Nwakaeme’s Statue Unveiled In Turkey


A statue of Nigerian striker Anthony Nwakaeme has been unveiled in the Turkish city of Trabzon where Super Lig club Trabzonspor is based.

The statue was unveiled by Mustafa Bulut and Adem Birsen as a permanent reminder of Nwakaeme’s time at Trabzonspor.


And commenting on the statue, Birsen told Turkish media outlet 61saat:”A long construction process of 6 months. We had it done with a special sculptor. We love and admire him very much.


“We could’ve picked any Turkish footballer, but Nwakaeme is a very different name for us. He came from outside and embody us. A man who loves Trabzonspor like us, we see him as one of us. He has the characteristics of Trabzon.”


Birsen added: “It cost 30 thousand Turkish Lira (N1.4m) but the money is not important. Let him come here, we have food, we eat and drink. Let him continue to score. If Fenerbahçe has Alex, we have Nwakaeme. We love him very much, he should continue to score, he is our everything.”

The 32-year-old joined Trabzonspor on August 2018 from Israeli club Hapoel Be’er Sheva.

In 2020, he helped Trabzonspor win the Turkish Cup and the Turkish Super Cup.

So far this season he has scored three goals in five appearances in all competitions, two goals in the league and one in the newly introduced UEFA Europa Conference League.

Lalasticlala mynd44

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Wonderful
So a Nigerian player has finally gotten a statue abroad


Boom

FTC I knack am one time gbosa

Congrats to him. It is not easy for someone to build a statue for you.. with the level of racism, it is an even greater achievement for that statue to be built by whites in a white man's land. But my question is: does he play football with a cap on his head?

he has done well n they told him welldone.

Kingpin1000:
Congrats to him. It is not easy for someone to build a statue for you.. with the level of racism, it is an even greater achievement for that statue to be built by whites in a white man's land. But my question is: does he play football with a cap on his head?

tink say na only me see d cap o....na who run am go fit explain dt cap to us

kinzation:
Wonderful
So a Nigerian player has finally gotten a statue abroad

I swear its a big win....an achievement dt many nigeria greats didn't gained in their numerous stint in Europe..

paulolee:

I swear its a big win....an achievement dt many nigeria greats didn't gained in their numerous stint in Europe..

Honestly even papilo the great one who had stints with Arsenal and Portsmouth never got a statue
So it's rare for a Nigerian

Kingpin1000:
Congrats to him. It is not easy for someone to build a statue for you.. with the level of racism, it is an even greater achievement for that statue to be built by whites in a white man's land. But my question is: does he play football with a cap on his head?

Na ichi banbaa him bee but na money

*Ghana's most-capped player- Asamoah Gyan (109 appearances)
*Cameroon's most-capped player- Rigobert Song (137 appearances)
*Egypt's most-capped player- Ahmed Hassan (184 appearances)
*Ivory Coast's most-capped player- Didier Zokora (123 appearances)
*Nigeria's most-capped player- Vincent Enyeama/Joseph Yobo (101 appearances)

*Ghana's all-time top scorer- Asamoah Gyan (51 goals)
*Cameroon's all-time top scorer- Samuel Eto'o (56 goals)
*Egypt's all-time top scorer- Hossam Hassan (68 goals)
*Ivory Coast's all-time top scorer- Didier Drogba (65 goals)
*Nigeria's all-time top scorer- Rashidi Yekini (37 goals)

Why do most Nigerian players have short careers at international level and consequently score less goals?

The likes of Martins, Aghaghowa, Ighalo and Emenike all made less than 45 appearances for the national team. If not, they probably would have broken Yekini's record.

Before you know it now, Iheanacho and Osimhen don comot national team�