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Xtra Time Web Desk: Brazilian striker Cleiton Silva claimed three titles as Bengaluru FC announced the winners of their Annual Awards for the 2020-21 season on the club’s Social Media platforms, on Sunday. Silva, whose performances earned him the top-scorer accolade alongside skipper Sunil Chhetri, was also named the Players’ Player of the Season and his strike against SC East Bengal claimed the Goal of the Season award.

A summer signing, Silva hit the ground running for the Blues in a campaign that saw him register fifteen goal-involvements across competitions. The 34-year-old bagged nine goals, a tally also saw him top the club’s goalscoring charts alongside skipper Sunil Chhetri. The shared award also meant that Chhetri had finished a season as Bengaluru FC’s top-scorer for an eighth consecutive time.

More awards lay in wait for Cleiton, whose effort against SC East Bengal at the Tilak Maidan, scored with the outside of his left foot and on the volley, was named the Blues’ Goal of the Season, as voted by the club’s backroom staff and the hotel staff within the club’s bio-bubble in Goa. 

In a poll conducted online and voted for by the Blues’ faithful, midfielder Suresh Wangjam was named the JSW Fans’ Player of the Season. Suresh, into his second season at the club, was previously named Fans’ Player in the Blues’ 2019-20 campaign.

Like every season, the Blues also recognized the best performers of their youth teams, as Academy graduate and midfielder Damaitphang Lyngdoh claimed the Upcoming Player of the Season award. Seventeen-year-old Lyngdoh, who was promoted to the first team following impressive performances in the BDFA Super Division League, made history by becoming the youngest-ever player to represent the club’s first team, when he featured in an AFC Cup Preliminary Stage Two clash in April. 

The Awards

Top Scorer: Sunil Chhetri,  Cleiton Silva (9 goals)

Players’ Player of the Season: Cleiton Silva

JSW Fans’ Player of the Season: Suresh Singh Wangjam

Goal of the Season: Cleiton Silva vs SC East Bengal, Tilak Maidan (2nd February, 2021)

Upcoming Player of the Season: Damaitphang Lyngdoh (Midfielder)