Ben White has waltzed to the Championship’s Goal of the Month prize for July with more than 80 per cent of the vote.
Leeds United’s on-loan defender scored his only goal of 2019/20 in the final match of the season with a cushioned chest of the ball before volleying into the top corner.
After making the shortlist, Sky Sports readers then voted for their favourite strike with White taking eight of every 10 votes cast.
The Brighton & Hove Albion man said: “I’m delighted to win Goal of the Month. This was my only goal of the season in the final game and it was a great moment for me.
“We went on to lift the Championship trophy that night to end the season on a real high.”
Lead Goal of the Month judge and Sky Sports pundit Don Goodman said: “Ben White’s first goal in the final game of the campaign will live long in the memory for a variety of different reasons.
“The quality of the control and the strike into the top corner marks White out as a truly gifted centre-back, something Leeds fans have grown accustomed to as the season progressed.
“Leeds’ gamble on the 22-year-old has paid off, and his breakthrough season, on loan from Brighton with the Championship title winners, has seen his stock rise astronomically.
“Now one of the hottest young defensive properties in the English game, it seems there may be no limit to how far White can go.”
White beat off competition from Blackburn Rovers’ Adam Armstrong and Cardiff City’s Will Vaulks.
