Chelsea of England striker, Tammy Abraham has pulled off an unprecedented feat of going home with two trophies at the prestigious football awards for clubs, players, coaches and other soccer personalities based in London, megasportsarena.com reports.
On the occasion of Thursday’s gala for the 2020 edition, Abraham became the first player to win gong for both English Premier League and Best Young Player of The Year in the same season, as he completed a clean sweep at the London Football Awards.
The 22-year-old Nigerian-born England international, who has scored 15 goals for the club to date this season, beat off competition from Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and last year’s winner Heung-Min Son to claim the main prize, while he edged out team-mate, Mason Mount, to lift the junior award, as he went home with the prestigious double.
Arsenal Ladies star, Vivianne Miedema won the Women’s Player of the Year title for the second-successive year, after spearheading her club side to the Women’s Super League title, was top scorer in the WSL last season, currently joint-top of the current charts and led Holland to the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup final.
Brentford boss Thomas Frank took the manager’s prize in a field which also included Frank Lampard and Roy Hodgson, while Watford’s Ben Foster was named Goalkeeper of the Year and Brentford won again as Ollie Watkins took home the EFL Player of the Year award.
There was special recognition too for QPR’s director of football Les Ferdinand, who had spells with QPR, Brentford, Tottenham, West Ham, Reading and Watford during his playing career, as he was honoured for his outstanding contribution to football in London.
The former England frontman, who has worked at Spurs and Rangers since his retirement, joins previous winners Glenn Hoddle, Ian Wright, Frank Lampard, John Terry and Arsene Wenger on the roll of honour.
