Super Eagles defender William Troost-Ekong has been nominated for the prestigious FIFA Best Men’s Defender award.

The Nigerian international is among a stellar list of defenders vying for the honor, including stars from top clubs like Real Madrid, Manchester City, and Bayern Munich.

The prestigious list features a host of world-class defenders, including:

Akanji
Bastoni
Bremer
Cacace
Carvajal
Dante
Davies
Dias
Dimarco
Frimpong
Grimaldo
Hakimi
Hummels
Johnston
Laporte
Magalhães
Otamendi
Rüdiger
Saliba
Tah
Troost-Ekong
Nino

Troost-Ekong’s inclusion in the shortlist is a testament to his exceptional performances both domestically and internationally.

His leadership, defensive prowess, and goal-scoring ability have made him a key player for both club and country.

The final winner will be determined through a combination of votes from national team captains, head coaches, journalists, and fans.

Source: https://sureodds.ng/super-eagles-defender-william-troost-ekong-nominated-for-fifa-best-mens-defender-award/

Wow, well deserved too


O think DANI CALVAJAL deserve it more

That’s beautiful

And Caf removed his name from APOTY

Space booked

This recognition is well deserved. He's been a standout performer for the Super Eagles over the years.
Hard work and determination pays off

He deserves the nomination. He was spectacular in the AFCON

Be proud of who you are, and not ashamed of how someone else sees you.

He deserves it.

God save you say you no wait for Dutch senior call up.

By now, who knows.

Nice one.

congratulations

Okay

Well deserved. He has been so significant ever since he started wearing the green jersey

Well deserved. Good luck to him

Congratulations to him, congratulations go reach everybody

Sha no forget say
It's only a Nigerian girl, you will see preparing for marriage and only has #5k in her account.

With mind blowing Mileage 🤗

For those of you that enjoy lambasting your country.

Troost's recognition stems mostly from his international accomplishments playing for Nigeria.

Why not among best player?

Good for him. He cost Finidi his job. For personal reason, he drops MVP of AFCON. Africa best defender for a reason

when award became a thing good football started to diminish, in a team sport you cant single out just one person when he or she was aided by other team members

He did a great job during the afcon not surprised.

WELL DESERVED RECOGNITION

wow

The most handsome Nigerian captain ever

Captain fantastic!

Good one!

And Van Dirk who should win the award is not even on the list.

Nice one...congratulations

Congrats to him, he’ll be glad he chose Super eagles over that other team now he’s a legend he can retire as one of footballs greats with awards, nominations, highlights and trophies.

Akaujaa:
And Van Dirk who should win the award is not even on the list.

He is not doing well for now

well what you say is biased.. you mean strikers..so what would u say when cannavaro defender won world best.. like teammates helped cannavaro the last man right

Pootle:
when award became a thing good football started to diminish, in a team sport you cant single out just one person when he or she was aided by other team members

person wey dat tottenham defender cut to pieces.. ogbeni he was good 2019 when he shoud win word best and not messi that year

Akaujaa:
And Van Dirk who should win the award is not even on the list.