Overused Defender Oboabona Explains Why He Did Not Play Against Bursaspor
Published: December 06, 2016
Nigeria international Godfrey Oboabona has explained why he was not handed game time in Rizespor’s 2-1 loss to Bursaspor in the Turkish Super Lig on Monday, December 5.This would be the second time this season that the central defender has not started a league game, as he was unavailable for selection against Bas...
Emmanuel Emenike Gets The Ball Rolling As Fenerbahce Beat Gaziantepspor
Published: September 25, 2016
Emmanuel Emenike scored for the second consecutive game as Fenerbahçe registered a 2-1 win over Gaziantepspor in the Turkish Super Lig on Sunday evening.In the game held at Å�ükrü SaracoÄ�lu Spor Kompleksi , the former Nigeria international got the ball rolling in the 22nd minute after he was set up ...
Ekigho Ehiosun Gets Back On The Goal Trail With Samsunspor
Published: April 03, 2016
Out-of-favour Nigeria international Ekigho Ehiosun got on the score sheet in Samsunspor’s hard fought 2-1 victory over Elazigspor in the Turkish First League on Sunday afternoon.On 22 minutes, Musa Aydin gave the hosts the lead before Ehiosun converted a spot kick eight minutes before the interval.Prior to tod...
Aminu Umar Bags Brace As Osmanlispor Beat Istanbul Basaksehir
Published: March 12, 2016
Umar Aminu belatedly celebrated his call-up to the Super Eagles by notching a brace in Osmanlispor FK’s 3-2 away win against Istanbul Basaksehir in the Turkish Super Lig on Saturday afternoon. The homers broke the deadlock in the seventh minute before Osmanlispor found a way back to parity through Aminu in the 2...
Ofoedu, Ehiosun On Target In Samsunspor Win
Published: February 28, 2016
Two second half goals from Chikeluba Ofoedu assisted Samsunspor thrash 1461 Trabzon 3-0 in the Turkish First League on Sunday afternoon. The homers were quickly out of the blocks after the intermission, scoring through Ekigho Ehiosun in the 47th minute before Ofoedu notched a brace to seal the win.The former Enugu Rang...
Raheem Lawal Taunts Former Club Mersin Idmanyurdu After Scoring Maiden Goal For Osmanlispor
Published: February 21, 2016
Raheem Lawal has revealed that he celebrated his maiden goal for Osmanlıspor in a 3-1 win against his former club Mersin İdmanyurdu in the Turkish Super Lig on Sunday afternoon.The Super Eagles midfielder made sure Osmanlıspor got the maximum points with the team’s third goal in the 90th minut...
Sunday Mba, Simeon Tochukwu Nwankwo Bag Brace For Yeni Malatyaspor , Gil Vicente
Published: February 21, 2016
Out--of-favour Nigeria national-teamer Sunday Mba bagged a brace as Yeni Malatyaspor thrashed Elazigspor in the Turkish First League on Sunday afternoon.The former Enugu Rangers and Warri Wolves star has now entered double-digits goal tally since transferring to Europe in January 2014, with five of those strikes coming...
In-form Nduka Ozokwo Fires Adanaspor To Top Of The League
Published: February 21, 2016
Ex-Flying Eagles dazzler Nduka Ozokwo netted the game-winner as Turkish First League leading Adanaspor beat Balıkesirspor 1-0 on match day 22.The Enugu Rangers product, who was named in Adanaspor’s starting XI for the 21st time this season, scored the important goal which gave his team all three points in th...
Ex - Spartak Moscow Netminder : Emenike Caused Confusion At Training
Published: January 25, 2016
FC Krasnodar shot-stopper Andriy Dykan has declared that Emmanuel Emenike is the strangest footballer he has played with since he turned professional 21 years ago.The Ukraine international was a teammate to the ex-Super Eagle before the attacker returned to Turkey in 2013 to sign for Fenerbahce.“The odd player wh...
Chikeluba Ofoedu Ends Five - Month Goal Drought
Published: January 16, 2016
Chikeluba Ofoedu could not prevent Samsunspor from losing 2 - 1 to Altinordu in the Turkish First League on Saturday despite scoring his fourth goal of the season.The 23 - year - old had not scored in the second - tier since August 23, 2015 when he notched a brace in Samsunspor’s 3 - 3 draw with Adana Demirspor.O...
Umar Aminu Reveals Osmanlispor Will Not Block Him From Representing Dream Team At Olympics
Published: December 14, 2015
Nigeria U23 international Umar Aminu has revealed that his Turkish club Osmanlıspor will release him for the Olympic football tournament in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, after missing out on the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.The attacker did not have the luxury of watching his international teammates in action in Senegal ...
John Chibuike Back Among The Goals For Gaziantepspor
Published: December 12, 2015
John Chibuike opened the scoring in Gaziantepspor’s 2 - 1 victory over Raheem Lawal’s Eskisehirspor in the Turkish Super Lig on Saturday afternoon.The visitors got off to a dream start in the 13th minute thanks to a goal from the Nigerian only for Eskisehirspor to restore parity in the 64th minute before M...
Sunday Mba Returns To Scoring Ways Against Adana Demirspor
Published: December 06, 2015
Out - of - favour Nigeria international Sunday Mba returned to scoring ways but could not prevent Yeni Malatyaspor from losing 3 - 1 home to Adana Demirspor in the Turkish 1 Lig on Sunday afternoon.The former Warri Wolves star gave Yeni Malatyaspor a 1 - 0 lead in the seventh minute but the visitors drew level barely a...
Yakubu Aiyegbeni Nets Hat - trick For Kayserispor In Turkish Cup
Published: December 01, 2015
Former Super Eagles hero Yakubu Aiyegbeni scored a hat - trick as Kayserispor thrashed 2 Lig side Sariyer 7 - 2 in the Turkish Cup on Tuesday afternoon.In third round tie staged at the Yusuf Ziya öniş Stadyumu (İstanbul), Yakubu opened scoring in the 13th minute, grabbed his brace in the 21st minute befo...
George Akpabio On Target In Yeni Malatyaspor Win
Published: November 22, 2015
George Akpabio scored for the second consecutive game as Yeni Malatyaspor defeated Kayseri Erciyesspor 3 - 1 in the 12th round of matches in the Turkish Ist Lig on Sunday.At the Malatya Ä°nönü Stadyumu, the home team took a 3 - 0 lead thanks to their Nigerian forward, who found the net with five minutes lef...