Nigerian forward Henry Onyekuru can lay claim to being the
fastest player in the Turkish Super Lig.
This is according to United Kingdom-based sports analytics
company OPTA, which measured the speed of players in the Turkish top flight.
The Galatasaray winger clocked 32kph over 20 meters to be ranked at the top of
the speed list.
Onyekuru is loan at the Istanbul-based club from Premier
League side Everton until the end of the 2018/19 season.
The 21-year-old Nigerian has racked up 11 goals and three
assists in 24 Super Lig appearances, making him one of the top performers for
Gala.
He has also recently broken back into the Nigerian national
team set up under manager Gernot Rohr, and has racked up nine caps for the
Super Eagles thus far.
He celebrated his full debut for the senior team by scoring
in the recent 3-1 win against Seychelles in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
qualifier.
Onyekuru was nominated for the Young Player of the Year at
the NFF Awards but lost out to Villarreal's new kid on the block Samuel
Chukwueze.
Both players are expected to be included in Nigeria’s final
squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in June and July.
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