ANDl killer from Almería, Sadiq Umar, is the franchise player of the Indálico team, new leader of the category, and the current star of Second Division. Many have known this tall forward since he joined our League, but the Nigerian is a diamond in the rough. And it is that throughout his career he has scored a good handful of goals.
Just yesterday it was a year since he landed in the unionist discipline from the Partizan of Belgrade, where he made 23 goals in 52 games. Since then, he has accumulated a total of 28 goals in 51 games with the red-and-white elastic. At 24, he has been through numerous teams: Roma, Spezia, Bologna, Torino, NAC Breda, Rangers and Perugia.
When the Nigerian ‘executes’ … sure triumph
The importance of Sadiq in the Almería game is crucial. And the thing is that every time he intervenes, whether by scoring or passing a goal pass, his team wins. This has happened in the six victories that Rubi’s men have. His degree of influence is such that of the six goals he has scored, four have served to open the scoring and then take the three points. He has achieved a double and accumulates three consecutive games watching goal. In addition, another of the facets where Sadiq stands out is in the assists section. So far this year it has already been two.
He was one of the members of the Nigeria’s national team at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, with which the bronze medal was hung after beating Honduras. He had a prominent role during the competition after scoring four goals in six games.
Despite his height, 194 cm, he does not stand out precisely for being a great top finisher, with which he has scored only two ‘chicharros’ (one in each season). If there is one thing that stands out, it is because of its power and speed. With meters to go, it is lethal. It is practically unstoppable and a real nuisance for rival defense.
This was his goal in Montilivi, third day in a row scoring
The leaders of the Almeria entity had good clinical eye when signing the replacement for Darwin Núñez… and they were not wrong. It seemed like a difficult task to make the Uruguayan striker forget, but Kaduna’s has far exceeded expectations and it seems to have no roof.
He is in the best moment of his sports career. He is having a brilliant start to the League, as is his team. He is the leader of the rojiblanco team and everyone is looking for him. Their numbers scare, and it is that it has become a real goal-scoring machine.
Best scoring average
Last season he scored 20 goals in the league and at present he has a better scoring average. Except for surprise, it will exceed that mark. He’s in great shape, and his stats speak for themselves. So far this campaign, adds six peas in eight games, with a coefficient of 0.75%, which makes him the top gunner in the Silver category.
In the last summer market, he was close to leaving Almería. And it is that offers were not lacking -both from outside and from within Spain- one of them from Seville. Monchi had been on his trail for a long time. In fact, knows him well from his time as sports director of Roma. But finally the proposal of the people of Seville did not satisfy those responsible for the Indálico club.
