Nigerian players were in action for their various European clubs on Saturday, Sunday and most recently on Monday and represented the country well.
They were involved in the English Premier League, Portuguese Primeira Liga, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A and Spanish La Liga.
In this article, NetBet Nigeria gives a recap of some of the best from those who were involved for their respective clubs in Europe’s top five leagues.
5. Chidozie Awoziem (Boavista, Portugal)
Super Eagles defender was on the pitch from the beginning to the end as his side secured a shocking 3-0 win against highly fancied Benfica.
Chidozie who spent the whole of last season onloan at Leganes was in fact, the captain of the side as the ran away with a big win at the Estádio do Bessa on Monday.
4. Simy Nwankwo (Crotone, Italy)
Simy Nwankwo scored his third goal of the season in Crotone’s 2-1 home loss to Atalanta in a Serie A game on Saturday.
The lanky striker was the biggest attacking threat for the home side as they lost to Gian Piero Gasperini side at the Stadio Ezio Scida.
3. Ola Aina (Fulham, England)
Super Eagles defender Ola Aina scored what could be the Premier League goal of the season in Fulham’s 2-0 win against West Brom Albion on Monday.
The former Chelsea star who joined Fulham on loan from Torino scored in his fourth start for the London club and the goal was his first in the English top flight club.
2. Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal, Spain)
Samuel Chukwueze ended his 11-month La Liga goal drought with the opening goal in Villarreal’s 2-0 win against Real Valladolid on Monday.
Samuel Chukwueze wrong footed the goalie with one touch finish after finding space in the box for his first ever goal in La Liga since he scored in November 2019 when Celta Vigo beat Villarreal 3-1 at the Estadio de la Ceramica.
1. Noni Madueke ( PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Nigeria eligible Noni Madueke came from the bench to score two goals in PSV Eindhoven’s 4-0 big win against ADO Den Haag at Philips stadion in an Eredivisie game on Sunday.
The 18-year-old scored his first goal in the game for PSV Eindhoven, five minutes after being substituted on. For the goal, Noni Madueke received a pass from Eran Zahavi outside the box and fired to the far left.
Ryan Thomas scored PSV Eindhoven third goal in the 84th minute and there was still time for Noni Madueke to complete his brace which he did in the 92nd minute.
For his second goal, he found the bottom left again with his left foot despite being surrounded in the box by two ADO Den Haag defenders.
The brace makes it six goals involvement for Noni Madueke in seven Eredivisie games this season (4 goals, 2 assists).
Football betting fans can back Samuel Chukwueze to add to his goal tally this Thursday when Villearreal host Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. in an Europa League this Thursday.
