Ebuka close to surpassing Emmanuel Amunike’s record in Egypt

John Ebuka is 2 objectives away from equaling Emmanuel Amunike’s file of 26 objectives in his time within the Egypt Premier League.

Amunike spent three seasons at Zamalek and made 71 appearances for the White Knights, the place he turned a cult hero.

The 1994 African Footballer of the Yr stays the best scoring Nigerian within the Egyptian topflight.

On Thursday, Ebuka grabbed a brace in ENPPI’s 2-0 win towards Japanese Firm in a Premier League fixture.

Ebuka has now scored 13 league objectives this season, three greater than he managed in 33 appearances in his debut season on the membership.

The 25 year-old has scored a complete of 24 objectives in 66 appearances throughout all competitions in his two seasons in Egypt.

He’s additionally within the dialog for the golden shoe, as he sits second within the high scorers’ standing.

Nevertheless, Enppi moved to ninth within the standings and Thursday’s win was an enormous enhance to their probabilities of avoiding relegation with 5 rounds of matches left to play.