Ighodaro a loan figure out to prove his worth

Ighodaro a loan figure out to prove
his worth

Nigerian striker Etiosa Ighodaro is on the books of champions Mamelodi Sundowns but is spending a third successive season out on loan, again trying to prove himself.

This time he is at SuperSport United, where he made an immediate impact with a goal against Richards Bay on the opening weekend of the new DStv Premiership season.

Ighodaro perfectly fits the profile of a player that coach Gavin Hunt likes upfront, a target man No. 9 with aerial ability and nuisance value in the box.

Ighodaro also looks a more than capable antidote to veteran Bradley Grobler, whose number of games and training sessions have to be regulated to manage all his injury woes and keep him around for as long as possible.

Ighodaro was previously at the University of Pretoria in the National First Division and last season at Chippa United, where he scored 10 goals in 20 starts and was just short of the Golden Boot prize for the league’s top scorer.

His chances at Sundowns were limited by the rule on the number of foreigners that a club can have at any given time and Sundowns’ quota of five for this season is taken up, hence the need for him to go out on loan again.