Oliver McBurnie’s impressive performances in January have been recognised with the Premier League 2 Player of the Month award.
The 20-year-old netted a hat-trick against Newcastle United as Swansea City cemented their position as PL2 Division 2 leaders, two days after coming on as a substitute in the first-team’s Premier League defeat by Arsenal.
He started the month by scoring twice to seal a Checkatrade Trophy victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers, before taking his January tally to six goals with an effort in the 1-1 quarter-final tie with Coventry City, which ended in a penalty shoot-out defeat.
McBurnie now has four Premier League appearances to his name, and after winning the award, said: "Luckily enough I've played in the Premier League, no matter what happens I can tell my grandkids that, so hopefully I'll kick on and get as many games as I can."
McBurnie was selected after a poll of all the PL2 managers, who nominated the best individual performance from their opponents throughout the month.
See: Swansea City's Oliver McBurnie profile
The Scottish striker fended off competition from West Ham United’s Domingos Quina, Sunderland defender Joshua Robson and two goalkeepers, Brighton & Hove Albion's Robert Lynch-Sanchez and Aston Villa's Matija Sarkic, to win the prize for the first time.
2016/17's PL2 Players of the Month
January Oliver McBurnie
December Jonathan Leko
November Josh Sims
October Paolo Fernandes
September Rushian Hepburn-Murphy
August Ethan Robson