NIGERIAN PLAYERS NOMINATED FOR 2021 AWARDS......
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NIGERIAN PLAYERS NOMINATED FOR 2021 AWARDS......
Osimhen tops nomination list for Nigeria Pitch Awards
The 23-year old has been nominated in three categories
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ByTunde Eludini January 6, 2022 2 min read
Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has emerged as the player with the most nominations for the 2021 Nigeria Pitch Awards.
The Napoli striker, who will miss the action at the African Cup of Nations starting this weekend in Cameroon, will be competing for honours in three categories.
Victor Osiumhen-- Favorite
The 23-year-old was nominated in the Striker of the Year category alongside Kelechi Iheanacho and Paul Onuachu– who contributed a great deal to his club’s triumph in the Belgian Cup for the 2020–21 campaign.
Osimhen for his philanthropic gestures is also nominated for the Sam Okwaraji Award alongside Asisat Oshoala and NFF First Vice President Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi.
NFF VP: Seyi Akinwunmi (Nominated)
The last nomination for Osimhen is in the King of Pitch category where he would be battling the duo of Wilfred Ndidi and the Onuachu again for the top diadem.
In some of the other categories, reigning African Women’s Player of the Year Asisat Oshoala will slug it out with Gift Monday and Uchenna Kalu for the Queen of the Pitch award.
Asisat Oshoala - Nominated
A photo finish is expected in the Goalkeeper of the Year category where all three Super Eagles shot stoppers; Francis Uzoho, Maduka Okoye and Daniel Akpeyi have all been nominated.
Speaking on the 2021 awards, President, Nigeria Pitch Awards, Shina Philips, explained that the journey to the eighth edition of the awards “is the story of the determination of all stakeholders to create and sustain a reward platform for our footballers, administrators and football lovers and supporters.”
“In continuing with this vision to offer more to improve sports in Nigeria, we are pleased to announce an annual symposium on sports.
“The symposium, which will precede the annual Award Ceremony, will attract local and international speakers. Our vision is to make the gathering a unique opportunity to renew and re-focus national attention on sports in Nigeria and open up avenues for administrators to harness the opportunities sports provide. We will outline more details of this project in the coming months,” he stated.
The Nigeria Pitch Award which is the country’s longest-running football award and it is fully endorsed by the Nigeria Football Federation.
Olisa Ndah -- Nominated
Nigeria Pitch Awards Nominees
Goalkeeper of the Year: Francis Uzoho, Maduka Okoye, Daniel Akpeyi
Defender of the Year: William Troost Ekong, Olisa Ndah, Leon Balogun
Midfielder of the Year: Frank Onyeka, Joe Aribo, Wilfred Ndidi
Striker of the Year: Kelechi Iheanacho, Victor Osimhen, Paul Onuachu
Queen of the Pitch: Gift Monday, Asisat Oshoala, Uchenna Kalu
King of the Pitch: Wilfred Ndidi, Paul Onuachu, Victor Osimhen
Team of the Year: Bayelsa United, Rivers United, Akwa United
Coach of the Year: Diepreye Teibowei, Edwin Okon, Kennedy Boboye
Sam Okwaraji Award: Victor Osimhen, Barr. Seyi Akinwunmi, Asisat Oshoala
State with best grassroots football development: Delta, Edo, Lagos
Football Friendly Governor: Nyesom Wike, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa
Corporate Sponsor of Football Award: Aiteo Group, Air Peace, Aiteo Group
The difficulties of statistical thinking describes a puzzling limitation of our mind: our excessive confidence in what we believe we know, and our apparent inability to acknowledge the full extent of our ignorance and the uncertainty of the world we live in. We are prone to overestimate how much we understand about the world and to underestimate the role of chance in events -- Daniel Kahneman (2011), Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics
Re: NIGERIAN PLAYERS NOMINATED FOR 2021 AWARDS......
...wow surprised they did not name/nominate epl team and epl coach.Enugu II wrote: ↑Fri Jan 07, 2022 4:32 am
Nigeria Pitch Awards Nominees
Goalkeeper of the Year: Francis Uzoho, Maduka Okoye, Daniel Akpeyi
Defender of the Year: William Troost Ekong, Olisa Ndah, Leon Balogun
Midfielder of the Year: Frank Onyeka, Joe Aribo, Wilfred Ndidi
Striker of the Year: Kelechi Iheanacho, Victor Osimhen, Paul Onuachu
Queen of the Pitch: Gift Monday, Asisat Oshoala, Uchenna Kalu
King of the Pitch: Wilfred Ndidi, Paul Onuachu, Victor Osimhen
Team of the Year: Bayelsa United, Rivers United, Akwa United
Coach of the Year: Diepreye Teibowei, Edwin Okon, Kennedy Boboye
Sam Okwaraji Award: Victor Osimhen, Barr. Seyi Akinwunmi, Asisat Oshoala
State with best grassroots football development: Delta, Edo, Lagos
Football Friendly Governor: Nyesom Wike, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa
Corporate Sponsor of Football Award: Aiteo Group, Air Peace, Aiteo Group
Like African awards, only foreign players.
Here for Nigeria award no local league player is recognized.
Are we cursed or what?
Re: NIGERIAN PLAYERS NOMINATED FOR 2021 AWARDS......
Mcal
Na so I see am oooo. Good point. The one that took the cake is Joel Matip rece I ng an African award from CAF last year and the year that Kuffour won or placed second in AFOY. Neither of those two played a minute in an African shirt (club or country) in the said years!
Na so I see am oooo. Good point. The one that took the cake is Joel Matip rece I ng an African award from CAF last year and the year that Kuffour won or placed second in AFOY. Neither of those two played a minute in an African shirt (club or country) in the said years!
The difficulties of statistical thinking describes a puzzling limitation of our mind: our excessive confidence in what we believe we know, and our apparent inability to acknowledge the full extent of our ignorance and the uncertainty of the world we live in. We are prone to overestimate how much we understand about the world and to underestimate the role of chance in events -- Daniel Kahneman (2011), Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics
Re: NIGERIAN PLAYERS NOMINATED FOR 2021 AWARDS......
...e go be long for us to come correct, and fix our football.Enugu II wrote: ↑Fri Jan 07, 2022 1:46 pm Mcal
Na so I see am oooo. Good point. The one that took the cake is Joel Matip rece I ng an African award from CAF last year and the year that Kuffour won or placed second in AFOY. Neither of those two played a minute in an African shirt (club or country) in the said years!