Scott McTominay becomes first Scot to claim Serie A award as league chief calls him ‘devastating'
TOP SCOTT Scott McTominay becomes first Scot to claim Serie A award as league chief calls him 'devastating'
SCOTT MCTOMINAY's amazing year in Italy continues.
The former Manchester United midfielder joined Napoli for £25.5million last summer and just this week he has added another feather to his cap.
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Scott McTominay has been in top form for Napoli of late
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McTominay was already enjoying the best goalscoring season of his career by the time he broke the 63-year-old record set by Denis Law for the number of goals by a Scot in a Serie A campaign.
On top of that he's had pizzas named after him, fans have gotten tattoos in his honour and there's even a shrine dedicated to him.
Last weekend he helped Napoli put one hand on the Scudetto with a solid display in a 1-0 win over Lecce, with Billy Gilmour coming on to play a cameo role.
That result means Antonio Conte's men went six points clear of Inter Milan (the gap has since reduced back to three).
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McTominay's performances throughout April have led to him being named the league's player of the month.
He becomes the first Scot to win the award - despite the success of the likes of Law, Graeme Souness and Lewis Ferguson before him.
The 28-year-old bagged five goals across April and will pick up the fan-voted award this weekend when he takes to the pitch for his team's game against Genoa.
On the back of his displays, Serie A's chief executive described McTominay's impact on the Italian top flight as "devastating".
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League CEO Luigi De Siervo said: "Scott McTominay's impact on the league has been 'devastating', proving to be an absolute top player, the ideal prototype of the 'box-to-box' midfielder, decisive in both phases of the game.
"The five goals he scored in April alone put Napoli back on top of the table and allowed the player to set his own personal record for goals in a season.
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"He is the first Scotsman to win the Serie A Player of the Month award, an award that has been won a total of 11 times, out of 53 editions, by a Napoli player, a club that holds the absolute record in this special classification."
A statement from the league read: "The EA SPORTS FC Player Of The Month award for April has been assigned to Napoli player Scott McTominay. The trophy will be presented during the pre-match of Napoli vs Genoa, scheduled for Sunday 11th May 2025 at 8.45pm at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Naples.
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"The fans' votes on http://serieapotm.easports.com/, combined with individual statistical data, determined Scott McTominay as the winner, beating champions like Diao (Como), Ndoye (Bologna), Ondrejka (Parma), Rovella (Lazio), Soulè (Roma).
"The six best players of the month have been selected taking into account the advanced analysis of Stats Perform, created from the tracking data recorded with the Hawk-Eye system.
"The rating system, patented in 2010 with K-Sport and scientifically validated, considers not only statistical data and technical events, but also positional data.
"This makes it possible to analyse crucial aspects such as movement without the ball and thus optimal movements, game choices, and the contribution to the technical and physical efficiency of the team, which allow for an objective and qualitative evaluation of the performance.
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"For the final calculation matchdays 31 to 34 of Serie A 2024/2025 were considered."
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