Soccernet.ng monitored 104 games across 61 leagues in Europe, Asia, and on the African continent on Saturday, December 21, 2024 that could potentially feature Nigerian players.
Here are the most eye-catching performances.
England
Ola Aina opened the scoring for Nottingham Forest with an expert first time strike in the Tricky Trees' convincing 2-0 away victory at Brentford.
It is Aina's second league goal of the season, matching the most he has managed in a single English top-flight campaign.
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Super Eagles forward Taiwo Awoniyi was a second-half substitute for Forest in the encounter.
In the League Two, Joseph Olowu unlocked the floodgates of goals for Doncaster Rovers in their thrilling 3-1 win at home to Tranmere Rovers.
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Spain
Gift Monday scored her first-ever goal for UD Tenerife against Barcelona but it was not enough to help her side avoid falling to a 6-2 defeat in the Copa de la Reina.
The loss knocked Tenerife out of the Queens Cup in the Round of 16 while Barcelona progressed to the quarterfinal stage.
Edna Imade was the star of the show as she netted a goal and an assist to power Granada to a 4-2 victory over Sevilla in their round-of-16 clash at the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes.
Albania, France, Indonesia, Israel, Turkey
Peter Itodo jumped to the top of the Superliga goalscorer chart with his eight strike of the season in Dinamo City's hard-fought 2-1 win at home to Egnatia Rrogozhine.
Akor Adams and Montpellier sank to a new low as the Ligue 1 club stumbled to a crushing 3-0 loss to lower league side Le Puy Foot, which sent them out of the Coupe de France.
In Indonesia, Kenneth Ikechukwu gave Semen Padang an early lead but their opponents Persik Kediri fought back impressively to claim a fine 3-1 Liga 1 win.
In the Israeli Liga Ha'al, Adeniyi James grabbed Hapoel Hadera's only goal in their 1-1 draw with visiting Hapoel Jerusalem.
Hapoel Hadera remains with only one league win this campaign which leaves the club second from bottom in the division.
Emeka Eze continued his excellent form as he netted his third goal in as many games and his eighth of the campaign which earned a share of the spoils for Pendikspor in their 1-1 Lig 1 draw with Istanbulspor in Turkey.
