Saturday, February 15, 2025, was a memorable day for many Nigerian footballers abroad, as they found the net for their clubs. Muktv highlights the best moments from an action-packed day.
England
Lagos-born Jesurun Uchegbulam provided an assist in Eastleigh’s 2-0 win over Aldershot Town in the National League.
In League One, Dominic Udoh rescued a point for Wycombe Wanderers, with the 28-year-old forward netting the equalizer in their 1-1 draw at Crawley Town.
Joseph Olowu‘s own goal proved costly, as Doncaster Rovers stumbled to a 2-1 home defeat against Grimsby Town in League Two.
In the Premier League, Wilfred Ndidi delivered a solid performance, but Ethan Nwaneri stole the show with an assist as Leicester City fell 2-0 to Arsenal.
Calvin Bassey powered home a second-half header to secure Fulham’s thrilling 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest at Craven Cottage.
Alex Iwobi also shone brightly for Fulham, while Ola Aina played his part for Nottingham Forest.
Joe Aribo featured for Southampton, while Paul Onuachu assisted their lone goal in a 3-1 home defeat to Bournemouth.
Spain
In La Liga, Umar Sadiq came off the bench to head home the equalizer for Valencia in their 1-1 draw against high-flying Villarreal.
Sadiq’s goal was his first in La Liga for Valencia, having joined the club on loan from Real Sociedad last month.
Germany
Victor Boniface remained on the bench, while Nathan Tella contributed as Bayer Leverkusen battled Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich to a goalless draw.
Italy
Samuel Chukwueze was an unused substitute as AC Milan scraped a narrow 1-0 win over Verona. Fisayo Dele-Bashiru also did not get any minutes as Lazio played out a thrilling 2-2 draw against Napoli.
France
Moses Simon set up Nantes’ opening goal within the first five minutes, but the visitors were reduced to ten men shortly after, allowing Monaco to cruise to a commanding 7-1 Ligue 1 victory.
Lagos-born George Ilenikhena came off the bench to score twice for Monaco. Despite Nantes’ disappointing evening, Simon’s assist takes his tally to seven for the season—no player in Ligue 1 has more.
Super Falcons’ star Jennifer Echegini stole the spotlight as PSG romped to a 4-1 win over Ifeoma Onumonu’s Montpellier.
Echegini contributed a goal and an assist, bringing her tally to four goals in nine Première Ligue matches since joining from Juventus.
Albania
In the Albanian First Division, Evo Ememe netted his seventh goal of the campaign, inspiring Flamurtari to a 2-0 victory over Valbona.
Ememe is the league’s highest-scoring Nigerian, ahead of Apolonia’s Mmesoma Umejiego (six goals) and Vora’s Evans Aneni (four goals).
Brazil
In the Pernambucano 1, Oluwasegun Otusanya opened the scoring for Náutico, helping his side secure a fine 2-1 away victory over Sport Recife.
Czech Republic
In the Czech Liga, Moses Emmanuel came off the bench to assist the second goal, while fellow substitute Ola Dele wrapped up the scoring as Sigma Olomouc thrashed Pardubice 4-0.
Mexico
In just his second appearance for Juárez, Jos-born Saminu Abdullahi assisted the 94th-minute winner in a dramatic 2-1 comeback victory over Tijuana in Liga MX.
South Africa
Super Eagles goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali endured a tough evening as he conceded three goals in Chippa United’s 3-0 loss to Kaizer Chiefs.
The defeat saw Chippa crash out of the South African Cup in the Round of 16.
Turkey
David Okereke played the full 90 minutes as his Gaziantep FK overpowered Sivasspor 2-1 in the Turkish Super Lig.
