In a bid to beat the drop to the second division Romanian side Utad have strengthened their attack with the acquisition of 30 year old Nigerian Imoh Ezekiel, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Ezekiel joins the team on a free transfer following his departure from Nepali side Lalitpur City FC, he is expected to help the team maintain their top flight status via the relegation play off, which is ongoing.
Once viewed as the next big thing to likely happen to Nigerian football, Ezekiel stunned lot of admirers when he decided to join Qatari side Al Arabi after a two – and – a – half year stay at Standard Liege, where he netted 32 goals in 91 appearances in all competitions.
He shunned a host of top teams around Europe in favour of the big money move to the Middle East, but he was back in Belgium six months later on a loan deal to Anderlecht citing loneliness as the reason behind his exit.
Since making that move, things haven’t worked out for good for the striker, who is also comfortable playing from the wings. He was a member of the Nigerian men’s football team that won bronze at the 2016 Olympic games.
In 2014, Ezekiel earned his first and only senior cap till date on the 6th of March, in the 0–0 draw with Mexico in a friendly match after coming on as a second-half substitute for Victor Moses.
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