MACAULEY CHRISANTUS Scores on UD Las Palmas Debut
Published: August 04, 2012
Spain's second - tier side UD Las Palmas have officially unveiled free agent Macauley Chrisantus, who arrives from Hamburg.
Chrisantus, top goalscorer at the 2007 Fifa Under 17 World Cup in South Korea, failed to live up to his wonder-kid tag at Hamburg, and did not play an official game for the Bundesliga outfit.
Now, the Nigeria youth international is justifying Las Palmas' faith in him. It took Macauley Chrisantus only eight minutes before registering his first goal for Las Palmas, scoring after 53 minutes in the 3-0 victory over Club Deportivo Marino on Wednesday.
The ambitions of Chrisantus for his new club is to score as many goals as possible, but he refused to set a specific target for himself.
Macauley Chrisantus, who has been handed the number nine jersey, rejected offers from Russia, Germany, Austria and Romania, disclosing that he preferred a switch to Spain.
Chrisantus, top goalscorer at the 2007 Fifa Under 17 World Cup in South Korea, failed to live up to his wonder-kid tag at Hamburg, and did not play an official game for the Bundesliga outfit.
Now, the Nigeria youth international is justifying Las Palmas' faith in him. It took Macauley Chrisantus only eight minutes before registering his first goal for Las Palmas, scoring after 53 minutes in the 3-0 victory over Club Deportivo Marino on Wednesday.
The ambitions of Chrisantus for his new club is to score as many goals as possible, but he refused to set a specific target for himself.
Macauley Chrisantus, who has been handed the number nine jersey, rejected offers from Russia, Germany, Austria and Romania, disclosing that he preferred a switch to Spain.
Latest News
- Man Utd join Chelsea in keeping an eye on situation of Super Eagles star ahead of possible summer move
- Finidi sweats over fitness of 2023 AFCON star Onyeka before Super Eagles squad announcement
- Potential Zirkzee replacement: Bologna linked with move for 2023 Super Eagles invitee
- U17 AFCON qualifier Nigeria 1 Niger 0: Rapha Adams header secures three points for Golden Eaglets
- Isaac Success: 2013 U17 AFCON top scorer suffers injury in Italy ahead of Finidi's squad announcement
- After the return to action of Onuachu and Osayi-Samuel, Finidi has another fitness boost pre-Bafana Bafana
- Bayo Fapetu: Derby County in contract talks with midfielder who was on the books of Arsenal for ten years
- Photo: Eberechi Eze takes son of ex-Super Eagles star Victor Moses under his wing at Crystal Palace
- Osimhen's replacement: Napoli contact Man Utd over signing one-cap England international
- Official: Millwall release three Nigerian players ahead of next season
Football News 24/7
News Categories
- Football Betting
- African Players
- Australia/ Asia
- Belgian Championship
- Bundesliga
- Danish Football
- English Premier League
- Nigeria National Teams
- Nigeria Premier League
- Norwegian Football
- Polish Football
- Russian Championship
- Serie A
- Spanish Liga
- Swedish Championship
- Transfer
- Turkish Championship
- Ukrainian Football
- Uncategorized
- Women's Football