Maduka Okoye has been voted the best player of the 2020/2021 season at Sparta Rotterdam in the Eredivisie, the top flight of Dutch professional football.
The Super Eagles goalkeeper featured in 28 league matches for Sparta Rotterdam and had 10 clean sheets with a 68% save rate. He also saved one of the three penalties that he faced and made just two errors leading to a goal throughout the season.
Fans’ vote rewarded his excellent form, and he was presented with the award by sporting director Henk van Stee on June 30, 2021.
“Supporters of Sparta Rotterdam were given the opportunity to vote for their Player of the Season, an election that was won by Maduka Okoye.
The goalkeeper, who played 28 league games and managed to keep his goal clean ten times, received the prize this morning from Henk van Stee.”
Maduka Okoye was signed on a free transfer from the German side – Fortuna Dusseldorf II in the summer of 2020, and he has been impressive at the Rotterdam based side.
Okoye saw off a difficult start to life in the Eredivisie and became an integral part of the Dutch side, making crucial saves for his team, which helped them finish in eighth place.
Okoye’s performance is impressive, given it’s his first season in the top-flight. The 22-year-old broke into the national team fold in 2019 and has gone on to establish himself as the number one choice.
