Super Eagles winger, Moses Simon, has been nominated for the Marc Vivien Foe Award 2022.
The Marc Vivien Foe Award is awarded to the best African player in the French Ligue 1 every year in honour of the Camerounian player who died during active play in 2003 at the age of 28.
Simon will aim to be the latest player to win the award after Congolese Gael Kakuta won the award last year.
Two Nigerians have previously won the award – Victor Osimhen in 2020 and Vincent Enyeama in 2014.
Simon is nominated alongside 11 other African players in the Livue 1, namely; Abdelhamid Yunis (Reims/Morocco), Aguerd Nayef (Rennes/Morocco), Bayo Mohammed (Clermont Foot/Guinea), Boufal Soufiane (Angers/Morocco), Fofana Seko (Lens/Ivory Coast), Idrissa Gana Gueye (Paris Saint-Germain/Senegal).
Others are; Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint- Germain/Morocco), Khazri Wahbi (Saint Ettiene/Tunisia), Lemina Mario Nice/Gabon), Moses Simon (Nantes/Nigeria),Toko- Ekambi Karl (Lyon/Cameroun) and Traore Hamari ( Rennes/Mali).
The Marc Vivien Foe Award is organised by the duo of Radio France International (RFI) and France 24, who will announced the 2022 edition winner on May 16 2022. The winner is adjudged through votes cast by the members of the award jury.
By Toju Sote
4 Comments
Let him win world best player we don’t care a hoot as long as his last ball in the box for SE remains wayward. To be very Candid Moses cost us the world cup ticket. If he had score that delightful pass from Kelechi in Kumasi the story will have favourable to us. That why we that for saw this have long clamoured for Obinna Nwobodo invitation and victor moses return . This are players whose final or end product is superb. I don’t see that team bringing joy to Nigerians anytime soon unless the new coach will carry out a total overhaul of the players that are non productive. That is exactly what late lend Kechi did and the result was there for all to see.
He’s performing well in France because his coach at nantes doesn’t tell him to forget tactics and formation, but rather express himself.
@Jones, you have said it all.
He did not live up to the standard in both games. His dead ball kick in Abuja was a disappointment to millions of Nigerians. He is not special really.