Trabzonspor’s 29-year-old Nigerian forward Paul onuachu ended his 230-day goal longing with his new team against Beşiktaş.
The Nigerian player, who scored his last goals by shaking the RFC Seraing net twice on January 29, 2023, while playing for the Belgian Genk team, could not score a goal in his Southampton FC career. Onuachu, who played his first match in Trabzon, where he arrived 7 days ago, ended his goal drought that lasted for about 8 months. A successful football player who played with 74 goals and 23 assists in 179 matches for the Danish team FC Midtjylland, and a performance of 85 goals and 10 assists in 134 competitions in his KRC Genk career. had revealed.
HE COULD NOT FIND WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR IN ENGLAND
Onurachu, who was transferred to Southampton in England for 18 million Euros after his careers in Denmark and Belgium, could not score a goal in the 12 matches he played there. The 29-year-old football player, who came to Trabzonspor after his England adventure, relieved his longing for goals.
TRABZONSPOR’S TOWER FORWARDS
In the claret-blue team, taller players in the forward line have been performing better in the last 4 years. In the 2019-2020 season, Alexander Sörloth, who is 1.95 tall, scored 33 goals in 49 official matches. In the 2021-22 season, when the claret-blue team won the championship, the 1.93-foot-tall Cornelius, who carried the team’s goal burden, scored 20 goals in 49 competitions.
With Umut Bozok and Gomez playing forward in the 2022-23 season, Trabzonspor shortened the height of the players in the third region. While 1.78-meter Umut Bozok scored 10 goals in 41 matches, 1.86-meter Gomez could score 7 goals in 35 matches.