Super Eagles Returnee, and Sevilla winger Chidera Ejuke has been named as Sevilla’s Player of the month for the month of September 2024, on the eve of his return to the Super Eagles for the first in two years, Sports247 reports.
Ejuke is Sevilla’s brightest sparks in the month of September for the struggling LaLiga outfit while most of their newly signed players are yet to hit their stride including compatriot, Kelechi Iheanacho.
Chidera Ejuke went full throttle in the month September, played and impressed in all the five matches played by Seville club, completing most dribbles, raised the expected goals average and got a crucial winner in the month, helping the club to two crucial victories, which helped the club to steady the ship, overcoming their shaky start to the 2024/2025 LaLiga season.
His effort didn’t go unnoticed in the month of September, as the handlers of the Super Eagles rewarded him with a call up to face Libya in the double header 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, his first call up after two years.
As a follow up to the call up, the award came as a celebration of the September’s success for the club and his return to the Super Eagles.
Ejuke last featured for the national team at the 2021 AFCON in Cameroon, where Nigeria won all three group games under Eguavoen before being eliminated by Tunisia in the Round of 16.
The ban imposed on Russia football due to war between Ukraine and Russia slowed down his game a bit but he was able to overcome the adverse effect and he is enjoying his game once again.
The Super Eagles LaLiga best moment in September, was against Real Valladolid in the front of the thousands of Sevilla fans at the iconic Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium.
The match was drawing to 1-1 draw full time score but the Nigerian bailed out the team with a fantastic winner in the 85th minute, and the stadium erupted into wild jubilation claiming maximum points with Ejuke emerging as the hero.
