Enyeama wins Player of the Year award

Friday, May 22, 2009
HAPOEL Tel Aviv goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama was on Wednesday, voted the Israeli League Player of the Year.






http://odili.net/news/source/2009/may/22/601.html

Enyeama becomes only third foreign player, and only the fifth goalkeeper to win the prestigious annual award, organised since 1965 by Israeli newspaper Maariv.

The award is voted for by all the players in the league and the Nigerian received an overwhelming 87 out of 232 votes, beating former West Ham forward, Yaniv Katan of champions-in-waiting Maccabi Haifa to a distant second place with 35 votes and Bnei Yehuda's Eliran Atar to third on 32 votes.

Enyeama told Kick Off Nigeria.com that he was honoured to have won the award.

"It’s a great feeling for me to win this. It's very important for my career and I would like to thank my team mates because I couldn’t have got this without them.

"I would also like to thank everyone who voted for me. It is never easy to do well in a different league and a different country and the League here is very difficult."

Since the inception of the award, only two other foreign players had won it; Forwards Dovani Roso of Croatia and Brazilian Gustavo Boccoli.

Enyeama has been a huge part of Hapoel's title challenge this season, scoring three goals in addition to a long and consistent string of top drawer monster saves game, after game to keep the Tel Aviv club's challenge against giants, Maccabi Haifa.

The former Enyimba goalkeeper is no stranger to awards. In his first season in Israel, he was voted the best goalkeeper. The following season, he placed second in and only missed out last season.

Heard the Goal stopper is moving to Espanyol na true?

congrats . . he's the best we have anyways

Enyeama is supposed to be one of the best in the world . . .

dude seems contented with acting local champion all over the place . . .

time is running out fast

HE NEEDS A BETTER CLUB !

the Jews

i believe with these award and recognition he should get a better club where we will get to see him more . i.e premier league, serie A , la liga, french league etc.

im happy for him.

Isreali get football league? i think say all of them don join army finish, palestinanin boyz don blow all of dem finish

Thumbs up Enyeama, more grease to your elbow and i hope
he gets a better club soon.

Builder:

Isreali get football league? i think say all of them don join army finish, palestinanin boyz don blow all of dem finish

lol. . . .


ode

This is good news. Happy for the lad.

Builder:

Isreali get football league? i think say all of them don join army finish, palestinanin boyz don blow all of dem finish

LOOOLLL!!!! This guy, ur wisdom surpasses human understandin. What a statement!!

equlibrium:

lol. . . .


ode

LOOOLLL!!!

Good, but shouldn't he be playing in a stronger league?

Nezan:

Good, but shouldn't he be playing in a stronger league?

Where u dey play?

Ajegunle football club,

Equilibrum, na me you dey call ode. Useless goat

in rating, football in isreal is nothing. we can only know his true fitness when he comes to the major leagues: there, he will be tested with people like ronaldo,messi and the rest.

good news.

adybabs:

in rating, football in isreal is nothing. we can only know his true fitness when he comes to the major leagues: there, he will be tested with people like ronaldo,messi and the rest.

A player can only be as good as the challenge presented before him, and in the light Enyeama as done very well. Its never easy getting contracts with clubs from big leagues especially when u are a keeper from Africa. you have to start from somewhere and then proof that you are up to the task.

Well done Enyeama

Enyeama is supposed to be one of the best in the world . . .

dude seems contented with acting local champion all over the place . . .

time is running out fast

HE NEEDS A BETTER CLUB !

Age age age. Age is no more on his side and that may make him the 2nd choice goal keeper in South Africa 2010.

does anybody remember the shot he stopped in the Nigeria/ England match in the last world cup we went for?
last quarter of the game,Beckham or Scholes shot from 25-30yds, swerving at the last minute!
i've spent time in post before. the best keepers in the world are the ones who decide the trajectory of the ball correctly. Enyeama has that for frontal shots. less so for crosses.

good news , i am happy for you enyeama.

Good for him, good for Naija, better than ejide

isreali plays in the champions league o, so make una know wetin una dey talk, Yakubu club played against ManU and Yakubu scored 3 times, abi una don forget, clubs in Isreali are also strong like some clubs in England, but cannot be compared to ManU, Chelsea or Arsenal but they are trying far far better than Africa, am sure he will get there Pete Cech was a nobody before he came to Chelsea, slow and steady wins the race, I can name one or two in England that can manage to do better than him; I can't forget about his fit in Egypt in the nations cup where he stopped 4 penalty in one match; it can never be better

Isreali get football league? i think say all of them don join army finish, palestinanin boyz don blow all of dem finish

Kudos Kudos Kudos!!

This is a very well deserved honour to our brother.
I still have the opinion that he deserves a better deal than what he is getting.
Congratulations Enyeama!
Congratulations Super Eagles!
Congratulations Nigeria!

good for his cv

who says the isreali league isnt strong? they play in european competitions although most times UEFA cup, I think I remember a year between 2000 & 2002 where an isreali club upset chelsea at the bridge. if you dont know football keep quiet, I'm not an enyeama fan O , but give the guy kudos for winning the award

Good for him. A boost for the Super Eagles.

Congratulations Enyeama.
I pray you move to a better club.

OKEYCHIVIV:

Congratulations Enyeama.
I pray you move to a better club.

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