2014 NIGERIA FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR: Popular Side Award Nominees and Winners

Popular Side Award (PSA) allows fans to nominate and vote online ahead of Nigeria Sports Award. PSA is actually independent of the sports Award, but acts as a kind of prediction or perhaps a check of those fans are rooting for, ahead of the award proper.

Nigeria Sports Award night will be coming up on Thursday, November 13, 2014. Right here, you can check those fans nominated and voted as winners.

PSA is only interested in recognizing and celebrating Nigeria footballers who were outstanding each year, and would not bother you about the rest of the sports awards.

We believe fans are the actual consumers of football and are in a better position to nominate and vote winners. The ones who ate the pudding can tell the taste. This is the reason PSA allows fans to vote online without any form of censor or any added weight to the unedited voting. This year voting started September 1^st and ended October 30^th, 2014. Two weeks ahead of the Nigeria Sports Awards’ gala night.

Below are the nominees and winners of the 2014 Popular Side Award:

1. PSA Honorary Award

WINNER: Godswill Akpabio, His Excellency Governor of Akwa Ibom State, for the successful completion of the ultra modern Akwa Ibom Stadium.

2. Sports Person of the Year Award

Nominees are:

Blessing Okagbare Points 356

Asisat Oshoala Points 358

Vincent Enyeama Points 124

Godswill Akpabio Points 162

WINNER: Asisat Oshoala (Won FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Ball and Golden Boot. She also won AWC Golden Bal).

3. Football Coach of the Year Award

Nominees are:

Stephen Keshi Points 150

Manu Garba Points 80

Peter Dedevbo Points 350

Edwin Okon Points 320

WINNER: Peter Dedevbo (Led Nigeria’s Super Falconets to FIFA U-20 World Cup Finals).

4. Men Footballer of the Year Award

Nominees are:

John Mikel Obi Points 55

Ahmed Musa Points 284

Vincent Enyeama Points 612

Ogeniyi Onazi Points 76

WINNER: Vincent Enyeama (Captained Nigeria’s Super Eagles to 2^nd round, FIFA World Cup; the only African player who made FIFA – XI after the 1^st Round of the competition).

5. Women Footballer of the Year Award