Aina, Orban nominated for goal awards
Ola Aina stunning strike against Aston Villa has been nominated for Nottingham Forest’s goal of the month award, Saturday PUNCH reports.
The former Fulham defender had won the club’s Player of The month award for September.
Aina goal against the Villians gave Nottingham Forest the lead in the fifth minute when guided a powerful long shot past Emiliano Martinez into the bottom corner for his first ever goal for Forest.
His strike is alongside Anthony Elanga’s cool finish against West Ham United as well as four other goals from Forest’s second team duo Ateef Konate and Jack Thompson’s goals against Wolves and Accrington Stanley respectively.
Forest Women midfielder Niamh Reynolds’ goal against Sheffield FC completes the list of goals nominated for the award.
Aina, joined Nottingham on a free transfer after his contract with Italian side, Torino expired last summer and has featured as a regular for the Tricky Trees as a wing back.
The 27-year-old who has played 10 Premier League games this season could make his 45th EPL appearance when Forest take on Everton on Saturday (today).
Also Gift Orban is also briliant effort in Gent’s 4-1 victory over Zorya Lugansk at the Ghelamco Arena on Thursday night has been nominated for the UEFA Europa Conference League Goal of the Week for matchday five.
The diminutive striker latched on to a cross from right-back Noah Fadiga, controlled the ball before placing it beyond the reach of the goalkeeper.
He is set to battle Aleksandar Pesic who scored with a stunning strike for Ferencváros in their 2-1 win over FK Čukaričk, Club Brugge midfielder Casper Nielsen and Aberdeen defender Angus MacDonald for the award.
While Orban has failed to hit his strides in the Jupiler Pro League, he has continued his impressive goalscoring form in the Conference League.
He is the joint top scorer of the competition this season with five goals in five games with Benjamin Nygren of Nordsjaelland.
His strike against Zorya Lugansk saw him equal Cyriel Dessers’ tally of 10 goals in the tournament and move two behind Arthur Cabral, the all-time top scorer.
With Gent securing their place in the next round, the diminutive striker could surpass Cabral’s number of goals in the competition before the end of the season.
