NIGERIAN striker Chuba Akpom has been voted the Professional Footballers Association Championship Fans’ Player of the Month award for January.
It is the second time the Middlesbrough star is winning the award this season, after first claiming it in November.
Akpom netted three goals in all competitions in January as his goal scoring form continued into 2023.
Michael Carrick’s side opened the year with a 3-1 victory away at Birmingham City, with Akpom rounding the keeper to seal all three points five minutes before full-time.
The 27-year-old England-born Nigerian then struck the opening goal in a 2-0 win against fellow promotion hopefuls Watford, which saw Boro end the month in third spot.
Akpom received 25% of the votes from fans to win January’s award, beating fellow nominees Elijah Adebayo (Luton Town), Antoine Semenyo (Bristol City, now at Bournemouth), Teemu Pukki (Norwich City), Ian Maatsen (Burnley), and Kasey Palmer (Coventry City).
The former Arsenal and England U-21s striker has been in his best-ever scoring form this season, with 18 goals in 27 appearances in all competitions.
The overwhelming majority of Akpom’s goals have come in the English second-tier, the Championship, where he has scored 17 in 25 games.
