Aleksandar Mitrović has absolutely smashed the voting for Fulham’s Player of the Season award.
Our number nine claimed an impressive, though not particularly surprising, landslide in the fans’ voting, with 73.8 per cent of supporters considering Mitro to be our best performer in 2021/22.
Mitrović previously won the accolade in 2020 after bagging 26 goals as we won promotion via the Play-Offs, but he was on another level entirely this time around as he scored 43 league goals in 44 matches, and also contributed a further seven assists.
A quick snapshot of his achievements in the campaign just gone:
- Matches and surpasses Ivan Toney’s record of 31 goals in a Championship season with a brace against Peterborough United in February.
- Matches and surpasses Guy Whittingham’s record of 42 goals in a second tier season (modern era) with a brace in our title-securing 7-0 win over Luton Town in our final home match.
- Ends season with 43 league goals to earn a second successive Championship Golden Boot.
- Scores three hat-tricks, against Swansea City, West Bromwich Albion and Bristol City, two of which came in the first half.
- Wins PFA Player of the Month five times.
- Named in the EFL and PFA Teams of the Season, and also wins the London Football Awards’, the EFL Awards’, and the PFA’s Player of the Season accolades.
Speaking to fulhamfc.com after learning of his latest award, Mitro said: “It was a brilliant season for the football club, and I was pleased to help us achieve our aims by scoring a lot of goals.
“I couldn’t have done this without the help of my teammates, whose quality allowed me to have the opportunities to score as often as I did.
“Thank you to them, and also a big thank you to the supporters for voting for me for this award. It means a lot to me, and I’m looking forward to seeing what we can achieve together next season.”
So many of the squad were incredibly consistent throughout the campaign, and any other year could have been in contention to take the crown, but there was just no touching Mitro this time.
Tim Ream played all but 69 minutes of our memorable season, and rolled back the years with composed display after composed display at the heart of defence. He ended up coming second with 7.1% of the vote.
He just pipped new boy Harry Wilson, who came in third (6.5%) following a fabulous maiden year in SW6 where he registered 20 assists and 11 goals in all competitions.
