The winners of March 2024's EA SPORTS Player, Barclays Manager, Budweiser Goal and Castrol Save of the Month awards have been revealed.
Muniz voted EA SPORTS Player of the Month
Rodrigo Muniz has been voted as March 2024's EA SPORTS Player of the Month, becoming only the third Fulham player EVER to win the award.
Striker Muniz was the Premier League's joint-highest scorer in March, netting four goals as well as producing an assist.
He scored and set up a goal in a 3-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion, struck a brace in a 3-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur, and ended the month with a sensational stoppage-time scissor-kick goal to rescue a point at Sheffield United.
"Without my team-mates, the staff, everyone here, this is impossible," Muniz told Fulham's official website.
"It's special. The last two-and-a-half years were difficult. Now I'm adapted to England. I feel at home here."
Muniz was brought to tears when team-mates Willian and Andreas Pereira surprised him with his award.
Rodrigo thought this was a normal pre-match interview...
— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) April 12, 2024
But @andrinhopereira and @willianborges88 had a surprise. 🏆 pic.twitter.com/J6aVbRR8eM
The 22-year-old Brazilian becomes the first Fulham player to win the award in over 14 years.
Goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer was Fulham's last winner, in February 2010, while Louis Saha won it in August 2001.
Muniz topped a seven-man shortlist after the public's votes on the EA SPORTS website were combined with those of a panel of football experts.
The first of his career.
— EA SPORTS FC (@EASPORTSFC) April 12, 2024
Congratulations to March's @premierleague Player of the Month, Rodrigo Muniz.#FC24 pic.twitter.com/UZVHDyaoGW
2023/24 Player award winners
August: James Maddison (Spurs)
September: Son Heung-min (Spurs)
October: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
November: Harry Maguire (Man Utd)
December: Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth)
January: Diogo Jota (Liverpool)
February: Rasmus Hojlund (Man Utd)
March: Rodrigo Muniz (Fulham)
Iraola named Barclays Manager of the Month
Andoni Iraola has been named as March 2024's Barclays Manager of the Month.
Iraola wins the award for the first time after leading AFC Bournemouth through the month unbeaten, winning three matches and drawing the other.
The Spaniard's team won 2-0 at Burnley and earned home victories over Luton Town and Everton. Their 4-3 win against Luton was spectacular, as it was the first time in 21 years a Premier League team had been trailing 3-0 and come back to win.
"This award is for the whole club. I’m the one in charge but we have had a good run of results in March," Iraola said. "The ones that probably deserve it more are the players because they are the ones that give us the chance to be successful and get the results.
"Luton was a special game. We have had a few games where we were close to not winning them and scored late.”
Iraola is only the second Bournemouth manager to win the award, following Eddie Howe, who won it three times with the Cherries in 2017 and 2018 before joining current club Newcastle United.
Overall Iraola is only the fifth Bournemouth winner of a Premier League monthly award, joining Howe, Dominic Solanke, Jermain Defoe and Charlie Daniels. Solanke won the EA SPORTS Player of the Month award in December 2023, while Defoe and Daniels won the Budweiser Goal of the Month in December and August of 2017 respectively.
Iraola topped a four-man shortlist that also included Arsenal's Mikel Arteta, Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp and Tottenham Hotspur's Ange Postecoglou.
He wins March's award after votes from the public were combined with those of a panel of experts.
An unforgettable month and an unforgettable prize 🏆
— AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) April 12, 2024
Congratulations to the boss, who has won the @premierleague's Manager of the Month award 🔥
So well deserved, gaffer ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Bwiptn7kRL
2023/24 Barclays Manager winners
August: Ange Postecoglou (Spurs)
September: Ange Postecoglou (Spurs)
October: Ange Postecoglou (Spurs)
November: Erik ten Hag (Man Utd)
December: Unai Emery (Aston Villa)
January: Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool)
February: Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)
March: Andoni Iraola (Bournemouth)
Rashford wins Budweiser Goal of the Month award
Marcus Rashford's stunning Manchester derby strike has won the March 2024 Budweiser Goal of the Month award.
Rashford struck a spectacular long-range effort that went in off the underside of the crossbar to open the scoring in Manchester United's 3-1 loss at Manchester City.
🚀 A missile from Marcus!
— Budweiser Football (@budfootball) April 12, 2024
Presenting your March @premierleague GOTM winner, Marcus Rashford 🏆 pic.twitter.com/f6Y8c2Br1c
The 26-year-old has scored 83 career Premier League goals but this is his first Budweiser Goal of the Month win.
It means Man Utd have scored FOUR of this season's eight Budweiser Goal of the Month winners.
Rashford's goal topped a shortlist of eight of the best in March after votes from the public were combined with those of a panel of experts.
2023/24 Budweiser Goal winners
August: Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton)
September: Bruno Fernandes (Man Utd)
October: Saman Ghoddos (Brentford)
November: Alejandro Garnacho (Man Utd)
December: Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
January: Oscar Bobb (Man City)
February: Kobbie Mainoo (Man Utd)
March: Marcus Rashford (Man Utd)
Sels makes history with Castrol Save of the Month award
Matz Sels has won March 2024's Castrol Save of the Month award for his stunning point-blank stop for Nottingham Forest against Liverpool.
Sels showed incredible reactions to keep out Darwin Nunez's header that took a deflection off Forest defender Murillo less than six yards out from goal. It was in the third minute of stoppage time and kept the score at 0-0.
“I am quite proud," said Sels. "To be nominated was really good for me, but to win the trophy is amazing.
"Sadly we lost the game, otherwise this save would have been even more important, but at that moment it was an important save for the team.
"My ambition now is to [help the team] stay in the Premier League. That’s why I came here."
History for Nott'm Forest
The 32-year-old Belgian becomes the first Nott'm Forest player to win a Premier League monthly award.
The only other Forest winners were both managers. Stuart Pearce won the Barclays Manager of the Month award in January 1997, while Frank Clark won it in September 1994 and October 1995.
Sels' save topped a shortlist of six of the best saves by goalkeepers across the month.
He wins the award after votes from the public were combined with those of a panel of experts.
2023/24 Castrol Save winners
August: Alisson (Liverpool)
September: Robert Sanchez (Chelsea)
October: Alphonse Areola (West Ham)
November: Thomas Kaminski (Luton)
December: Wes Foderingham (Sheff Utd)
January: Jordan Pickford (Everton)
February: Mark Flekken (Brentford)
March: Matz Sels (Nott'm Forest)
