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5On Friday, Vangelis Pavlidis was named the Eredivisieโs Player of the Month. AZโs Greek international and leading scorer was chosen as this monthโs best Eredivisie player, on the basis of Opta stats and fan votes.
Pavlidis is currently the Eredivisieโs leading scorer with fourteen goals. Many of these goals were scored in October. Although his goal against Fortuna Sittard on 1 October and last Sundayโs goal in the match against N.E.C. Nijmegen are not included in this monthโs statistics, Pavlidis still scored four times in his two other appearances. In Amsterdam, the Greek international put AZ ahead against Ajax during a 2-1 away win, while he helped his club to a comfortable 3-0 home victory against sc Heerenveen by scoring a hat-trick.
Pavlidis finished October with a minutes-per-goal ration of a goal every 40 minutes. Four of his six shots were on target; all of which were goals. Pavlidis also won twelve duels and recorded seventeen touches of the ball in the penalty area. The striker was voted KPN Man of the Match in both games.