Leicester's Chituru Odunze short-listed for Premier League Two Save of the Season Award

LEICESTER City's Nigeria-eligible goalkeeper Chituru Odunze has been nominated for the Premier League Two Save of the Season Award in recognition of his big save in a 3-1 win over West Ham United back in August.

Odunze, 20, who spent three years with Chelsea, joined Leicester City in 2019 after spells with the Calgary Villains, Calgary Blizzard, Calgary Foothills and Vancouver Whitecaps. Currently, the goalkeeper is a US youth international but because of his Nigerian descent he is qualified to represent the Super Eagles at senior level.

Now the undisputed first-choice goalkeeper of Leicester City's development squad, Odunze has had a wonderful season at the King Power Stadium.  In particular, he put in memorable performances against Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United and was also exceptional in Leicester's penalty shootout victory against Bradford City in the Papa Johns Trophy.

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However, it is Odunze's big save in a 3-1 win over West Ham United back in August that has been nominated for the Save of the Season award. So far, Odunze has started 19 of the 22 games he has been named in the match day squad and has been an unused substitute three times for the young Foxes in the Premier League Two.

At senior level, Odunze has received three call-ups for first team matches but is yet to feature in the English Premier league. Last season when Leicester City were in Europe, he was a non-playing substitute against Rennes twice and PSV Eindhoven in the Europa Conference League.