West Ham player wins award with ‘almost twice as many’ votes’ as rival – Edging into historic status

Tomáš Souček has been a regular for both West Ham United and the Czech Republic over the past few years and his performances have been rewarded.

On Monday, the midfielder won the Czech Republic Men’s Footballer of the Year award for the third time.

Today’s MF Dnes is focusing on the West Ham star’s latest achievement, after winning the same award in 2019 and 2020.

The 29-year-old received 903 votes, which is ‘almost twice as many’ as Sparta Prague’s Ladislav Krejčí, who finished second with 509 votes. His teammate at West Ham, Vladimír Coufal, ended up in third spot with 363 votes.

He’s played every minute for the Czech Republic since their 2-1 defeat to Switzerland in the UEFA Nations League in September 2022.

Souček is also a key player for David Moyes’ side at West Ham, with whom he won the UEFA Conference League last season.

MF Dnes aren’t surprised that the West Ham player has comfortably won the award.

He’s now only behind Pavel Nedvěd [won it four times], Ivo Viktor [five times] and Chelsea legend Petr Čech with a record nine times.

Souček is edging towards a historic status with the national team and if he were to continue impressing, he could match Nedvěd’s record next year.