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Iheanacho wins Leicester City’s ‘Player of the Season’ award

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2 years ago

June 2, 2023

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Kelechi Iheanacho has been named Leicester City’s best player of the 2022/23 season.

The Nigerian International scored eight goals for the Foxes in all competitions over the course of the past season.

Leicester disclosed this on their official website.

Iheanacho scored the decisive goals in wins over Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

It’s the first time he will be winning the award.

Leicester City were relegated from the Premier League following a dismal campaign.

He bagged an assist in the club’s 2-1 win against West Ham United last weekend.

Similarly, Manchester City star, Erling Haaland recently won the Premier League ‘Player of the Season’ award after a record-breaking debut campaign.

The Premier League made the announcement on Saturday morning, May 27, 2023 via its official Twitter account.

“It had to be him! @ErlingHaaland is your @EASPORTSFIFA Player of the Season,” the tweet read.

Haaland is also the top scorer in the Premier League with 36 goals in 35 games this season, breaking the previous record of 34 in a single Premier League campaign shared by Andy Cole and Alan Shearer that had stood for nearly three decades.

The Norwegian was voted Player of the Season by the public, the captains of the 20 Premier League clubs and a panel of soccer experts.

City players have now won the award for four seasons running, with Kevin De Bruyne taking the honour in 2019-20 and 2021-22 and Ruben Dias in 2020-21.

Haaland saw off competition from De Bruyne, Arsenal duo Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard, Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford, Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane and Newcastle United defender Kieran Trippier.

He was also named the Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year after claiming a record 82% of the votes.