Arsenal 24yo wins Player of the Month award

Riccardo Calafiori has been named Arsenal’s Player of the Month for August, with the Italian international also in contention for the Premier League’s award.

CARDIFF, WALES - AUGUST 16: Riccardo Calafiori of Arsenal scores his team’s first goal during the 2026 FA Community Shield match between Arsenal and Manchester City at Principality Stadium on August 16, 2026 in Cardiff, Wales. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) — Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images

Arsenal have confirmed that Riccardo Calafiori has won the club’s Player of the Month award for August, receiving a massive 74% of the fan vote.

Calafiori had an excellent start to the season at left-back, scoring in the first minute of Arsenal’s Community Shield win over Manchester City.

The 24-year-old then followed that up with assists in both of Arsenal’s opening games against Coventry City and Aston Villa, as well as helping the team to keep clean sheets in all three matches.

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 06: Mikel Arteta, Manager of Arsenal, reacts with Martin Odegaard and Riccardo Calafiori of Arsenal during the Premier League 2026/27 match between Arsenal FC and Chelsea FC at Emirates Stadium on September 06, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images) — Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images

Calafiori winning Arsenal’s award should be no real surprise, as he was also nominated for the Premier League’s award.

The Italian international was the Gunners’ only inclusion on the shortlist of eight, alongside Cole Palmer, Joao Pedro, Rayan Cherki, Bruno Fernandes, Mamadou Sangare, Konstantinos Tzolakis, and Yoane Wissa.

Voting has concluded for the Premier League award, but the winners hasn’t yet been revealed. The Premier League will publish the final result on Friday, September 11th.

Riccardo Calafiori of Arsenal FC is challenged by Pablo Garcia of Real Betis Balompie during the pre-season friendly match between Arsenal FC and Real Betis Balompie at Aviva Stadium on August 05, 2026 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) — Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

After his strong August, Calafiori started September by helping Arsenal to another win over Chelsea. He then received a well-earned rest in the Champions League against Napoli.

But if the former Bologna defender wants to retain his Player of the Month award, he’ll be returning to some stiff competition. Martin Odegaard has won both of the official Player of the Match awards in September so far, and he’s an early frontrunner for this month’s accolade.

Martin Odegaard of Arsenal FC scores his team's advantage goal during the UEFA Champions League 2026/27 League Phase MD1 match between SSC Napoli and Arsenal FC at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on September 09, 2026 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Maurizio Lagana/Getty Images) — Photo by Maurizio Lagana/Getty Images

Greek Super League side sign former Gunner
Greek Super League side Levadiakos have confirmed the signing of former Gunner Mohamed Elneny as a free agent.
Gyokeres explains his stance on Arsenal summer sale
Viktor Gyokeres has insisted his full focus was on Arsenal over the summer, despite reported transfer interest in him from abroad.
Odegaard injury latest after reckless Bernardo Silva foul
Martin Odegaard has been pictured in training with Norway, but he reportedly wasn’t fully involved in the session following Bernardo Silva’s reckless foul on him at the weekend.
Arsenal international rested after manager admits minor injury issue
Ezri Konsa was rested by England on Tuesday night, after Thomas Tuchel confirmed the player was absent from training due to a minor injury issue.
2 Arsenal youngsters make England youth debuts
Arsenal duo Andre Harriman-Annous and Ife Ibrahim made their debuts for the England u20s and u19s respectively on Tuesday, with Max Dowman also making an appearance.