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Chopra Nominated for Award - Ipswich Town News

Town striker Michael Chopra has been nominated for the Player of the Year gong at the Asian Football Awards, which are being held for the first time on January 24th at Wembley Stadium.

The Blues striker faces competition from Zesh Rehman (Kitchee SC - Hong Kong), Anwar Uddin (Barnet), Indy Aujla (RRFC Montegnee - Belgium) and Netan Sansara (Paeek FC - Cyprus).

FA chairman David Bernstein says his organisation is fully behind the awards: "The FA is committed to diversity and inclusion across all areas of the game and I'm delighted that the Asian football community are celebrating their achievements at Wembley Stadium.”

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