Kelechi Iheanacho has been named the EA SPORTS Player of the Month for March 2021.
The forward scored five goals in March to become the fourth Nigerian player to win the award, after Jay Jay Okocha, Peter Odemwingie and Odion Ighalo.
Iheanacho is also the first Leicester City player to claim the prize since Jamie Vardy in October 2019.
I’m so pleased and honoured to win this award," he told Leicester's official website.
"I’m really enjoying playing at the minute and hopefully I can push on and help the team to finish as high as possible this season."
Iheanacho began March by scoring only his second goal of the PL season with a volley in a 1-1 draw at Burnley that was nominated for the Budweiser Goal of the Month award.
Three days later he struck the equaliser as Leicester came from behind to win 2-1 at Brighton & Hove Albion, and he then scored his first PL hat-trick in the 5-0 victory over Sheffield United.
Iheanacho topped an eight-man shortlist that also included Andreas Christensen, <span class="EOP SCXP86853570 BCX4">Harry Kane,</span> Jesse Lingard, <span class="TextRun SCXP210759135 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-scheme-color="@3C3C3C,0," data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXP210759135 BCX4"><span class="TextRun BCX4 SCXP6611175" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-scheme-color="@3C3C3C,0," data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX4 SCXP6611175">Riyad Mahrez, <span class="TextRun BCX4 SCXP203001520" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-scheme-color="@3C3C3C,0," data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX4 SCXP203001520"><span class="TextRun SCXP59995506 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-scheme-color="@3C3C3C,0," data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXP59995506 BCX4">Illan Meslier, <span class="TextRun BCX4 SCXP651769" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-scheme-color="@3C3C3C,0," data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX4 SCXP651769">Luke Shaw</span></span> and <span class="EOP SCXP106904395 BCX4"><span class="TextRun SCXP111149505 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-scheme-color="@3C3C3C,0," data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXP111149505 BCX4">Leandro Trossard.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
