Ci̇han Kahraman has been named Liga Portugal's midfielder of the month for September and October after a five-match run that brought one goal, three assists and a clear edge in the voting. He collected 21.3% of the vote, ahead of Gabri Veiga and Taichi Fukui, who each finished on 15.74%.
Kahraman's numbers in the award window
The award fits the spell he put together for Academico Viseu. Across those five matches, he was directly involved in four goals, and all five games ended in wins for the club, against Sporting, Estoril, Estrela da Amadora, Vitória de Guimarães and Gil Vicente.
That run also sits inside a broader season in which Kahraman has four goal contributions overall and a 6.94 league rating. The month prize was not built on one standout outing either. His 8.54 rating at Estoril and 7.98 in the 2-1 win over Vitória de Guimarães are the two clearest single-game markers from the stretch.
What the award says about Académico de Viseu
Liga Portugal's announcement said Kahraman was the "lungs" of a perfect period for the viriatos and deserved the coaches' vote. That description matches the football well enough. He was not just padding numbers in a side getting by, he was producing in a winning run that kept Academico Viseu sixth in the championship with 20 points when the award was announced.
The voting gap is not huge, but it is decisive. Veiga and Fukui were close enough to make this a real contest, yet Kahraman still came through with the strongest share and the strongest five-game case.
If he keeps producing at this level, the month award will look less like a spike and more like the clearest sign yet of his importance to Viseu. The club now goes into the next league fixtures with a midfielder who has already done the job in a five-game winning stretch.
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