Ademola Lookman has been named African Footballer of the Year for the very first time after a stellar year with Atalanta in Serie A. (More Football News)
Lookman beat the likes of the Ivory Coast's Simon Adingra, Guinea's Serhou Guirassy, and Morocco's Achraf Hakimi to scoop the accolade in Marrakesh.
He also became the seventh바카라 웹사이트Nigerian to win the award after바카라 웹사이트Nwankwo Kanu (two),바카라 웹사이트Victor Ikpeba,바카라 웹사이트Rashidi Yekini,바카라 웹사이트Emmanuel Amunike and바카라 웹사이트Victor Osimhen.바카라 웹사이트
Lookman enjoyed an incredible second season under Gian Piero Gasperini, registering 27 goal involvements (17 goals, 10 assists) in 45 appearances in all competitions.바카라 웹사이트
Three of those goals came in the Europa League final, with his first career hat-trick earning Atalanta a 3-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen as they lifted their first European title.바카라 웹사이트
He also became only the second player to score a treble in the final of a major European competition for an Italian side, after Pierino Prati for바카라 웹사이트Milan against Ajax in 1969.바카라 웹사이트
And Lookman has continued his fine form into this campaign as Atalanta sit at the summit of the Serie A standings.바카라 웹사이트
This season, only Atalanta team-mate Mateo Retegui (15) and Marcus Thuram (14) have been involved in more goals in Serie A than Lookman (12).바카라 웹사이트
His late winner against Milan earlier this month saw Atalanta equal their record number of consecutive wins in Serie A, before surpassing that total against Cagliari last time out.
On the international scene, Lookman was named in the team of the tournament at the Africa Cup of Nations, scoring three goals as the Super Eagles finished as바카라 웹사이트runners-up.바카라 웹사이트
He was바카라 웹사이트also the only African on this year's men's Ballon d'Or shortlist, finishing 14th.
Orlando Pride striker Barbra Banda made history as the first Zambian to win the women's prize, finishing ahead of Moroccan Sanaa Mssoudy and Nigeria's Chiamaka Nnadozie.
