Ghana striker Waris challenges Ibrahimovic for Swedish top award
Posted On Sunday, 21st October 2012
Abdul Majeed Waris is in contention for Sweden's best player award
By Akyereko Frimpong Manson
Ghana striker Abdul Majeed Waris has been named in a 4-man shortlist featuring Zlatan Ibrahimovic for the Swedish Footballer of the Year award, GHANASoccernet.com can exclusively reveal.
Udinese striker Mathias Ranégie as well as Galatasaray forward Johan Elmander are also in contention for the award which will be announced on November 12.
The 21-year-old is also the hottest favourite to win the Swedish Allsvenskan player of the season after bagging 22 goals from 25 games.
Waris is the only foreign player to make the last four list after his impressive scoring form for BK Hacken this season.
He became the first player in the Swedish top flight’s history to hit a quintet in a single game and he is two goals away from equalling Peter Ijeh’s 24 goal record.
The former Right to Dream Academy graduate is in pole position to win the Sportbladets Golden Ball award but is facing stiffer competition from PSG striker Ibrahimovic who has won the award six times.
Swedish-born Ghanaian Robin Quaison has also been nominated for the discovery of the season award.
English defender Anita Asante who is of Ghanaian descent has also been nominated for the Women’s Player of the Year award.
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still not sold on warris.infact, aa should omit him from afcon. WARRIS SHOULD GO TO ARSENAL OR A BETTER LEAGUE AND MAKE NOISE. THE SWEDISH LEAGUE FROM WHAT I HAVE SEN IS TOO MEDIOCRE….
GH FUO
If the reason is that you want to see him play in a better league then aside from Gyan who which striker would qualify?
Whatever! The Sweden’s league however, is better than Ghana’s. Its a fact
TANKO, DONT BE MISTAKEN. THE MGMNT OF THE SWEDISH LEAGUE IS BETTER, BUT IN ACTUAL SKILL, THE GH LEAGUE IS MUCH BETTER. THERE IS NO WAY WARRIS CAN SCORE IN BUNCHES IN THE GH LEAGUE LIKE HE IS DOING IN SWEDEN. TWEA, I WATCH WARRIS PLAY. THE SWEDISH PLAYERS DONT KNO NOTHING. THEIR BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF SOCCER AND EVEN POSITIONING IS OFF, SO WARRIS BEATS THEM AT I ALL THE TIME. MOST OF WARRI’S GOALS ARE SO CHEAP, ITS FUNNY. OLUMAN, IN RESPONDING TO UR QUESTION I THINK AFFUM, YIADOM, CLOTTEY N GYAN ARE OUR BEST STRIKERS RIGHT NOW WHO MUST GO TO AFCON. GIVE WARRIS TIME TO MATURE
uuuuhhhhhmmmmm….yea about
that. How come the Swedish National
Team has out performed Ghana year
after year? Chew on that Kimosabe
(no CAPITALIZATION needed for that
argument)…
say dat again? COMPARE SWEDEN TO OTHER EURO NATIONS. GH IS NOT IN EUROPE, IDIOT
WHERE WAS SWEDEN COMPARED TO GH IN WCUP 2006 AND WCUP 2010?
Is better to play in swedish lge than uae lg. So those saying waris scores cheap goals shd kindly watch uae lg a see some of cheapest goal scored by lazy strikers
This guy is competing with and being mentioned in the same breath as Ibra and yet he is not getting any respect from Ghana fans and Coaches. Sweden just came from behind 4-0 and tied Germany in the EUROS qualifying and yet the Swedish league where most of these Swedish players are groomed gets no respect.
Waris is ready to be playing more minutes than Coach Appiah is giving him. He deserves at least more than Jordan Ayew was getting, including starting some games.
Waris started playing his soccer in Ghana so why does the fact that he is playing in Sweden all of a sudden making him less of a player? If he is signed by Arsenal or Real Madrid does that all of a sudden make him a different player? The guy is doing a marvelous job right now. He scored during a practice game for the Black Stars second string, he scored against the likes of John Boye, Vorsah, some of the best defenders Ghana has got. This guy Warris if for real. I will continue to sing his praises. I pray that he keeps working hard, he is already a star regardless of which league he plays in. A Ghana Black Star! All Ghanaians should be proud of his accomplishments in the Swedish league.
IBRAHIMOVIC IS LEADING THE GOAL CHARTS IN FRANCE, NOT SWEDEN. WARRIS HASNT EVEN PLAYED 1 FULL SEASON IN THIS WEAK SWEDISH LEAGUE. LOOK, LETS BE FRANK. GERMANY CAN BEAT SWEDEN WITH THEIR TEAM B. GERMANY CAN SLEEP WALK TO EURO TOURNAMNT. OKAY. THIS WAS A ONE TIME BENEFIT FOR SWEDEN. IF U KNEW BETTER, U WILL KNOW DAT. THIS IS EURO, NOT WCUP QUALFYING. SWEDEN IS COMARABLE TO SUDA,N HERE. COCONUT, HOW MANY GOALS HAS WARRIS SCORED FOR GBSTAR? IF WARRIS WANTS TO SHOW HOE GOOD HE IS, HE MUST BANG WITH THE BIG BOYS IN THE BEST LEAGUES….DATS ALL IM SAYING. PUT JORDAN AYEW, YIADOM, ABEYIE, GYAN ALL IN THE SWEDISH LEAGUE AND THEY WILL BECOME INSTANT STARS. WARRIS IS NOT AFCON 2013 MATERIAL. LET HIM ENJOY HIS SUCCESS.HE MUST GO TO ARSENAL, SPAIN OR A BETTER LEAGUE AFTER HIS FIRST YEAR IN SWEDEN. THEN WE WILL SEE HOW REALLY PROLIFIC OF A STRIKER WARRIS IS. RIGHT NOW, HE IS GETTING IT TOO EASY IN SWEDEN AND HE KNOWS IT…
You see the work of enemy of progress..!!! This GH FUO, THINK BIG….. Is talking as if he is jealous of Warris.
I don’t understand him at all, you’re totally saying nonsenses.
May thunder shut that your stupid mouth you’re using to say those silly things.
ABOA BITCH NIGGA LIKE YOUR TYPE FII. THUNGER WILL STRIKE UR DUMB SKULL AND SPLIT IT INTO WO LIKE A WATERMELON. U ARE STUPID AND DATS WHY U DONT UNDERSTAND ME. GO N LEARN SOME SENSE AND COME BACK. BITCH DUMB DUMMY!
Swedish League is clissified among the top 10 league in the world,Ghanas is in the top 50…..
emmanuel, u are naive. u belive than man went to space. u believe in jesus. u believe in fifa rankings. how many times has a swedish club won the champions league? how many times has sweden won the euro cup, in recent memory? how many times have sweden been to the wcup? did they even qualify in 2006 and 2010? if someone tells u smthing, think about it okay. tell urself u are not a fool.