Shalulile awarded for his impressive debut season for Downs
"At training, he is never late. Every day he gives his best."
Mamelodi Sundowns striker Peter Shalulile was the biggest winner at the 2021 PSL awards on Sunday evening.
Shalulile walked away with both the 2020/21 PSL Footballer of the Season and DStv Premiership Player’s Player of the Season awards.
The Namibian international beat Mamelodi Sundowns teammate Themba Zwane and Maritzburg United’s Thabiso Kutumela for the two awards.
The PSL Footballer of the Season is voted exclusively by the Premier Division coaches while the DStv Premiership Player’s Player of the Season is chosen by players.
The 27-year-old has a brilliant debut season for the Pretoria club contributing 15 goals thus helping Downs to their 11th Premier Soccer League (PSL) title.
His coach Manqoba Mngqithi was full of praises.
“He is one of the biggest revelations for the club. As much as I don’t want to single him out and say he is the best signing and all that, the numbers and everything show that he delivered to the expectations of the club, even though I believe he could have done more,” Mngqithi told Kick-Off magazine.
He described Shalulile as a player of a high level of professionalism.
“He’s a very selfless individual, somebody who works for the team, gives everything to the team and for that I regard him highly and whatever he has achieved in football is at the back of the person he is.
“At training, he is never late. Every day he gives his best, even when things are going well for him after scoring a few goals, he still fights very hard to do more than the people who didn’t do better in the previous match,” Mngqithi said.
Shalulile’s teammate Themba Zwane (Mamelodi Sundowns) won the DStv Premiership Midfielder of the Season award.
AmaZulu FC coach Benni McCarthy was voted the DStv Premiership Coach of the Season after guiding Usuthu to second place in the DStv Premiership, their highest ever finish in the league.
SuperSport United’s Teboho Mokoena’s strike against Stellenbosch FC on 4 November 2021, was voted as the DStv Premiership Goal of the Season while his teammate Bradley Grobler took home the golden boot award for his 16 goals.
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