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The Amakhosi player produced some fine displays between the sticks for his club and the Super Eagles in 2019<\/div>\n
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Kaizer Chiefs<\/a>\u00a0shot-stopper Daniel Akpeyi has been named Nigerian Goalkeeper of the Year.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old player won the accolade at the inaugural Ballers Awards ceremony which is a new initiative to recognise homegrown Nigerian talent.<\/p>\n

Akpeyi beat\u00a0Omonia<\/em>\u00a0Nicosia keeper Francis Uzoho and El Kanemi Warriors shot-stopper Adamu Abubakar to the award.<\/p>\n

The former Chippa United player was Nigeria’s first-choice keeper at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Egypt.<\/p>\n

The Super Eagles finished third in the tournament having eliminated Bafana Bafana in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

Akpeyi has managed to maintain his great form after returning to Chiefs at the beginning of the current campaign.<\/p>\n

The towering player won the PSL Player of the Month for September\/October 2019 having displaced Itumeleng Khune as Chiefs’ number one.<\/p>\n

Akpeyi could not attend the awards ceremony at Victoria Island, but he took to Instagram to express his delight at winning the accolade.<\/p>\n

“I want to thank you for nominating me to be the best goalkeeper of the year and I want thank the organizers who made this possible,” said Akpeyi.<\/p>\n

“Thank you for this prestigious award. It is quite unfortunate that I won\u2019t be around to receive this award myself due to club engagements and I want to say well done to all the nominees, they have done extremely well in their personal Capacities and in their clubs and countries.<\/p>\n

“Thank you to everyone who has belief in me, it is because of you that I have come this far and I promise to give my best.”<\/p>\n

Chiefs will be away to Black Leopards in a PSL match at Thohoyandou Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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