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Oshoala, Osimhen, Boniface headline 2023 Nigeria Pitch Award nominees

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Oshoala, Osimhen, Boniface headline 2023 Nigeria Pitch Award nominees

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

Nigeria and Bay FC forward, Asisat Oshoala alongside the current Africa Player of the Year winner, Victor Osimhen headlines the nominee for the 2023 Nigeria Pitch Award.

The organisers of the award released the nominees for the 10th award ceremony on Thursday, with Oshoala will contest with Chiamaka Nnadozie (Pairs FC) and Rasheedat Ajibade (Atletico Madrid) for the Queen of the Pitch award.

Osimhen, on the other hand, has Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen), and Emeka Obioma (Enyimba FC) to battle with for the King of the Pitch award.

Other award categories are Goalkeeper of the Year, Defender of the Year, Midfielder of the Year, Striker of the Year, Team of the Year, Coach of the Year, Sam Okwaraji award, state with the best grassroots development program, football pitch of the year, football friendly governor of the year, corporate sponsor of football award, and sportsmanship award.

In the journalist categories, awards will be presented for the Journalist of the Year in print, television, radio, and online, in which NigeriaFootball editor Samuel Ahmadu will be seeking a third win in fourth nomination.

“I would like to restate the resolve and commitment of the organizers to continue to sustain this award platform,” Shina Philips, President of Nigeria Pitch Award said.

“Within the last decade, we have remained resolute in our objective of giving Nigerian football a credible award platform which can consistently motivate and inspire healthy competition among our players, coaches, administrators, sponsors, and journalists.

“This has come at a great cost to us but the outcome we have witnessed in recent years has shown that it is indeed a worthwhile project.”

NIGERIA PITCH AWARDS NOMINEES FOR 10TH AWARD CEREMONY

GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR
Kayode Bankole (Remo Stars)
Amas Obasogie (Bendel Insurance)
Ojo Olorunleke (Enyimba FC)

DEFENDER OF THE YEAR

Calvin Bassey (Fulham FC)
Ola Aina (Nottingham Forest FC)
Bright Osayi-Samuel (Fenerbahçe SK)

MIDFIELDER OF THE YEAR
AI Hassan Yusuf (Royal Antwerp FC)
Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City FC)
Alex Iwobi (Fulham FC)

STRIKER OF THE YEAR

Robert Mizo (Bayelsa United)
Victor Osimhen (Napoli FC)
Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen)

QUEEN OF THE PITCH

Rasheedat Ajibade (Atlético de Madrid Femenino)
Chiamaka Nnadozie (Paris FC)
Asisat Oshoala (FC Barcelona Femení

KING OF THE PITCH

Victor Osimhen (Napoli FC)
Emeka Obioma (Enyimba FC)
Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen)

TEAM OF THE YEAR

Super Falcons Enyimba
Remo Stars

COACH OF THE YEAR

Daniel Ogunmodede (Remo Stars)
Finidi George (Enyimba FC)
Randy Waldrum (Super Falcons)

SAM OKWARAJI AWARD

Victor Osimhen (Napoli FC)
Ahmed Musa (Sivasspor)
Kunle Soname (Chairman, Remo Stars)

STATE WITH THE BEST GRASSROOTS FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Edo
Delta
Lagos

FOOTBALL PITCH OF THE YEAR
Mobolaji Johnson Sports Arena Onikan, Lagos State
Remo Stars Stadium Remo, Ogun State
Godswill Akpabio Int’l Stadium Uyo, Akwa Ibom State

FOOTBALL FRIENDLY GOVERNOR OF THE YEAR
His Excellency, Umo Eno Akwa Ibom State

His Excellency, Babajide Sanwo-Olu Lagos State

His Excellency, Godwin Obaseki Edo State

CORPORATE SPONSOR OF FOOTBALL AWARD

Bet9ja

Sport Betting

GTI Financial Financial Services

MTN Nigeria Telecom

SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Hon. Kunle Soname (Chairman, Remo Stars FC)
Victor Osimhen (Napoli FC)
Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye (Chairman, NPFL Board)

FOOTBALL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR – PRINT

Christian Okparah (The Guardian) Newspapers Charles Diya (New Telegraph Newspapers)
Johnny Edward (Punch Newspapers)

FOOTBALL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR – TV
Miyen Akiri (TVC)
Mozez Praiz (Supersport)
Cecilia Omorogbe (Channels TV)