Ghana defender, Alexander Djiku has been named as French side Strasbourg’s’ Player of the Month for January following his impressive performances for the side last month.
Djiku’s consistency since the start of the year has been rewarded with the prestigious award.
The 26-year-old played all the matches of January and his solid display helped his club to concede only 2 goals in their last five matches.
This was particularly the case against Lens (6 defensive clearances and 5 interceptions), Dijon (7 and 6) and Reims (3 and 3).
He won the prestigious award for the first time this season after amassing (36.9%) ahead of Ludovic Ajorque and Adrien Thomasson who pulled (21.8%) and (7.1%) respectively.
Djiku succeeds his young defender Mohamed Simakan who won the award last month.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Sylvester Ntim