Former Nigeria U23 star Sadiq Umar has been nominated for the player of the week in the Dutch Eredivisie after his stunning display for NAC Breda against Feyenoord over the weekend.
Sadiq scored and assisted another as Breda ran out 2-1 winners over Feyenoord, and after earning a spot in the team of the week after the latest round of games in Holland, he has now made the final shortlist for player of the week.
Strong, quick and hard to shake off the ball, the on loan Roma forward is up against five other players from the league for the award which will be decided by votes from fans of the Dutch top flight league.
He is up against Bryan Linssen of Vitesse Arnheim, Alireza Jahanbakhsh of AZ Alkmaar, Steve Bergwijn of PSV Eindhoven and Bradley Kuwas of Heracles Amelo for the award of player of the week.
According to the pool results released so far, he is currently second in the race for the award with Linssen of Vitesse leading the pack for the weekly gong.
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Daniel Martins
