Heartland FC central defender, Samuel Agu, is the latest to be recognised as the Imo SWAN Heartland FC Player of the Month for April following his blistering performance last month.
The defender got over 90 percent of the votes cast by members of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Imo Chapter to become the eighth winner of the prestigious award.
He defeated his teammates namely Christian Nkwo; Emmanuel Charles, the winner of the award in March; Chukwudi Agor and Chinedu Ozor who also put up commendable outings last month.
Agu who provided stability and calming influence to Heartland defence in all the games he played in April with three clean sheets out of the five games played in all competitions was among the few turning points of a positive month which produced two victories and two draws.
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He scored two goals and was a threat in the final third in all the games played despite ensuring that his partnership with Chinedu Ozor does not ship in goals anyhow.
The former Akwa United defender along with Emmanuel Charles will be presented with their award’s plagues for March and April Player of the Month and a token prize money courtesy of an anonymous sponsor tomorrow , May 7th, shortly before the home game versus Plateau United in Owerri.
Both will become the second and third players to benefit from the prize money that has now become a norm until the end of the season.