Four In A Row: Diego Is 'PLayer of the Month' For December

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Thursday, 21.12.2006 / 19:45

It was this season's fifth 'Player of the Month' award and for the fourth time it was a Werder player who took the honour.

It was this season's fifth 'Player of the Month' award and for the fourth time it was a Werder player who took the honour. With more than half of the votes going in his favour (51.3%), Diego took the award for the third time himself in his relatively young Bundesliga career. The Brazilian international shook off the threat of Christian Pander (Schalke 04, 35.2%) and VfB Stuttgart's matthieu Delpierre (13,5%).

 

Diego's most likely arguments for taking the award were his performances in particular in Berlin and Frankfurt. The number 10 gave Werder the 1:0 lead in Berlin from the penalty spot and had a vitalpart to play in the half dozen goals which thr Green-Whites scored against Eintracht, providing Werder's 2:1 and scoring the 6:2 himself. The result of all this is that the 21 year has picked up an amazing 18 scorer points from just 16 Bundesliga appearances, consisting of eight goals and ten assists.

 

Diego's December award follows Miroslav Klose making the running in November, picking up his prize before Werder won the 'Winter Championship' with a 2:1 win against Wolfsburg. The young Brazilian took the award in August and in October whilst Jan Schlaudraff from Alemannia Aachen too the September title. Diego and Miroslav Klose are now hot on the heals of Bayern Munich's Lukas Podolski (who has taken four awards) with three wins each.

 

Johnnie Muldoon

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