Okpotu Voted Best Foreign Player in Tunisia League

Okpotu Voted Best Foreign Player in Tunisia League

By Sampson Adedeji

Despite suspension of the Tunisia league due to outbreak of Coronavirus, Nigeria's Super Eagles striker Anthony Okpotu continued to make headlines in Tunisia.

Former Super Eagles B attacker left Nigeria Professional Football League side, Lobi Stars for the Tunisia side few season back, BSN Reports.

Okpotu won the highest percentage of votes among the various foreign players active in the first professional league this season, in a vote for champions and coaches of the championship clubs.

He had stif fierce competition by the Libyan International Sports Esperance striker Hamdo Al-Huni, and only two votes gave him the upper hand, giving him the priority to be the best foreign player for the current season.

Okpotu participated in all the matches of the Al-Manastiriya club for the tournament, where he played 16 games, during which he scored 11 goals and made three others, while he did not play a single meeting out of two for the Tunis Cup.