{"id":3171,"date":"2023-08-30T08:10:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T07:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/08\/30\/read_news-phpnid48637\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T08:10:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T07:10:16","slug":"read_news-phpnid48637","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/08\/30\/read_news-phpnid48637\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Middlesbrough striker Akpom beats Tella, 4 others to win PFA Championship POTY:: All Nigeria Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsbody\">\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allnigeriasoccer.com\/..\/football_pics\/83288Akpom.png\" height=\"240\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" alt=\"Former Middlesbrough striker Akpom beats Tella, 4 others to win PFA Championship POTY\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian striker\u00a0Chuba Akpom has been named as the PFA Championship Player of the Year for the 2022-2023 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThe new Ajax Amsterdam player won the award on Monday evening after seeing off competition from ex-Burnley player\u00a0Nathan Tella,\u00a0ex-Coventry City striker Viktor Gyokeres, Carlton Morris (Luton Town),\u00a0Josh Brownhill (Burnley) and former Sheffield United star Iliman Ndiaye.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Arsenal youth product starred for Middlesbrough in the Championship last season and led the club to the English second-tier playoffs where they were beaten by Coventry City in the semifinals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThe 27-year-old bagged 28 goals for Boro which was the most by any player in the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nHe adds the PFA award to his cabinet of honours from last season as he also bagged Middlesbrough&#8217;s Player of the Year and Player&#8217;s Player of the Year, and EFL Championship Player Of the Year in the last campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAkpom was also named in the PFA Championship Team of the season alongside Nathan Tella and nine others.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThe performance of Akpom has earned him a move to Eredivisie giants Ajax\u00a0Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embeddedContent oembed-provider- oembed-provider-twitter\" data-align=\"none\" data-oembed=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PFA\/status\/1696609258136088939\" data-oembed_provider=\"twitter\" data-resizetype=\"noresize\" data-title=\"m\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">PFA Championship Players\u2019 Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cakpom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">@cakpom<\/a> \ud83d\udc4f<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PFAawards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">#PFAawards<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PFA50?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">#PFA50<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WulEhQ8Esg\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/WulEhQ8Esg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 Professional Footballers\u2019 Association (@PFA) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PFA\/status\/1696609258136088939?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">August 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Abdulkareem Abdulhamid<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright ANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All rights reserved. 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