Republic of Congo national team striker Guy Mbenza continues to enjoy a club career that has taken him to North Africa, Europe and now the Middle East ever since leaving top Congolese club AS OtĂ´ho in 2018. The poacher found limited success in Europe after making his name at Stade Tunisien in Tunisia but a very successful loan move to Morocco’s Wydad AC won him a CAF Champions League and a move to the riches of Saudi Arabia and now Qatar. Now at newly promoted Qatar Stars League club Muaither SC, Mbenza helped his club to their first victory this season in the top flight with an incredible four goals in Muather’s 5-2 victory over Al-Markhiya.
Watch all four of Mbenza’s goals as well as all goals and assists from African players over the last week in the Qatar Stars League, the Saudi Pro League and the UAE League Cup below.
Saudi Pro League
Mourad Batna (Morocco) scores twice and Sofiane Bendebka (Algeria) adds a penalty kick in a surprise 5-1 victory for Al-Fateh over Al-Ahli
Sadio Mané (Senegal) completes the scoring in a decisive 5-1 victory for Al-Nassr at Al-Hazem
Abderrazak Hamdallah (Morocco) assists the first goal and scores the third in Al-Ittihad’s 3-4 defeat at Al-Hilal
Leandré Tawamba (Cameroon) scores the only goal of the match on his debut for Al-Akhdoud in a victory at Al-Riyadh
Mohamed Sherif (Egypt) finishes the scoring in Al-Khaleej’s 3-1 victory at Al-Shabab for his first goal in Saudi football
Muhammad Badamosi (The Gambia), on loan from Serbian football, scores his first goal for Al-Hazem with a powerful drive from distance in defeat to Al-Nassr
Fayçal Fajr (Morocco) converts a penalty kick late in Al-Wehda’s defeat at Al-Taawon
Qatar Stars League
Guy Mbenza (Congo) scores FOUR goals in the first half as Muaither crush Al-Markhiya 5-2
Yacine Brahimi (Algeria) provides two goals and an assist while Farid Boulaya (Algeria) adds a goal and an assist in Al-Gharafa’s 4-1 victory at Al-Ahli Doha
Michael Olunga (Kenya) opens the scoring for Al-Duhail and Abdou Diallo (Senegal) equalizes soon after for Al-Arabi in a 3-3 draw
Ricardo Gomes (Cape Verde) strikes twice in Al-Shamal’s 3-4 defeat to Al-Rayyan
NaĂ¯m Sliti (Tunisia) scores the first goal of the match in Al-Ahli Doha’s defeat to Al-Gharafa
Yusupha Njie (The Gambia) heads in a late consolation goal in Al-Markhiya’s lopsided defeat at Muaither
Andy Delort (Algeria) lays off a pass to set up Umm Salal’s first goal in a 2-2 draw with Qatar SC
UAE League Cup
Kouame Autonne (Ivory Coast) opens the scoring and Soufiane Rahimi (Morocco) assists the second goal for Al-Ain. 2023 U-20 AFCON star Josna Loulendo (Congo) scores his first two goals in Emirati football late on for a 5-0 Al-Ain victory at Al-Bataeh
Adama Diallo (Ivory Coast) scores twice in Al Wasl’s 7-0 thrashing of Hatta Club
A corner kick from Haykeul Chikhaoui (Tunisia) assists Walid Azarou (Morocco) for a headed goal as Ajman draw Al-Nasr 2-2
Oumar TraorĂ© (Mali) executes a combination play before finishing in Al-Jazira’s 2-2 draw at Baniyas