The 17-year-old achieved a landmark because of his effort towards the Buffalos within the Belgian topflight
George Ilenikhena recorded a private greatest as Royal Antwerp settled for a 2-2 draw Gent in Sunday’s Belgian Professional League encounter.
With the Nice Outdated on the verge of defeat inside Ghelamco Area, the Nigerian teenager performed a super-sub position to make sure the cracker ended on a no winner, no vanquished notice.
Changing Jurgen Ekkelenkamp on the hour mark, Ilenikhena drilled the ball previous goalkeeper Daniel Schmidt after he was teed up by compatriot Victor Udoh with six minutes left on the clock.
George Osrzehmen Ilenikhena: Royal Antwerp’s 17-year-old Franco-Nigerian has set a private greatest following his strike towards Gent.
He now boasts seven league objectives (most in a single European league marketing campaign) to beat his earlier mark of six throughout his spell at Amiens.… pic.twitter.com/v1InOJRPM5
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Due to that, he now boasts seven objectives within the 2023-24 marketing campaign – a feat that noticed him overtake his file of objectives scored in a single European league time period.
In the course of the 2022-23 season at Amiens 2, the 17-year-old discovered the web on six events – a feat that impressed his transfer to the Belgian elite division giants for a reported price of €6 million.
Impressively, the Lagos-born striker is his workforce’s second highest goalscorer within the Professional League, regardless of enjoying extra in its place.
His Nigerian teammates Chidera Ejuke and Alhassan Yusuf had been handed a starter’s position by supervisor Mark van Bommel, nonetheless, they had been substitute for Gyrano Kerk and Eliot Matazo respectively within the second-half.
Royal Antwerp – with only a defeat of their final 5 outings in all competitions – stay fourth on the log having accrued 45 factors in 27 matches performed to this point.
They’re 20 factors behind leaders Union Saint-Gilloise. Subsequent up for the Antwerp primarily based outfit is a league fixture towards Sint-Truiden. Previous to that, they may host KV Oostende in a cup outing.
Regardless of his Nigerian origin, he’s eligible to signify the French nationwide workforce on the worldwide degree.
Ilenikhena first featured for the France youth workforce in the summertime of 2021, as he was chosen with the under-16 alongside Paris Saint-Germain’s Warren Zaire-Emery.
