Super Eagles Star Lookman Wins Atalanta Player Of Season Award

July 4, 2023

Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman has been awarded the Best Player prize for his Italian side, Atalantain the 2022/2023 season.

The former Leicester City, Fulham and RB Leipzig star scored 15 goals and recorded eight assists for Atalanta in all competitions last season.

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He led the team to a 7th placed finish in in Serie A to earn a place in the Europa League next season.

Lookman joined Atalanta from RB Leipzig in the summer for a reported fee of €15 million.

He made his Super Eagles debut against Ghana in March 2022.

The 25-year-old has scored one goal in seven appearances for Nigeria.

He was part of the Super Eagles squad which qualified for the 2023 Africa Nations Cup after beating Sierra Leone 3-2 in June.

Lookman had an outstanding debut campaign with Atalanta.

The 25-year-old attacker just joined the club last summer from RB Leipzig for €9.2million, and he repaid every penny spent on him.

Izuchukwu Okosi

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.

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