Nashville SC star Hany Mukhtar has been named the 2022 Landon Donovan MLS MVP.
The 27-year-old took home the award after an incredible campaign in which he tallied 23 goals and 11 assists, winning the league’s Golden Boot award as well.
Mukhtar is the first German-born player and first Nashville SC player to be named MLS MVP.
If judging by the “valuable” element of MVP, Mukhtar had an incredibly strong case: he scored 44.2 percent of Nashville’s goals (23 of 52) in 2022, the highest percentage in MLS by one player.
The German also turned it on down the stretch, scoring 21 goals in Nashville’s final 22 games to help the club finish fifth in the Western Conference and reach the playoffs.
Mukhtar beat out fellow finalists Cristian “Chicho” Arango (LAFC), Andre Blake (Philadelphia), Sebastián Driussi (Austin FC), and Javier “Chicharito” Hernández (LA Galaxy).
Mukhtar clinched the award easily, earning 48% of the total vote. Driussi finished in second with 17% while Blake was third with 8%.
MOST. VALUABLE. 🫡
Hany Mukhtar is your 2022 Landon Donovan @MLS MVP pic.twitter.com/QnUEjSfXri
— Nashville SC (@NashvilleSC) November 1, 2022
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