NICHOLAS PIERINI LIFTS THE SERIE BKT MVP TROPHY FOR OCTOBER

Another Italian MVP for Serie BKT, the third consecutive one since the start of the season. Sassuolo forward Nicholas Pierini is the third to win best footballer, in his case for the month of October, after Salvatore Esposito in September and Antonio Vergara in August.

The award, devised by BKT, the leader company in the production of Off-Highway tires and Title Sponsor of the championship, in collaboration Lega B, will be handed over to the Sassuolo forward on the occasion of Sassuolo-Salernitana, matchday 14 of the first half of the season.

He was voted for by the journalists of DAZN, the official broadcaster of the championship, assisted this time by Emanuele Mattia D’Angelo of nss sports.

At the time of receiving the award, Nicholas Pierini had scored four goals in four matches played in Serie BKT, as many as he had scored in the previous 45. Furthermore, according to the Opta data, among the forwards who scored at least three goals in the month of October, the striker born in '98 in Parma had the best ratio both in terms of goals/minutes (35) and of goal/shots on goal (100%).

Pierini is a fast and tactically very versatile player, who can play right across the front of the attack. Technically skilful, he is good at attacking overloads and set-pieces. In Serie BKT he boasts considerable experience with Spezia, Cosenza, Ascoli and Venezia, before arriving at Sassuolo in August.