Premier League Player Of The Month: Nigeria star Kelechi Iheanacho wins award for March

Leicester City Nigerian forward Kelechi Iheanacho has clinched the Premier League Player Of The Month Award for March.

Leicester City Nigerian forward Kelechi Iheanacho poses with his Premier League Player Of The Month award. Photo: @LCFC

Iheanacho became the fourth Nigerian player to win the award after scoring five goals out of eleven shots.

Past Nigerian winners of the award are Austin Jay-Jay Okocha, Peter Odemwingie and Odion Ighalo.

The 24-year old is also the first Leicester City player to win the award since English striker Jamie Vardy in October 2019.

Since the turn of the year, Iheanacho has been in form for the Foxes and has netted eight goals so far in 2021 for Brendan Rogers side in all competitions.

Iheanacho, last month, took his form to another level when he scored in three successive top flight encounters for the first time in his career.

Kelechi Iheanacho "very happy" to win Premier League POTM award ⬇

Very happy to be named the EA Sports @premierleague player of the month, March 2021. Thanks to my teammates the manager, staffs and everyone at this awesome club @LCFC and all the fans 💙
OLUOMACHUKWU 🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/IYwRMBdiS4

— Kelechi Iheanacho (@67Kelechi) April 2, 2021

After the Premier League POTM award, Iheanacho told Leicester City official website: "I’m so pleased and honored to win this award.

“I’m really enjoying playing at the minute and hopefully I can push on and help the team to finish as high as possible this season.”

Kelechi Iheanacho scored his first Premier League hat-trick when Leicester City battered Sheffield United 5-0 in March.