Recently updated on January 31st, 2023 at 12:13 pm
Sylvester Emeka Igboun, a striker and attacking midfielder for the Russian Premier League club FC Ufa has become the club’s all-time leading goalscorer with 24 goals in official games.
The former FC Midtjylland attacker attained this following his brace over the weekend in their 4-1 win over Ural in a league game.
According to Sylvester Emeka Igboun:
“I feel so good about this achievement. It is not easy.
My target as always been to score as many goals as I can, and do better than past seasons. I am delighted to have been able to achieve that and setting a record as Ufa’s all-time top goals scorer.”
On 13 July 2015, Igboun signed for Russian Premier League side FC Ufa. He made his international debut for Nigeria in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification game against Tanzania on 5 September 2015, replacing Moses Simon as a substitute in the 69th minute.