England’s Jude Bellingham has been named LALIGA EA SPORTS Under-23 Player of the Month for January, an award presented by LALIGA in collaboration with Riyadh Season. The young Real Madrid star has been instrumental in recent games, contributing goals and assists that helped Carlo Ancelotti’s side maintain a perfect record and strengthen their lead in LALIGA EA SPORTS.

The 21-year-old began the month with a stellar performance in a 2-1 win against Valencia CF, providing an assist and netting the decisive winning goal in the 96th minute. He followed that up with another strong display in a 4-1 win over UD Las Palmas. Although he didn’t score or assist in that match, Bellingham was a key figure in Real Madrid’s dominant performance. He wrapped up the month in style, delivering a pinpoint assist to Kylian Mbappé in a 3-0 win over Real Valladolid, in a game in which he also won a penalty.

Bellingham, wearing the iconic No. 5 for Real Madrid, wins LALIGA EA SPORTS Under-23 Player of the Month for the first time in his career after beating Javi Guerra (Valencia CF), Jesús Rodríguez (Real Betis), Coba da Costa (Getafe CF) and Ilaix Moriba (RC Celta) in the final vote. Bellingham succeeds his teammate Arda Güler, who won the trophy in December.