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Derby County's Miles Addison has capped off an impressive start to the season by being shortlisted forAugust Coca-Cola Player of the Month Award.

The 20-year-old central defender scored in the home victories against Peterborough United and Plymouth Argyle during the month.

He also impressed FA representatives with his early-season form, which earned him a call-up to England's U21 squad for their 2011 European Championship qualifiers against Macedonia and Greece.

He came off the bench in the 1-1 draw against Greece last night, becoming the first Rams player in two years to gain England U21 honours.

Also up for the award in the Coca-Cola Championship for August are Cardiff City's Michael Chopra, Shola Ameobi of Newcastle United and Nicky Maynard of Bristol City. All three frontman fired home the goals in the early weeks of the season.

The winner will be announced on Sky Sports' Soccer AM on Saturday (12 September) morning between 9am and 10am on Sky Sports 1.

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Newcastle United striker Shola Ameobi was celebrating today after being named Coca-Cola Championship Player of the Month for August.

Ameobi has been at the heart of Newcastle United's excellent start to the season, hitting four goals in as many league games in August. The frontman opened his account for the campaign with an impressive hat-trick in his side's comprehensive home win over Reading. He also netted the only goal to seal all three points for the Magpies in their game against Sheffield Wednesday as Chris Hughton's side continue to set the early pace in the Coca-Cola Championship.

Also short-listed for the August award were Nicky Maynard of Bristol City, Michael Chopra of Cardiff City and Derby County's Miles Addison.

Lloyd Sam of Charlton Athletic won the award in League 1 and Ismail Yakubu of Barnet was given the League 2 accolade. .

The decision to present the Coca-Cola Championship Player of the Month award was made by the Coca-Cola Player of the Month awards panel which includes former World Cup referee Jack Taylor, on behalf of The Football League, Steve Bates, Chairman of the Football Writers' Association, Malcolm Clarke, Chairman of the Football Supporters' Federation and Steve Watts, Marketing Assets Manager, Coca-Cola Great Britain.

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