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Nigeria Players Scorecard: Lookman, Orban, Akpom, Eze The Top Performers

Nigerian players were in action for their clubs across Europe with the duo of Ademola Lookman and Gift Orban putting in great performances as the standout players.

Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman scored a 90th minute goal for Atalanta as they beat Cremonese at the Stadio Giovani Zini on Saturday.

The former Fulham and Leicester City star scored in added time before the game’s final whistle. He came on from the substitutes bench in the 46th minute in place of Colombian forward Luis Muriel.

It was Lookman’s 13th Serie A goal of the season.

Fellow Nigerian, David Okereke was not listed by Cremmonese but striker Cyriel Dessers came off the bench in the 74th minute for Italian midfielder, Marco Benassi.

Super Eagles prospect, Caleb Okoli was an unused sub for Atalanta.

Super Eagles prospect, Gift Orban who is expected to make his Nigeria debut in the next round of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers scored a brace in the first half and also had an assist as Gent defeated Seraing in the Belgian Pro League on Saturday evening at the Stade du Pairay.

The game ended 5-0 in favour of Gent with Orban subbed off in the second half. Unknown Nigerian, Ejaita Ifoni was on the subs bench for the opposition.

Nigerian-born German defender JordanTorunarigha got the fourth in the five-goal blitz.

Eze was on target for Crystal Palace in their 2-1 win over Leicester City at Selhurst Park.

Chuba Akpom scored a 74th minute goal for Middlesbrough in the Championship as the Riverside club lost 4-2 to home side, Huddersfield Town.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.