Enyimba striker Mfon Udoh has smashed the Nigeria Professional Football League goals' record by scoring his 21st goal of the season during his side's 1-1 draw with Dolphins at the Liberation Stadium on Sunday.
The 22-year-old Akwa Ibom-born star netted in the 66th minute of Sunday's NPFL Week 37 clash, thus moving him one clear of Jude Aneke and Emem Eduok in the all-time standings.
Udoh, who had 20 goals before the Aba Millionaires' away encounter with Dolphins, grabbed the equalizer at the Liberation Stadium which ensured Enyimba's sixth unbeaten game this season away from home but it was not enough to keep them in the title race as Kano Pillars won the trophy for a third straight time.
The former Akwa United striker, who scored 16 goals last season for the Promise Keepers before he joined Enyimba, has also scored two goals in the Federation Cup to bag 23 goals in all competitions.
The Crocodiles' icon Jude Aneke hit 20 goals in the 2010/11 season of the Nigeria Professional Football League, but Udoh has now surpassed that total. He was neck and neck with Dolphins' striker Eduok who also scored 20 goals this season.
Udoh equaled the all-time highest goals record of 20 goals in the Nigerian league with a brace in a 2-1 win at the Omoku Township Stadium which ensured Enyimba's second consecutive win on the road last Sunday, October 26, 2014.
With a game to go, Enyimba's last match of the season is a formality clash with the new champions Kano Pillars at the Aba Stadium, which means that Udoh has the advantage of increasing his goals tally for the season.
The leading goalscorer will play again in the 2014 Federation Cup finals as Enyimba and Dolphins meet at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos on November 23.
Enyimba are second on the log with 61 points from 37 games.
Udoh has been called up to the Super Eagles B team that will take on Ghana's Under-23 side in an international friendly to commission the Akwa Ibom International Stadium in Uyo on November 6.
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