CHAN PREDICTION: Ejike Uzoenyi Will Win Player Of The Tournament

Ejike Uzoenyi is closing in on being named the Most Valuable Player of the 2014 CHAN after he scooped his third man of the match award Saturday.

Like Nigeria, the Enugu Rangers left winger got off to a slow start, but he has now proved that form may be temporary, but class is permanent.

While Sunday Mba opted to take the Euro deal on the table and so skipped CHAN, the 21-year-old Uzoenyi may have taken the wiser decision to showcase his talents that he will now most certainly get him another shot at football in Europe.


He and Kano Pillars playmaker Rabiu Ali have carried this team to the last four of the tournament.

His trickery on the left wing and his goals have seen him shine against Mozambique and South Africa, where he was only denied a hat-trick by the crossbar.

And he crowned another virtuoso display at CHAN with a master-class showing against Morocco on Saturday.

Several other players have caught the eye at this championship reserved for players featuring in their respective domestic leagues.

They include Bernard Parker (South Africa), El Ouadi, Mouhssine Iajour and Abdessamad Rafik of Morocco, Kuda Mahachi (Zimbabwe) and Yahaya Mohammed (Ghana).

The Enugu Rangers left winger, who was on the squad to the 2013 AFCON in South Africa, is also a goal away from equalling the four-goal tally of leading scorer Bernard Parker of South Africa.

Tresor Mputu of DR Congo and Zouheir Dhaouadi from Tunisia have won the CHAN MVP in 2009 and 2011 respectively.