The French young international was named the winner after receiving more than 56 per cent of the votes having been nominated for the fourth time.
Following their season resuming after the World Cup, the defender has attracted plaudits during all three of his appearances, which included his third and fourth goals of his Wolves career.
Although he had to settle for a place on the bench on each three of his matches, the full-back made immediate impacts against Gillingham and Everton to help Julen Lopetegui to two wins from his opening two games in charge of the club.
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— Wolves (@Wolves) December 27, 2022
He came on with just nine minutes remaining of the Carabao Cup victory over the Gills at Molineux, playing in a more advanced winger role, and found the back of the net with the last kick of the game as he doubled Wolves’ advantage and secure a place in the club’s first quarter-final in the competition for 27 years.
Just six days later he was at it again. At Goodison Park on Boxing Day, he came on with half an hour of the game remaining. Tied at 1-1 going into the final moments of the match, wing-back Ait-Nouri charged from one end of the pitch to the other as Wolves counter-attacked and managed to get on the end of Adama Traore’s cross before firing the ball past Jordan Pickford to send the away support into raptures and earn his side’s final three points of 2022.
Ait-Nouri faced tough competition for the award, with Ruben Neves, Jose Sa and Daniel Podence also nominated, but he did enough to secure supporters’ votes.
December Castore Player of the Month results:
- Ait-Nouri 56.3%
- Sa 22%
- Neves 11.6%
- Podence 10.1%
