Roma Loanee Sadiq Now Has A Hand In 22 Goals This Season After First Career Hat-trick

Roma loanee Umar Sadiq continued his rich vein of form after scoring a hat-trick as Partizan Belgrade hammered Javor Ivanjica 6-2 on game week 17 in the Serbian Super Liga on Friday evening.

After spending four years as a professional, the former Nigeria U23 international has netted the first hat-trick of his career.
 
At minute 9, Sadiq restored parity for Partizan and made it 3-1 in favour of the home team eight minutes before half-time.

In the 59th minute, the lanky striker slotted home when goalkeeper Dorde Lazovic spilled a shot taken by Miletic into his path.

Sadiq's tally of three goals vs Javor Ivanjica took his haul for the season to 13 goals across all competitions consisting of 10 in the Super Liga and 3 in the Europa League including the qualifying rounds.

The 22-year-old is now the joint top scorer in the Serbian top flight along with Javor's Nikola Petkovic, and needs only two more assists to become the first Nigerian player based in Europe to reach double figures for goals and assists in the league this season.

He has contributed to 22 goals (13 goals, 9 assists)  from 24 games in all competitions so far this season.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

Photo Credit : FK Partizan