SOCCER Star of the Year, Joel “Josta” Ngodzo was certain that he had bagged the top accolade in the country because of the goals he scored this season together with the assists he has provided.

The 30-year-old Caps United midfielder took the top gong ahead of Triangle captain Ralph Kawondera and Highlanders striker Prince Dube. He has scored 10 goals this season and chipped in with a number of assists for Makepekepe who are in the race for the championship with two games remaining.

“I am so happy because this is my first time to be the Soccer Star, I was 95 percent sure I was winning it because as a midfielder with 10 goals as an attacking midfielder, looking at my assists there are many of them, that’s why I was so sure,’’ Ngodzo said.

Ngodzo finally took home the most coveted trophy on the domestic football scene having come close in his very first season with Highlanders.

On what has really changed in his game for him to get the top prize he said; “It’s the first time for me to score so many goals, to have plenty assists.”

The midfield genius feels vindicated after being jettisoned at Highlanders in 2015 by then coach Bongani Mafu, which forced him to move to Caps United where he felt treasured.

“It seems Mafu didn’t like me, because when he got to Highlanders, he said I can’t play football and I am overweight but I went to Caps United like that, they appreciated me, gave me training, I didn’t spend more than a year without playing,” Ngodzo said.State media