Iskander Nugmanov named Norway's best bandy player

Iskander Nugmanov, a striker of the Oslo-based bandy (ball hockey) club "Ready", has been named the Year's Player of Norway's Bandy Championship.

Iskander Nugmanov is from Uralsk, Western Kazakhstan. Previously, he played for Uralsk's "Akzhaik" club, the Russian "Zorkiy" and the Norwegian "Høvik". He is a member of Kazakhstan's national team. Since last year he has been playing for the "Ready" club (Oslo). This year, "Ready" became the winner in the elite series of the Norwegian championship, and also won the Fair Play trophy.

"On behalf of Norway's elite clubs, we congratulate Iskander Nugmanov as Player of the Year 2019/20", the Norwegian Bandy Association said in a statement.