Haaland named Young Premier League Player of the Season

Manchester City striker, Erling Haaland, has been named the Young Premier League Player for the 2022/23 season.

The Premier League made this known via a statement shared on its website on Saturday, May 27.

“Erling Haaland has completed a Premier League awards double by being named the 2022/23 Hublot Young Player of the Season,” it noted.

The Norwegian was also named the 2022/23 Premier League Player of the Season on Saturday.

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Haaland becomes the first player in Premier League history to win both the Young Player and Premier League Player of the Season awards in the same campaign.

It comes after a record-breaking debut season for the 22-year-old striker, who has scored 36 goals in 35 appearances, the most by a player in a single campaign, helping City retain the Premier League title.

In winning the Young Player prize, Haaland makes it a third successive season in which a Man City star has claimed it.

Phil Foden was the winner in each of the previous two campaigns.

The award was introduced in 2018/19, when it was won by Trent Alexander-Arnold, and is given to the best player aged 23 or under at the start of the season.

Haaland received the most combined votes from the public and a Premier League panel, topping an eight-man shortlist, including Sven Botman, Moises Caicedo, Alexander Isak, Alexis Mac Allister, Gabriel Martinelli, Martin Odegaard, and Bukayo Saka.

The Star