Norwich City Academy forward Tom Dickson-Peters has been named as the Premier League 2 Player of the Month for December.
The 19-year-old scored a hat-trick against Reading in a 5-2 win at the start of the month as well as the opening goal of a 4-3 win at home to Southampton.
Now on loan at League One side Gillingham, Dickson-Peters told canaries.co.uk: “Since the start of the season, it was a goal of mine to tick that off. To do so as I’ve left that league is really satisfying.
“I’ve really enjoyed playing with the Under-23s this season. You can see by looking at the table that we’re a good side, second in the league and pushing for play-offs.
“We’ve really gelled well, all of us.”
Before his loan move to Gillingham, Dickson-Peters had been named in Dean Smith’s first-team squad once for December’s game against Aston Villa.
The other nominees for the PL2 Player of the Month were Reyes Cleary (West Bromwich Albion), Joe Gelhardt (Leeds United), Sonny Hilton (Fulham), and Reece Welch (Everton).
The shortlist was chosen by the Premier League Football Development Panel after PL2 club coaches nominated the best performance by an opposing player in each of their league matches in the month. The panel also chose the winner.