In its fourth edition, Super Eagles striker, Taiwo Awoniyi has been nominated for the Nottingham Forest Fans’ Footballer of the Year 2023 award.
Since joining the club last summer, Awoniyi has been a key player for the City Ground side, scoring 10 league goals to help Forest achieve top-flight survival last season.
The former Liverpool forward, who is currently ruled out for months, has scored four goals in 10 Premier League appearances for Forest this season.
After a slow start to life following his return to the Premier League, the Ilorin-born striker has established himself as one of the most dreaded strikers in the English topflight with only Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah the two strikers to have outscored him in the Premier League since May.
His equaliser at West Ham before the international break was his 10th goal in 14 games in the competition.
That run was broken up by injury against Brentford at the start of last month – and Forest suffered in his absence.
Forest are without a win in 14 games when Awoniyi does not start. With him, it is six wins from 14. They only lost to West Ham after he went off.
His impressive performance at the start of the season where he scored in three consecutive games while also providing an assist earned him a nomination for the Player of The Month award in August
For the Fans’ Footballer of the Year 2023 award, Awoniyi has been nominated alongside Orel Mangala, Danilo and Morgan Gibbs-White.
The winner of the award will be decided by fans’ votes.
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