Justin Kluivert has been voted the EA SPORTS Player of the Month for January 2025, winning the award for the first time and giving AFC Bournemouth a Premier League awards TREBLE.
Kluivert produced five goals and two assists in his four appearances. His seven goal involvements in January were the joint-most of all players in the Premier League, as he helped to maintain Bournemouth's pursuit of a European spot with three wins and a draw from four matches.
The 25-year-old scored an equalising penalty in a draw at Chelsea before scoring a hat-trick and assisting Bournemouth's other goal in a 4-1 win away to a Newcastle United side who were undefeated in nine matches across all competitions. That hat-trick meant in one appearance at St James' Park he trebled the goal total at the stadium of his legendary father Patrick, a former UEFA Champions League winner who played at Newcastle for one season in 2004/05.
Kluivert then ended the month with a goal and an assist in a 5-0 win over Nottingham Forest, ending their opponents' eight-match unbeaten run in the Premier League.
Kluivert joins elite club of Dutch winners
Kluivert becomes just the second Bournemouth player to win a Player of the Month award, after Dominic Solanke back in December 2023.
He also joins an elite list of Dutch players to win the award, following in the footsteps of Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dennis Bergkamp, Arjen Robben, Rafael van der Vaart, Robin van Persie, Tim Krul and Virgil van Dijk. Van Dijk was the last Dutch winner, in December 2018.
Kluivert topped a seven-man shortlist that also included team-mate Dean Huijsen, after the public's votes on the EA SPORTS website were combined with those of a panel of football experts.
Bournemouth have won a January awards treble, with head coach Andoni Iraola being named the Barclays Manager of the Month and David Brooks winning the Guinness Goal of the Month, which Kluivert also had two goals nominated for.
Bournemouth are just the third team to win all three awards in the same month. Manchester United did so in November 2023 with Harry Maguire, Erik ten Hag and Alejandro Garnacho, while Newcastle United were the first to do it, with Miguel Almiron and Eddie Howe in October 2022. Almiron won both the Player and Goal of the Month awards.
2024/25 EA SPORTS Player of the Month winners
August: Erling Haaland (Man City)
September: Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
October: Chris Wood (Nott'm Forest)
November: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
December: Alexander Isak (Newcastle)
