Craig Dawson has been nominated for the EA Sports Premier League Player of the Month award for January.
The West Ham United defender only made his debut at Southampton on 29 December and settled into David Moyes’ side immediately, helping his team keep a clean sheet at St Mary’s Stadium.
The 30-year-old backed that up by helping the Hammers keep clean sheets in 1-0 wins at Everton and home to Burnley.
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He also defended stoutly and scored the winning goal in a 1-0 Emirates FA Cup third round victory at Stockport County and kept four clean sheets in his first four appearances in Claret and Blue overall.
The on-loan Watford man has forged a strong partnership with Angelo Ogbonna and helped the Irons to a 2-1 win over West Bromwich Albion at London Stadium before scoring what turned out to be the winning goal in a 3-2 victory at Crystal Palace.
And Dawson rounded off a productive month that saw his team keep collect 12 Premier League points and keep two clean sheets with a goal in a 3-1 home defeat by champions Liverpool.
The No15’s fellow nominees are Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish, Manchester City’s John Stones and Ilkay Gündogan, Arsenal’s Bernd Leno and Bukayo Saka, Leicester City’s James Maddison and West Brom’s Matheus Pereira.
Should he win, Dawson would become the sixth Hammer to secure the award after Stuart Pearce (February 2001), Anton Ferdinand (January 2006), Scott Parker (February 2011), Diafra Sakho (October 2014) and Michail Antonio (July 2020).
Click here to cast your vote for Craig Dawson for the EA Sports Premier League Player of the Month award for January. Voting closes at 6pm on Monday 8 February.
The winner will be announced at 11am on Friday 12 February.
