After Helping European Club Win League Title, Nigerian Star Named in Team of the Season

- Joe Aribo included in the Scottish League team of the season

- The midfielder has six goals and four assists in 25 topflight games so far

- Aribo is also part of the team that helped Rangers win their first trophy in almost a decade

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Nigerian international Joe Aribo has been named in the Scottish Premier League team of the season.

The 24-year-old midfielder is among the generation of players who helped Rangers win the league title for the first time in a decade.

So far this campaign, he has scored six goals in 25 topflight appearances and could add to the tally before the end of the season. He has also created four assists after the same number of outings.

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Six members of Steven Gerard's title-winning squad were included in the list of the best XI players in the Scottish League in the 2020-21 term.

The selection was done by the football statistics website 'whoscored' after carefully going through their performances so far and reported by Complete Sport.

Scottish Premier League Team of the Season

1. Benjamin Siegrist - Dundee United
2. James Tavernier Rangers
3. Connor Goldson - Rangers
4. Paul Hanlon - Hibernian
5. Borna Barisic - Rangers
6. Ryan Christie - Celtic
7. Joe Aribo - Rangers
8. Hakeem Odoffin - Hamilton
9. Ryan Kent - Rangers
10. Odsonne Edouard - Celtic
11. Alfredo Morelos - Rangers

Aribo earned his first Super Eagles call-up after his impressive performances for the Ibrox Stadium outfit and he is definitely getting stronger in the national team.

Since he joined The Gers in 2019 from Charlton Athletic, the Nigeria international has scored 16 goals and 12 assists in 86 appearances across competitions.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that Nigerian forward Kelechi Iheanacho's goal against Burnley at Turf Moor has been crowned goal of the month for March.

The 24-year-old forward fired home an unstoppable volley from close range to help the Foxes claim a 1-1 draw against Burnley in early March.

Iheanacho went ahead to score four more goals in three English topflight appear in the month under review and the fans voted one of his goals for the award.