{"id":437471,"date":"2018-03-19T17:21:59","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T15:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20180319-pire-ton-titlo-tou-polutimoterou-o-varela\/"},"modified":"2018-03-26T11:49:33","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T08:49:33","slug":"20180319-pire-ton-titlo-tou-polutimoterou-o-varela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20180319-pire-ton-titlo-tou-polutimoterou-o-varela\/","title":{"rendered":"Varela, the most valuable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He took quite some time to find his footing last season, but he gradually improved his performances and managed to insert himself into the top centre-backs of the 2016-17 league last May. This season, talk about the best central defender starts with him!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fernando Varela<\/strong> is in excellent condition and a true leader of the \u201cDouble-Headed Eagle\u2019s\u201d defence: unbeatable in his tackling and in the air, with impeccable positioning and timely interventions, endless passion and capability for self-sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>The Cape Verde central defender didn\u2019t just stay back in February, but largely contributed to the attacking game of PAOK, scoring against AEL Larissa and becoming a candidate for\u2026 celebration of the year. He also created one of <strong>Aleksandar Prijovi\u0107\u2019s <\/strong> two goals in Giannina.<\/p>\n<p>In the poll organized by <strong>paokfc.gr<\/strong> and <strong>PAOK FC Official App<\/strong>, Varela collected <strong>44,29%<\/strong> of the users\u2019 vote, earning the <strong>11888 MVP of February<\/strong>, his first individual accolade at PAOK.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adelino Vieirinha<\/strong> was voted in second place, after a busy February of doing everything that was asked of him by the coaching staff. <strong>Dimitris Pelkas<\/strong> completed the podium, confirming he is having an excellent season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>11888 MVP<\/strong> players of the current season:<\/p>\n<p>August: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/nea\/20170914-to-dunato-xekinima-tou-campos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Djalma Campos<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>September: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/nea\/20171016-o-septemvrios-tou-pelka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dimitris Pelkas<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>October: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/nea\/20171110-o-polutimos-leo-matos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>L\u00e9o Matos<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>November: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/nea\/20171207-ekane-to-repeat-o-matos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>L\u00e9o Matos<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>December: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/nea\/20171231-double-to-dekmvrio-o-pelkas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dimitris Pelkas<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>January: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/nea\/20180207-paschalakis-o-polutimoteros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Alexandros Paschalakis<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fernando Varela prevailed in the poll organized by paokfc.gr and PAOK FC Official App and won the 11888 MVP award for the month of February.","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":437462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1520,5,2423],"tags":[2268,2587,3046,3883,3896,3987,4482,6275,8316,8347],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.5.1 - 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