Looking for the best foreign player of V-League 2017

(Baonghean.vn) - Experts say thatHanoi and Hai Phong are the two most successful teams in using foreign players. Striker Stevens was also nominated by VPF to be in the list of typical squad of the season.

Imprint through goals

At the beginning of the season, names like Moses, Patiyo Tambwe, Uche Iheruome, Victor Ormazabal were highly expected, these were 4 of the 5 expensive contracts of the season. Hanoi T&T Club spent 400,000 USD to have the service of Ugandan midfielder Moses Oloya from Kuban Krasnador Club (Russia).

Moses was an extremely important player in the two V-League championships of B.Binh Duong Club in 2014 and 2015. After a successful season at XSKT Can Tho, Patiyo Tambwe was brought in by Than Quang Ninh to strengthen the attack.

Claudecir (Quang Nam) is a strong candidate for the title of Best Foreign Player of the Season. Photo: AT

With the ambition to win the V-League championship, FLC Thanh Hoa (Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN to FLC Thanh Hoa) 14 out of 34 goals of Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN last season were scored by Uche Iheruome. He was the 3rd highest scorer in V.League 2016.

Meanwhile, Victor Ormazabal left Hanoi FC for Ho Chi Minh City because he could not compete with Moses, even though he was the conductor of the midfield of the Capital team.

In fact, these foreign players all shined in their new teams, only Patiyo Tambwe (Than Quang Ninh) was not voted for the best foreign player but still scored 8 goals. Perhaps Patiyo lost to Victor in terms of the number of assists..

The list of nominees for the title of best foreign player this year: Uche, Claudecir, Fagan, Moses, Nsi, Victor and Oseni. At the last minute, Uche (FLC Thanh Hoa) was removed from the nomination list due to violating competition rules. Thus, Hanoi and Hai Phong both have 2 representatives (Hanoi with Moses, Oseni and Hai Phong with Stevens and Fagan).

The remaining 3 teams with nominated foreign players are Quang Nam (with Claudecir), Can Tho (with Nsi) and Ho Chi Minh City (with Victor). 4/6 players play as strikers, the remaining two players on the nomination list who do not play as strikers are Moses and Victor.

The most impressive one is Nsi. Although playing for XSKT.Can Tho, a team that is always in the red light group, the Cameroonian striker still shined and scored 16 goals, only 1 goal less than the top scorer Anh Duc (Binh Duong).

Following Nsi are Stevens (14 goals), Claudecir (12 goals) - players who have always been on the list of top scorers throughout the season. Along with Thanh Trung, Claudecir is considered a player who contributed significantly to Quang Nam's championship.

Oseni was quite disadvantaged when he sank in the first leg with Long An with only 3 goals due to "starvation of the ball". When joining Hanoi, he continuously scored 6 goals to help the Capital team chase the top 3. Fagan also did a very good job of playing as a "bait" for the Port team to create conditions for his partner Stevens to score, also in time to have 6 goals for himself.

As midfielders, Moses and Victor have both done quite well as conductors in the midfield of Hanoi FC and Ho Chi Minh City FC in this year's V-League.

Foreign player from Nghe An

Among SLNA’s 3 foreign players, Henry Shackiel has the best professional skills. Unfortunately, after scoring 6 goals and knowing that his contract would not be renewed, Henry “made a fuss” and played without passion and had to leave Vinh Stadium early.

Foreign player Olaha is considered to have completed his mission and has had his contract renewed by SLNA. Photo: AT

Danko is a disappointing signing, although he has 4 goals in the National Cup and 1 goal in the V-League. This foreign player is weak in both physical strength and personal technique, and being on the field is like SLNA "handicapping" the players, forcing the young domestic players to work hard to support.

With 5 goals in V-League, Olaha is not highly rated for his scoring efficiency but shows good defensive ability. With good physical strength, enthusiastic and aggressive playing, foreign player Olaha often drops back very deep to participate in defense.

It was not until the final match against B.Binh Duong in the second leg of the final at Vinh Stadium that this Nigerian striker had a goal that demonstrated his class and technique. Hopefully, when his contract is renewed, Olaha will gain experience playing on the Vietnamese pitch.

AT