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Last night, Cyriel Dessers etched his name deeper into football history by scoring his 150th club career goal in Rangers’ colors.


This remarkable achievement is a testament to the Nigerian striker’s talent, dedication, and relentless pursuit of excellence on the pitch.

Dessers, who joined Rangers in 2023, has quickly become a fan favorite with his clinical finishing, work rate, and ability to deliver in crucial moments.

His journey to this milestone has been nothing short of impressive, having played for clubs like Heracles Almelo, Genk, Feyenoord, and Cremonese before making his mark in Scotland.

The goal not only highlights Dessers’ individual brilliance but also underscores his importance to the Rangers squad as they compete for domestic and European glory.

His ability to adapt to different leagues and consistently find the back of the net has made him one of the most reliable strikers in modern football.

Dessers’ career has been defined by his knack for scoring goals in crucial moments.

From his early days in the Netherlands to his standout performances in Belgium and Italy, he has always risen to the occasion.

Now, at Rangers, he continues to shine, proving himself as a key player in the team’s attacking lineup.

For Rangers, Dessers’ milestone is a reflection of the club’s ambition and the quality they have brought into their squad.

His goals have been instrumental in their campaigns, and his experience will be vital as they push for silverware this season.

As a proud Nigerian, Dessers’ success is also a moment of pride for football fans back home. He joins the ranks of Nigerian strikers who have made their mark on the global stage, inspiring the next generation of talent.

Source: https://sureodds.ng/super-eagles-striker-cyriel-dessers-hits-150-club-career-goals-with-rangers/

That's nice

Beautiful

150 career goal is insane msny folks have not reached that feat

Wow, that's great.

Cool…

Congratulations to him…

He use man utd count scores..

He don scored how many for super 🐔 before ?

Hope he gets call up this time around. Players should be invited to the national team based on merit and not nonsense Eguavon n Finidi did.

Nff should not interfere in Chelle players selection

Beautiful.

Wait, is that UNIBEN on the blue shirt?

Congratulations brother

Bbb

lonelydora:
Beautiful.

Wait, is that UNIBEN on the blue shirt?

UNIBET Olodo!!!

invectives:
UNIBET Olodo!!!

Akpa amu

He should be called up to replace those shitty strikers we have

So that guy is a Nigerian? His turning and ball control on that goal vs ManU at the Europa is out of this world.

https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Vas4xr6BVJl5nU2ujf2X

May Almighty God fortify u with all the knowledge u need to prevail this 2025....Amen.

Optapidgin:
Source: https://sureodds.ng/super-eagles-striker-cyriel-dessers-hits-150-club-career-goals-with-rangers/

Mtchew.

I was so excited thinking this is about our own Enugu Rangers.

Mtchew again.

anonimi:
David Hundeyin
May 4, 2022


I want to sell a script to a Hollywood studio. The story is about a guy who owns a farm that constantly runs at a loss but never quite shuts down.

The farm is massive and underutilised, and the protagonist has all the opportunities in the world to improve its output and get a bumper harvest.

He has access to credit, machinery, free irrigation and gifts from neighbouring farmers, but all he ever does with these things is drink and smoke them away while his family suffers.

Nigeria has refused to grow up and achieve something, but it somehow feels as if it is living vicariously through the achievements of its estranged children around the world

Apart from drinking, smoking and generally being utterly useless, his other pastime is to pump out children at an industrial rate. Needless to say, he takes no care of his children whatsoever, and many of them fail to survive childhood.

Those who do survive have to leave the farm and hire themselves out as hired labour to the neighbouring farmers, having picked up some survival skills from home.

With time, a number of them rise through the ranks and become senior managers, directors and even shareholders in these other farms while their father continues mismanaging his farm.

When good news about some of these successful children gets home, their father is filled with pride and joy, but when they end up on the wrong side of life, he acts as if he never knew them.

The successful ones make efforts to revamp their childhood home by sending back money and volunteering their skills and time, but all this guy ever wants to do is be a 62-year-old underachieving idiot carried through life by charity and luck.

Famzing” diaspora success is dishonest
I’m sure before the end of the second paragraph, you figured out whose story I was telling. The 62-year story of post-independence Nigeria — which the Hollywood studio would surely reject for being too sad with no redemption — is that of our fictional antihero.

Nigeria has refused to grow up and achieve something, but it somehow feels as if it is living vicariously through the achievements of its estranged children around the world.

Remember how everyone from corporate brands to Abike Dabiri made a big song and dance about supporting Anthony Joshua the “Nigerian,” whose only chance to become someone in life came when his parents emigrated from Nigeria?

Remember how things turned when he somehow lost against that chubby Mexican dude whose name I can’t remember? Remember when the Super Falcons won the female AFCON title and received a congratulatory tweet from the president, only for them to have to stage a protest before being paid their camp allowances?

That’s what we do in Nigeria. We try to live vicariously through the achievements of people who have achieved great things under their own steam, simply because said people happen to be called ‘Ifeoma,’ ‘Efe’ and ‘Ayotunde.’

Even when Nigeria had absolutely nothing to do with said success, or in fact happened in spite of Nigeria, as with Divine Oduduru, we bask in the reflected glory of their personal achievements.

Sometimes when those people wear a Nigerian flag or post something about Wizkid or Jollof Rice on Instagram, we go crazy with the Nigerian flag emojis because oh my god, they identify with us!

This is not about being a Killjoy
Somehow, the complete failure of Nigeria and our complicity in its failure is more bearable when we point at Nigerian immigrants doing great things in life and say “I knew Femi before he started calling himself Anthony.

His father and I were classmates in Aiyetoro.” It is unclear how exactly this helps our situation but hey, it’s also unclear how chugging the amount of alcohol we do helps either.

Escapism is a key part of our culture, and anyone who dissents must be a non-Jollof-eating, vegetarian heretic, and possibly also an atheist.

Now while all this is painfully cringey to my eyes, some will also point out that Nigeria is not the only country that has a weird obsession with its diaspora population.

Even ‘first-world’ countries like Ireland continue to have deep emotional and economic connections to their diaspora, and in any case Nigerians proudly supporting Anthony Joshua or the NBA’s Giannis Ante…African-sounding-name is basically harmless fun. They’re not hurting anyone. Why be such a killjoy, David?

The reason this matters can be found in a quote that has been dubiously attributed to Russian President Vladmir Putin, where he describes Africa as the place where its diaspora does not invest in, but returns to only to die and be buried with their ancestors.

While there is no concrete evidence that Mr. Putin ever actually made that comment, the truth in it is painfully poignant.

For diaspora success to be meaningful to Nigeria, it must correlate to on-ground results in Nigeria. The example of Somalia shows that having a well-educated, globally successful diaspora while being an absolute basket case are both possible at the same time.

I’d imagine we do not aspire to be Somalia.

olaiya2007:
He should be called up to replace those shitty strikers we have

If he is not already called up, then why is he described as Super Eagles striker

emmabest2000:
He don scored how many for super 🐔 before ?

Can't you read?club career goals

That’s very good. But not always lucky in front of goal. He scored the last time he was called up for the super eagles in a friendly

Waoh!
Ọmọ dáadáa!

olaiya2007:
He should be called up to replace those shitty strikers we have

but he need test against the top side defenders but I am sure he will deliver with time and adaptation if taking to the top tiers country football like Spain, England,Italy ,Germany and worst France but he need those top side before taking serious because if those useless strikers are in same ranger,they can be scoring two goals in every match

150 goals on less than 2years. He joined rangers in summer 2023. Na basketball ball he dey play there ni

lonelydora:
Beautiful.

Wait, is that UNIBEN on the blue shirt?

Nooooo! Na Ekpoma

Nonsense news from a Nigerian website. A simple research will show the real figure. 150 goals since 2023, and top clubs in the English premier league have not picked him when he is right there in Scotland. Nairaland should do better also....lazy forum moderators.

Mr blogger couldn't even tell his audience who Dessers scored that 150th against, they read other sports websites to scalp news without scalping templates that they can use to improve their websites. That's why I keep calling them föolish naija bloggers

Lekan239:
150 goals on less than 2years. He joined rangers in summer 2023. Na basketball ball he dey play there ni

Career goals not rangers goals

Lekan239:
150 goals on less than 2years. He joined rangers in summer 2023. Na basketball ball he dey play there ni

club career goals not for rangers alone.
He has played In Holland, Belgium, Italy and now Scotland.

redcliff:
150 career goal is insane msny folks have not reached that feat

for which league