Enyimba’s Mfon Udoh breaks Jude Aneke’s NPFL goals record with 21st goal

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Enyimba striker Mfon Udoh has smashed former Kaduna United forward Jude Aneke’s longstanding Nigeria Professional Football League goals record with a lone goal in a dramatic 4-3 win at the Liberation Stadium.
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The 22-year-old Akwa Ibom-born star netted for the 21st time against Dolphins in the 66th minute of Sunday’s NPFL Week 37 clash, thus moving him one clear of Aneke in the all-time standings and closest rivals Emem Eduok on 20 goals.

Udoh, who had 20 goals before the Aba Millionaires’ away encounter with Dolphins, grabbed an equalizer in a 1-1 draw at the Liberation Stadium which ensured Enyimba’s sixth unbeaten run this season away from home but was not enough to kept Enyimba’s title dreams alive.

The former Akwa United striker, who scored 16 goals last season for the Promise Keepers before he joined Enyimba in the concluding season, has also scored two goals in the Federation Cup to bag 23 goals in all competitions.

The Crocodiles’ icon Jude Aneke hit 20 goals in the 2010/2011 season of the Nigeria Professional Football League, but Udoh has now surpassed that total in just 37 games.

Udoh equalled the all-time highest goals record of 20 goals in the Nigerian league with a brace in a 2-1 win at the Omoku Township Stadium which ensured Enyimba’s second consecutive win on the road last Sunday, October 26, 2014.

With a game to go, Enyimba’s last match of the season in a formality clash with the new Champions Kano Pillars at the Aba Stadium means that he has an advantage of increasing his goal tally.

He will play again in the 2014 Federation Cup finals as Enyimba and Dolphins meet at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos on November 23.

Enyimba are second on the log with 61 points from 37 games.

The young sensation has been invited among 24 home-based players to execute the friendly between Nigeria and Ghana for the opening of the Akwa Ibom Stadium, Lokoja on November 7.

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