Zlatan Ibrahimovic nominated for Ligue 1 Player of the Year award

Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been nominated for the Ligue 1 Player of the Year award.

The 31-year Swede is the leading scorer in the French first division with 27 goals and could become the first player since Marseille's Jean-Pierre Papin in 1991-92 to bag 30 goals in Ligue 1 in a single campaign.

PSG defender Thiago Silva and midfielder Blaise Matuidi have also been included in the nominations, as has Saint-Etienne forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who has scored 19 goals so far this season.

The award will be handed out by the National Professional Footballers' Union (UNFP) in Paris on May 19.