Former Nigeria youth - teamer John Owoeri struck twice as his Swedish team &aring;tvidaberg defeated Halmstad 3 -1 at the &ouml;rjans Vall on Sunday afternoon in the Allsvenskan. <br /><br />The 27 - year - old, who played for the Flying Eagles at Holland 2005, scored either side of the half after teammate Ricardo Santos had equalized from the penalty spot in the 32nd minute.<br /><br />With their 10th win of the season, &aring;tvidaberg have climbed to ninth position in the standings after garnering 37 points from 27 matches.<br /><br />John Owoeri<span class="body1"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span class=""> has netted three braces this season following his pair of goals in today</span></span></span></span><span class="body1"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span style="" class="notranslate"><span class="">&rsquo;s game as well as in matches against BK Hacken and Orebro.<br /><br />It is noteworthy that all those six goals came in away matches, with </span></span></span></span>&aring;tvidaberg garnering 6 points from the games.<br /><br />John Owoeri has had spells with teams in Egypt (Ismaily), Belgium (Westerlo) and Holland (<span style="">Feyenoord</span> ).<br /><br /><span style=""><br /></span><span style="">Photo Credit: feyenoord.com</span><br />