Popular Side Awards is a kind of mock Nigeria Football Awards aimed at capturing the votes and opinions of the ordinary fans out there.
Popular Side Awards is organized by GreenHunters Sports International, a sport marketing company in Lagos Nigeria. We believe that the fans are the real consumers of the sport and should have a serious stake in voting the yearly award winners.
Nigeria Football Awards uses a different criteria in voting with coaches, team captains and selected sports journalists. Popular side has always provided an equalizer for the organizers.
In this year's edition, over one million Nigerian football fans voted online, which we think were enough sample size to authenticate the outcome of our counting.
Of course, Nigeria Player of the Year Award will always have it's controversy. And in this year, it was strong contest between Paul Onuachu, Victor Osimhen and Wilfred Ndidi. As always, it has to be settled in someway.
Note: This isn't the Official Nigerian Football Awards organized by Nigeria Football Federation, but a Mock Awards capturing fans votes
1. Nigerian Player of the Year Award
Winner: Paul Onuachu (Genk)
2. Media Buzz Player of the Year Award
Winner: Victor Osimhen (Napoli)
3. The Most Valuable Nigerian Player Award
Winner: Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City)
4. Nigerian League Player of the Year Award
Winner: Cyril Olisemah (Enyimba)
5. Nigerian Female Player of the Year Award
Winner: Asisat Oshoala
6. Nigerian Coach of the Year Award
Winner: Kennedy Boboye (Akwa United)
7. Nigerian Sports media of the Year Award
Winner: Complete Sports Nigeria
8. Nigerian Online Streaming (OTT) Sports media
Winner: NPFL TV
9. Nigerian Online Sports Blog of the Year
Winner: CheerOnNigeria Blog
10. Nigerian League Elite Player of the Year Award
Winner: Ahmed Musa
Congratulations to all of our award winners. We are hoping that someday in the future, we are able to stage this award without setting off any kind of controversy with other comparative awards in Nigeria.
