The official news of the Central League noted that Jinan Xingzhou's Tambu and Qingdao West Coast's Ranil were selected as the best players of September in the Central League.
Qingdao West Coast has an undefeated record of three wins and one draw in the 2023 CFA First Division in September and continues to sit second in the table. In four games, Qingdao West Coast's striker Ranil scored five goals and earned one assist. In the 3-2 away win over Sichuan Jiuniu in the 21st round, Ranil hit two penalty kicks in the 50th and 75th minutes. In the 78th minute, he received a pass from Ramirez and grabbed some breakaway goals for a hat trick. In the 2-0 win over Dongguan Union in the 22nd round, Ranil rolled out a first-place finish in the 59th minute before helping Abu Union and Usmanjiang seal the win in the 80th minute.
In the same time, Jinan Xingzhou achieved 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and the team's striker, Tambu from Cameroon, managed to score 4 goals in 4 matches. Tambu helped his team end a five-game winless streak by kicking twice on the head after the opening 12 minutes of the 2-1 win over Guangzhou in the 23rd round.
Ranil and Tambu received all the first place votes in the expert vote of the media jury and in the other ballots in the selection of the best players of the C.A. League for the month of September. In the end, they shared the CCAA Player of the Month award for September with 93 points. It should be noted that both Ranil and Tambu have now scored 11 goals in the Chinese First Division, placing them 4th and 5th in the scorers' table respectively.
