{"id":11591,"date":"2019-12-17T07:01:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T11:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=11591"},"modified":"2019-12-18T13:05:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T17:05:16","slug":"football-supporters-association-name-van-dijk-as-player-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=11591","title":{"rendered":"Football Supporters&#8217; Association Name Van Dijk as Player of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dijk.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dijk.png 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dijk-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Liverpool defender Virgil Van Dijk has been named the Football Supporters\u2019 Association men\u2019s player of the year.<\/p>\n<p>More than 340,000 votes were cast by fans, with Van Dijk beating Manchester City\u2019s Raheem Sterling into second place.<\/p>\n<p>The other nominees were Van Dijk\u2019s Liverpool team-mate Sadio Man\u00e9, Tottenham\u2019s Son Heung-min, Leicester striker Jamie Vardy and Arsenal\u2019s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.<\/p>\n<p>Van Dijk is the fourth Liverpool player to win the award in the last seven years, following Mohamed Salah, Philippe Coutinho and Luis Suarez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very grateful to get this trophy. It means a lot to me,\u201d Van Dijk said.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal\u2019s Dutch striker Vivianne Miedema was named women\u2019s player of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old, whose goals helped Holland to the World Cup final in the summer, has scored 26 goals in just 16 starts for Arsenal this season.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-11591\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=11591&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-11591\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=11591&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-11591\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=11591&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=11591\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool defender Virgil Van Dijk has been named the Football Supporters\u2019 Association men\u2019s player of the year. More than 340,000 votes were cast by fans, with Van Dijk beating Manchester City\u2019s Raheem Sterling into second place. 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