Arsenal striker Bukayo Saka has been voted England’s Player of the Year for the second year running, the English Football Association (FA) announced today.
Saka, 22, was voted by fans as the most outstanding footballer of the 2022-23 season, ahead of midfielder Jude Bellingham, signed this summer by Real Madrid from Borussia Dortmund, and striker Harry Kane, who in August went from Tottenham to Bayern Munich, finishing in second and third place, respectively.
Saka, who made his England debut in October 2020, he has scored seven goals in 10 games over the past 12 months for England, including three goals at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The Arsenal forward was selected MVP of the match in the victory over Iran (6-2) in which England debuted in the aforementioned World Cup, as well as in the victories over Ukraine and North Macedonia in the qualifying phase for Euro 2024. in last game, played at Old Trafford, he achieved the first ‘hat trick’ of his career.
England’s surprise gift of concentration
Saka who was surprised by the news at St George’s Park, the training center of the English team, on his 22nd birthday, he was named PFA (Professional Footballers’ Association) Young Player of the Season and included in the PFA’s own Premier League Team of the Year.
The England Women’s Player of the Year 2022-23 will be announced at the end of September, the FA reported.
Source: La Verdad
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