In our latest chronicle of African goal contributions abroad, Morocco is the African nation most represented with Saudi-based striker Abderrazak Hamdallah continuing his excellent form after featuring at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Hamdallah scored twice in Al-Ittihad’s 5-0 midweek victory over Al Adalh, keeping the club tied with Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr at the top of the Saudi Pro League table with 37 points each. Hamdallah has an incredible 143 goals in 140 appearances over five seasons since moving to Saudi Arabian football from Qatar, where he previously scored 57 goals in 65 matches.
Of course, Victor Osimhen continued his scoring run in Italy’s Serie A and the Nigerian is joined by compatriots Kelechi Iheanacho and Ademola Lookman in our roundup this week. Watch all the goals and assists from African players in the top leagues of Europe and the Middle East below.
English Premier League
Nampalys Mendy (Senegal) opens the scoring with a brilliant strike before Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria) continues his strong form with a goal and an assist in Leicester’s 4-1 victory over Tottenham
Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) assists Man City’s opener and converts from the penalty spot in victory over Aston Villa
Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso) continues his strong start to life in England with a second assist in three matches for Bournemouth in draw against Newcastle
Serie A
Victor Osimhen (Nigeria) scores in his fourth straight match with an easy finish in yet another victory for Napoli
Ademola Lookman (Nigeria) crosses to set up Atalanta’s second in road victory at Lazio
Bundesliga
A double from Ellyes Skhiri (Tunisia) confirms a dominant victory for FC Köln over Eintracht Frankfurt
Ligue 1
A splendid double from Billal Brahimi (Algeria) wraps up a 3-0 victory for Nice against Ajaccio
Zakaria Aboukhlal (Morocco) scores the second for Toulouse before assisting the third in victory over Rennes
Marshall Munetsi (Zimbabwe) opens the scoring in a comprehensive win for Reims over Troyes
Krépin Diatta (Senegal) wins the ball deep in PSG territory to set up Wissam Ben Yedder’s goal as Monaco stun the Parisian giants
La Liga
Théo Bongonda (DR Congo) assists both goals in a 2-0 victory for Cádiz over Girona
A perfect pass from Pape Gueye (Senegal) sets up Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) to open the scoring in Sevilla win over Mallorca
Ilaix Moriba (Guinea) sets up Valencia’s opener but Iñaki Williams (Ghana) assists the match winner to complete a comeback victory for Athletic Bilbao
Serbian Superliga
Guelor Kanga (Gabon) converts from the penalty spot and assists Osman Bukari (Ghana) before Kings Kangwa (Zambia) also scores in a 6-0 drubbing for Red Star Belgrade at Vozdovac
Saudi Pro League (Midweek matches)
Mohammed Fouzair (Morocco) assists the opening goal and then scores twice in Al-Raed’s victory over Abha
Abderrazak Hamdallah (Morocco) scores twice and Ahmed Hegazy (Egypt) assists the final goal in Al-Ittihad’s 5-0 thrashing of Al Adalh
Knowledge Musona (Zimbabwe) assists the opening goal and Amir Sayoud (Algeria) scores the second in Al-Tai’s victory over Al-Ettifaq
Hillal Soudani (Algeria) puts Damac ahead with a striker’s finish in draw against Al Feiha
Firas Al Buraikan scores twice on assists from Sofiane Bendebka (Algeria) and Mourad Batna (Morocco) in Al-Fateh’s victory at Al-Taawon
UAE Pro League
Kodjo Laba (Togo) scores twice including a late winner from the penalty spot and also provides an assist to Soufiane Rahimi (Morocco) in Al Ain’s victory over Al Jazira
Adel Taarabt (Morocco) scores the only goal of the match in a victory for Al Nasr, his sixth of the season