Senegalese forward Ismaila Sarr stole the headline last week when he scored from the halfway line in Watford’s 1-1 draw against West Brom in the English Championship.
Yesterday in FC Porto B 3-2 away win over Belenenses Sad his feat was equalled by a Nigerian who has two cap for the senior national team of Nigeria. He recently joined Porto B.
Marcus Abraham made his case for a spot in the first team of FC Porto by scoring the opening goal in the win. He let fly an audacious effort from the halfway line which sealed into the net by catching the goalkeeper of Belenenses Sad off guard.
The goal got massive reviews around Portugal and as expected it has once again brought the spotlight on Abraham, who failed to make the best of his time in the Portuguese top flight when he joined Portimonense on loan two seasons ago.
He earned a call up to the senior national team of Nigeria after scoring eleven goals for CD Feirense in the Portuguese second division. His career has since gone off the boil with failed loan stint at Portimonense and later Radomiak Radom of Poland.
The 22 year old played for Nigeria in the double header friendly games against Cameroon which ended with Cameroon winning the first game 1-0, the second game ended in a 0-0 draw. He played a combined 26 minutes in both games and he has since not been called up since then.
