Kelechi Iheanacho has been named the EA SPORTS Player of the Month for March 2021.
The forward scored five goals in March to become the fourth
Nigerian player to win the award, after Jay Jay Okocha, Peter Odemwingie and
Odion Ighalo.
Iheanacho is also the first Leicester City player to claim the prize since Jamie Vardy in October 2019.
"I’m so pleased and honoured to win this award," he told
Leicester's official website.
"I’m really enjoying playing at the minute and hopefully
I can push on and help the team to finish as high as possible this
season."
Iheanacho began March by scoring only his second goal of the PL season with a volley in a 1-1 draw at Burnley that was nominated for the Budweiser Goal of the Month award.
Three days later he struck the equaliser as Leicester came
from behind to win 2-1 at Brighton & Hove Albion, and he then scored his
first PL hat-trick in the 5-0 victory over Sheffield United.
Iheanacho topped an eight-man shortlist that also included
Andreas Christensen, Harry Kane, Jesse Lingard, Riyad Mahrez, Illan Meslier,
Luke Shaw and Leandro Trossard.
2020/21 EA SPORTS award winners
September: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (EVE)
October: Son Heung-min (TOT)
November: Bruno Fernandes (MUN)
December: Bruno Fernandes (MUN)
January: Ilkay Gundogan (MCI)
February: Ilkay Gundogan (MCI)
March: Kelechi Iheanacho (LEI)
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