Former Nigeria youth - teamer John Owoeri struck twice as his Swedish team åtvidaberg defeated Halmstad 3 -1 at the örjans Vall on Sunday afternoon in the Allsvenskan.

The 27 - year - old, who played for the Flying Eagles at Holland 2005, scored either side of the half after teammate Ricardo Santos had equalized from the penalty spot in the 32nd minute.

With their 10th win of the season, åtvidaberg have climbed to ninth position in the standings after garnering 37 points from 27 matches.

John Owoeri has netted three braces this season following his pair of goals in today’s game as well as in matches against BK Hacken and Orebro.

It is noteworthy that all those six goals came in away matches, with åtvidaberg garnering 6 points from the games.

John Owoeri has had spells with teams in Egypt (Ismaily), Belgium (Westerlo) and Holland (Feyenoord ).


Photo Credit: feyenoord.com