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Poku,18, had a fantastic campaign with Colchester in the English League 2 in his maiden season playing 38 games and scoring five goals as they finished sixth on the league log.

The teenager was nominated for the Player of the Year, Goal of the Year and Young Player of the Year at the end of season awards but it was the latter he won

The budding kid had more than half of the total vote cast to beat Cohen Bramall, Ryan Clampin and Noah Chilvers for the accolade

Poku is one of the highly regarded young prospects in the English League 2 and he has already been tipped for greatness after his exploits this season which saw the U's reaching the League Two play-offs and also the Carabao Cup last eight.

He previously featured for Cray Wanderers and Worthington FC before moving to Colchester as a free agent in the summer of 2019.

Born in London to Ghanaian parents, he is eligible to play for both England and Ghana in international level.