lot of us in our early twenties so we're very hungry to go on and try to improve. There's still things we definitely feel like we can improve on for next year so we're really looking forward to getting going and working on those things."

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