Antoine Semenyo wins Premier League Player of the Month for February

[p]As a result, he becomes the third Ghanaian player in history to receive the honour, following in the footsteps of Tony Yeboah and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ayew-andre/GrZDpRwB/"]Andre Ayew[/a].[/p][p]The winger, who only joined [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/Wtn9Stg0/"]City[/a] from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bournemouth/OtpNdwrc/"]AFC Bournemouth[/a] in January, hit the ground running in his first full month at the Etihad, producing a string of performances that saw him edge out a highly competitive shortlist including [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a]'s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gyokeres-viktor/zaBZ1xIk/"]Viktor Gyokeres[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brentford/xYe7DwID/"]Brentford[/a]'s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ouattara-dango/GvqREHp3/"]Dango Ouattara[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/ppjDR086/"]Manchester United[/a]'s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sesko-benjamin/QDozP4IN/"]Benjamin Sesko[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a]'s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-dijk-virgil/U59RNqOr/"]Virgil van Dijk[/a], and City teammate [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/o-reilly-nico/xOrYaNWc/"]Nico O'Reilly[/a].[/p][embed guid="2e076f3b-7349-4d0e-b3f7-2c695af220a3" url="https://x.com/ManCity/status/2032411364107469244?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]City moved swiftly to secure [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/semenyo-antoine/r1Gz1yPk/"]Semenyo[/a]'s signature on January 9th, 2026, announcing that the 26-year-old had signed a five-and-a-half-year contract worth a reported £64 million.[/p][p]On his very first appearance in sky blue, Semenyo scored and assisted in a 10-1 FA Cup thrashing of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/exeter/ve14a3l4/"]Exeter City[/a].[/p][p]Within days, he was opening the scoring in a League Cup semi-final against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-utd/p6ahwuwJ/"]Newcastle United[/a].[/p][h2]A February to remember[/h2][p]Semenyo featured in all five of City's Premier League fixtures in February, with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/birmingham/SWk4muv7/"]Blues[/a] recording four wins and a draw. His three goals and one assist were central to a run that has left City unbeaten in their last seven league matches and firmly in contention at the top of the table.[/p][p]His month began with a clinical left-footed finish in a 2-2 draw at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tottenham/UDg08Ohm/"]Tottenham Hotspur[/a], providing an early sign of his quality.[/p][p]He then turned in a commanding display against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fulham/69ZiU2Om/"]Fulham[/a], scoring an instinctive finish and threading a slide-rule pass assist through for teammate O'Reilly in a commanding 3-0 home victory.[/p][p]He rounded off February with arguably the most important goal of the lot: a poacher's effort at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/leeds/tUxUbLR2/"]Leeds United[/a], the only goal of the game, securing a crucial three points in City's title push.[/p][embed guid="93084c46-c6ae-481f-b141-4d0696d30822" url="https://x.com/premierleague/status/2032411832145879173?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]The award adds to an already impressive season tally. With 15 Premier League goals to his name across the campaign, only [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/haaland-erling/UmV9iQmE/"]Erling Haaland[/a] (22) and Brentford's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rodriguez-thiago/MmJb4MzQ/"]Igor Thiago[/a] (18) have been more prolific in front of goal. [/p][h2]A place in Ghanaian football history[/h2][p]Semenyo's triumph makes him only the third Ghanaian player ever to win the Premier League Player of the Month award, an achievement that places him in the most distinguished of company.[/p][p]The first was Leeds United striker Yeboah, who claimed the award twice in 1995: once in March, and again in September of that year, a period that coincided with some of the most breathtaking goals ever seen in English football.[/p][p]Yeboah's thunderous volleys against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/wimbledon-fc/dK3QvN7F/"]Wimbledon[/a] and Liverpool in the 1995/96 season remain the stuff of Premier League legend.[/p][p]Twenty years on, Ayew became the second Ghanaian to earn the distinction when he won the award in August 2015, having made a stunning start to his [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/swansea/K6xezbY7/"]Swansea City[/a] career following his free transfer from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/marseille/SblU3Hee/"]Marseille[/a].[/p][p]His early-season form was the talk of the Premier League, and the recognition served to showcase the influence Ghanaian players have had on English football's top flight.[/p][p]Now Semenyo joins that roll of honour and becomes the second City player to win the monthly award this season, after Erling Haaland scooped it in September.[/p][image alt="Owuraku Ampofo" id="345f5fd0-6a26-4f45-8078-6462582c5da7" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="2a5eb74e-40cb-4a23-8f37-73e00403117d" original-width="1200" original-height="381" /]