According to top football permutation company, CIES Football, Super Eagles and Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has been ranked as 13th best player in the world for the first quarter of 2021.
Ndidi has an index of 85.5 having played 852 minutes in the first quarter of 2021.
The top star in the world according to CIES is Lionel Messi of Barcelona, whose index is 92.5 after he clocked 998 minutes of action.
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This crowns him as the third best player in the Premier League ahead of the likes of Harry Kane, Luke Shaw and Thiago Alcantara.
Some of the other top-ranked stars are Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich, 89.5 index/1106 minutes), Jorginho (Chelsea, 89.5/799 minutes), Ruben Diaz (Manchester City, 89.4/1335 minutes and Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus, 89.3/1191 minutes).
However, the Super Eagles and Leicester City midfielder Onyinye Wilfred Ndidi has been named the best Nigerian player for 2018 and he was also named in the African team of the year 2020 by France Football magazine.
Ndidi is the only Nigerian named in the African team alongside the Liverpool duo of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane as well as Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez, Napoli’s Kalidou Koulibaly and Atletico Madrid midfield engine Thomas Partey.
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“He is certainly not the most spectacular player of his selection or even Leicester. But in his record, the former defensive midfielder of Genk has also settled in the midfield and his statistics in the Premier League are exceptional, both in terms of tackles than balls recovered,” the magazine stated.
“As such, the young Nigerian was named by the CAF among the best hopes of the year. At 21, his club has extended it (his contract) until 2024.
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