The Player of the Month award in July is a competition between foreign players and Lingard Sabak Willianthiago
Aug 12, 2025
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The `EA SPORTS Player of the Month' award is given by the Korea Professional Football Federation (President Kwon Oh-gap, hereinafter referred to as the 'Federation') and the official video game partner Electronic Arts (hereinafter referred to as 'EA") of the K-League to award the best performing player every month. It is awarded not only by the K-League, but also by major European leagues such as the Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, and Ligue 1.
This month's Player of the Month award is for four candidates selected through the first vote (60%) of the federation's TSG Technology Committee, with the second K-League fan vote (25%) and EA FC Online (hereinafter referred to as 'FC Online') user vote (15%), and the winners are determined by summing the results of the first and second votes.
The winner of the Player of the Month award will receive benefits such as awarding trophies and attaching patches for the Player of the Month award to the uniforms of the season.
The Player of the Month award in July targeted a total of three games from the 22nd to 24th rounds of the K League 1 held in July, and as a result, Lingard (Seoul), Sabak, Willian (Suwon FC) and Thiago (Jeonbuk) were nominated.
Following the Premier League Player of the Month award in April 2021, Seoul captain Lingard will challenge for the Player of the Month award in the K-League this time. Lingard scored two goals in the month of July, and led Seoul's offense by being selected as one round MVP, two round best 11 and two game MOMs.
Suwon FC front-line striker Sabak scored consecutive points in the 23rd round against Pohang and the 24th round against Anyang. In particular, Sabak won the honor of scoring and winning MOM, Round Best 11, and Round MVP in the match against Anyang in the 24th round.
Willian, who moved from Seoul to Suwon FC this summer, was responsible for four of Suwon FC's nine goals in July. Willian was named the best 11 in the round in all three games in July, and he scored multiple goals in the 23rd round against Pohang to win the round MVP. This is the first time Willian has been nominated for the Player of the Month award since his K-League debut in the 2019 season.
Jeonbuk striker Thiago showed a strong attack by scoring two goals and one assist in the two games he played in July. Thiago is nominated for the Player of the Month Award for the fourth time in his career, and this time he is trying to win his first prize.
Meanwhile, K-League fan voting for the Player of the Month Award can be participated through the official K-League application 'Kick'. Those who want to vote for fans can vote up to four times, once a day, from the 14th to the 17th when the vote is held after signing up for membership in the 'Kick' application. FC online user voting, which takes place during the same period, can only participate once per ID.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
