Izuchukwu OkosiSuper Eagles midfielder Alex Iwobi on Thursday was nominated for the prestigious Premier League Player of the Month of September award alongside five other outstanding players in the month under review.
Iwobi’s nomination followed his exceptional performances for his club, Everton which saw them record their first win in the league following their 1-0 win over West Ham United on Sunday.
The former Arsenal forward assisted Neal Maupay’s goal in the Toffees’ 1-0 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The other stars in the running for the award include Manchester City’s Kelvin De Brunye, Philip Billing of Bournemouth, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg of Tottenham, Jacob Ramsey of Aston Villa and Marcus Rashford of Manchester United for the award.
August winner of the Award, Erling Haaland missed out in the nomination.
Alex Iwobi has started all Everton’s seven league matches in the season and his impressive show have seen Everton move to 13 on the table after 2 defeats, 4 draws and one win in seven matches.
For the Coaches prize, Manchester United’s Eric ten Hag will contend with Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte and Bournemouth’s manager Gary O’Neil.
Mikel Arteta of Arsenal won the award for Coach of the Month in August having led the Gunners to five wins out of six games as table toppers.
The winners of the prizes will be announced next week ahead of the commencement of league action following the international break.
Other Nigeria players to have scooped the prize previously include Peter Osaze Odemwingie, Austin Jay Jay Okocha and Yakubu Aiyegbeni.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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