Nigerian Exports:Musa,Samuel,Salami,Owoeri,Omoijuanfo,Nwanganga&Shuaibu Get On The Scoresheet
Find out how players of Nigerian descent fared for their respective clubs in Europe on Thursday. <br /><br />In the Europa League semifinal first leg tie at the Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal snatched a late 1-0 win against Liverpool. England U21 <b>Jordon Ibe </b>played for 45 minutes while <b>Sheyi Ojo</b> did not make the Reds squad.<br /><br />
<div class=\"\\"ply\" name\\?=\"\"> Stabaek easily saw off the challenge from FK Sparta Sarpsborg in the Norwegian Cup, thrashing the opponents 7-1 with former Norway youth international <span class=\"\\"name\\"\"><b>Ohi Omoijuanfo</b> notching a brace. He played the full game.<br /><br /><b>Onyekachi Ugwuadu</b> was not involved in Sarpsborg 08</span><span class=\"\\"name\\"\">’s 3-0 victory over </span>Kvik Halden <span class=\"\\"name\\"\">.<br /><br /></span><b>William Troost-Ekong<span class=\"\\"name\\"\"></span></b><span class=\"\\"name\\"\">’s </span>FK Haugesund have qualified for the next round thanks to their 4-2 win against Varegg, with the Nigeria international playing the entirety of the game.<br /><br />FKH youngsters <b>Anthony Izuchukwu</b> and <b>Ibrahim Shuaibu</b> both started and played for 90 minutes and the later restored parity for his team a minute before half-time after the opponents had taken the lead.<br /><br />Across the border, out-of-favour Nigeria international <b>John Owoeri </b>opened his account for BK Hacken in the league in their 6-1 hammering of Gefle. He netted in the 85th minute, eight minutes after his introduction.<br /><br /><b>Dickson Etuhu </b>was not involved a AIK Stockholm fell 2-1 away to Helsingborg .<br /> <br />In the Finnish Veikkausliiga, <b><span class=\"\\"name\\"\">Kennedy Nwanganga</span> </b><span class=\"\\"ml4\\"\"> played for 70 minutes for Inter Turku as they lost 2-1 to <b>William Oluremi</b></span><b><span class=\"\\"name\\"\"></span></b><span class=\"\\"name\\"\"><span class=\"\\"name\\"\"><b>’</b>s</span> RoPS. The </span>ex-Genk striker was on target in the 43rd minute.<br /><br />Will John and Inter pair <b>Philip Njoku </b>and <b>Faith Friday Obilor </b>played the full 90 minutes.<br /><br />KuPS’ poor start to the season continued after losing 3-2 to HIFK. <b>Gbolahan Salami</b> reduced the deficit in the 49th minute.<br /><br />The former Warri Wolves star and defender <b>Azubuike Egwuekwe</b> played the entire 90 minutes, <b>Aliyu Abubakar</b> was an unused sub.<br /><br />In the Russian Premier League, <b>Aaron Samuel </b>and <b>Ahmed Musa</b> both netted as CSKA Moscow beat Ural 3-0. The Super Eagles vice-captain was credited with an assist before he subbed out 11 minutes from time.<br /><br />Finally, in Bulgaria, Super Eagles striker <b>Tunde Adeniji </b>is still searching for his first goal for Levski Sofia. He played the last 13 minutes of their 5-1 win against Cherno More Varna.<br /><br />Ifeanyi Emmanuel<br /><br /></div><br />
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