Bengaluru: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu was named by Bengaluru FC as their Players Player of the Season for the 11 clean sheets he kept in the Indian Super League for the club. Sandhu will also finish as the Golden Glove holder of the League. Captain Sunil Chhetri won the top scorer award for a seventh season in a row.
Defender Nishu Kumar’s belter from Dimas Delgado’s set-piece against Hyderabad FC at the Fortress was voted the Goal of the Season on Tuesday. Youngster Suresh Singh Wangjam’s impressive performances through the season got him the Kingfisher Fans’ Player of the Season, in a poll conducted online.
Academy graduate and winger Leon Augustine who was also impressive in the later stages of the ISL and the AFC Cup was named the BFC B Player of the Season, while midfielder Emanuel Lachhanchuaha picked up the U18 Player of the Season. Winger Vinith Venkatesh was named U15 Player of the Season while defender Oinam Ronex Meitei bagged the award in the U13 category.
In a first, Bengaluru FC also rewarded their youngsters in the grassroots category who were impressive in the Double Pass Development League where the U11’s claimed a title while the U7’s and the U9’s were semi-finalists. Jordan Mobin Paul (U7), Aranyak Maitra (U9) and Rayuel Beale (U11) picked up the awards in their respective categories.
