Nigerian Exports : Egwuekwe Scores Again; Super Eagles Stars Salami, Onobi & Rabiu Work 90-Minute Shift; Moses Ogbu, Bello Benched

Allnigeriasoccer.com checks on the progress of players of Nigerian descent in the European Leagues on Friday.

Former Belgium youth international Funso Ojo went the distance in Willem II ’s hard fought 1-0 victory against Almere City FC in the Dutch Eredivisie qualification.

Moses Ogbu remained on the bench as Joenkoepings Soedra were held to a 1-1 draw by Helsingborg at Stadsparksvallen in the Swedish Allsvenskan. The 25-year-old striker had been involved in all his team’s games prior to today’s contest with Helsingborg.

In Finland, Super Eagles defender Azubuike Egwuekwe bagged a late winner for KuPS in their 1-0 win over William Oluremi John’s RoPS.

Egwuekwe, Gbolahan Salami, Aliyu Abubakar and Paul Onobi went the full ninety minutes while the ex-USA U20 international was introduced ten minutes from time.

New signing Yero Bello was one of the four substitutes that did not get game time as Ilves beat PK-35 Vantaa 2-0 .

In Slovakia, champions AS Trencin thrashed Zilina 5-2, with Kingsley Madu, Rabiu Ibrahim and Samuel Kalu making the starting XI. Aliko Bala saw 15 minutes of action while Madu subbed out in the 66th minute.

Igho Kingsley