In this week’s Nigerian Players Tracker, Super Eagles stars produced a mix of goalscoring heroics and disciplinary setbacks across European leagues.
On Sports Intel, we serve you the performances of Nigerian players abroad.
Nigerian Players Tracker: EPL and Championship
Back-to-back clean sheets for Arthur Okonkwo; he has now kept 3 clean sheets in 6 matches this season, the 2nd most in the English Championship
Also, Ola Aina put in a solid defensive shift at centre-back for Nottingham Forest.
He helped Forest secure their first Premier League win of the season with a 2–1 victory away at Aston Villa.
Nigerian Players Tracker: Italy
Relief for Venezia’s record signing from Sevilla as Akor Adams scores his first Serie A goal in three matches.
Akor gave a taste of what to expect when he scored a brace in a cup game, but went blank afterwards.
TURKEY
Gift Orban is now the Turkish Süper Lig’s joint top scorer with Victor Osimhen, with 6 goals, after scoring a hat-trick for Amed Sportif against Başakşehir.
Similarly, Kelechi Iheanacho shows no signs of slowing down. The 29-year-old scored again for Bursaspor on Sunday in a 2-2 home draw against Erokspor, opening the scoring in the 16th minute.
Iheanacho joined Bursaspor this summer after a trophy-winning spell at Celtic, where he helped the Scottish side to a domestic double. He moved to Turkey after contract talks with Celtic broke down.
Meanwhile, that makes it goals in seven straight league games and nine in the TFF 1.
BELGIUM
Rafiu Durosinmi was back among the goalscorers for Genk. After missing last week, the striker equalized before half-time in a 1-1 home draw with Gent.
It’s now five goals in six league matches since joining Genk in the summer.
Nigerian Players Tracker: CZECH REPUBLIC
Lastly, Sporting Lagos graduate Linus Zika wasted no time announcing himself.