ANTHONY UJAH Is Truly Back In The Spotlight
Published: October 09, 2012
Former Warri Wolves striker Anthony Ujah arrived Mainz 05 in the summer of 2011 from Norwegian club Lillestrom with a huge reputation.
In his debut season with The Carnival club, Ujah did not live up to his wonder-kid tag as he managed to score in only one game against VfB Stuttgart.
To enable the young Nigerian get match time and understand the rigors of German football, Mainz sanctioned the player's loan move to Cologne in the last hours of the summer transfer market.
21 - year -old Ujah has enjoyed a blistering start to his FC Cologne career, scoring in two consecutive matches against Paderborn and Dynamo Dresden.
''Not the best result we hoped for but good to come back from behind for a point. Fans were amazing tonight, thank you all,'' Ujah said in his post match comments after Monday's 1-1 draw against Dynamo Dresden.
Anthony Ujah may be back in the spotlight; the same can't be said of Cologne.With only one point separating The Billy Goats from Erzgebirge Aue in 16th place, it is clear that the team is flirting with relegation.
In his debut season with The Carnival club, Ujah did not live up to his wonder-kid tag as he managed to score in only one game against VfB Stuttgart.
To enable the young Nigerian get match time and understand the rigors of German football, Mainz sanctioned the player's loan move to Cologne in the last hours of the summer transfer market.
21 - year -old Ujah has enjoyed a blistering start to his FC Cologne career, scoring in two consecutive matches against Paderborn and Dynamo Dresden.
''Not the best result we hoped for but good to come back from behind for a point. Fans were amazing tonight, thank you all,'' Ujah said in his post match comments after Monday's 1-1 draw against Dynamo Dresden.
Anthony Ujah may be back in the spotlight; the same can't be said of Cologne.With only one point separating The Billy Goats from Erzgebirge Aue in 16th place, it is clear that the team is flirting with relegation.
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