Super Eagles and Atalanta forward , Ademola Lookman had been crowned Africa ln Footballer of the Year Award at the Confederation of African Football’s awards presentation on Monday.
Lookman beat South Africa’s Ronwen Williams, Guinea’s Serhou Guirassy, Ivory Coast’s Simon Adingra, and Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi to be crowned winner.
The forward took over the crown from Victor Osimhen who won the award last year and became the ninth Nigerian to receive the honour.
The other past Nigerian champions are Rashidi Yekini, Emmanuel Amunike, Victor Ikpeba, and Nwankwo Kanu (twice).
A panel comprising captains and coaches of the national teams votes for the award; however, no information regarding the voting results was immediately made available.
The 27-year-old helped Nigeria get to the Africa Cup of Nations final in Ivory Coast earlier this year and scored a hat-trick to assist his Italian team, Atalanta, defeat Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League final in Dublin in May.
At the AFCON tournament, he scored three goals. Lookman, who was born in London and has played for Everton, Fulham, and Leicester City in the English Premier League, scored 17 goals for Atalanta last season and has already scored 11 this year.
