Super Eagles and KRC Genk striker Tolu Arokodare has won the 34th Ebony Shoe award for 2025.

Gistzone reports that the honor is for best player of African descent in the Belgian Jupiler Pro League.

The award was presented during the gala of the African Awards 2025 at the Tangla Hotel in Brussels on Monday.

Nominees for the award include, Zakaria El Ouahdi, Noah Sadiki of Union SG, Onyedika (Club Brugge) and Canada-born Nigerian striker Promise David who plays for Union SG.

Arokodare made the switch from French Amiens SC to KRC Genk in January 2023 and Under coach Thorsten Fink, he has developed into an absolute stalwart this season.

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His tally this season includes 20 goals and six assists in the Jupiler Pro League.

With two match days to go, the 24-year-old still has a chance to become top scorer of the season.

Other Nigerians who have won the award are Daniel Amokachi (1992, 1994), Victor Ikpeba (1993), Godwin Okpara (1995) and Celestine Babayaro (1996) and Paul Onuachu (2021).

As of 2020, Mbark Boussoufa (3 wins), Amokachi (2 wins), Vincent Kompany (2 wins) and Dieumerci Mbokani (2) are the only players to have won the trophy more than once.

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