Reda Saleem (Dubai)
Senegalese striker Makiti Diop hit Al Dhafra strongly, and led his team to victory over Ajman, and obtaining the “full score” that raised his score to 7 points, by scoring two goals in the seventh round of the “ADNOC Professional League”, and Diop’s brilliance comes after his return from the Saudi League, Where he played for the youth team for two seasons, to regain his glory with his previous team, as he is playing his eighth season in the professional league.
Although the number of goals is weak in 7 rounds, compared to previous seasons, he managed to raise his score to 103 goals, to lead the top foreign scorers, in the history of the league, and to break the partnership with Ghanaian Asamoah Gyan, the former player of Al-Ain, who scored 101 goals, while the Brazilian occupies Anderson, the former Sharjah player, is third with 99 goals.
Diop broke the title of historical scorer in the two teams’ meetings, which was led by Boris Kabi, the former Ajman player, and the number of his goals in all competitions during 8 seasons so far, has reached 130 goals, scored in 191 games, including 103 in the league, 26 in the cup, and one goal In a competition under the age of 21.
Diop missed our league in the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 seasons, as he started his career in the 2012-2013 season and scored 18 goals in the league, and in the following season he scored 22 goals, which is the highest score in a season, 12 goals in 2014-2015 season, and 13 goals in the following season And he returned to shine in the 2016-2017 season, scoring 21 goals, before the score fell to 9 goals and 6 goals, and then he left our league.
Diop, 34, had returned in the middle of last season to “Faris” Al Dhafra during the “winter Mercato”, after he left it 4 years ago, to the Al-Ahly youth, who left him for Beijing Renhe of China, and from him a year ago to the Saudi youth, before it ended. His relationship with the latter on January 18, 2021 to be free, and Al Dhafra returns him to his ranks again, and officially restricts him, to a contract until June 2022. The interesting thing is that the Senegalese player scored with the Saudi youth 8 goals in a season and a half, and 22 goals with the Chinese team in two seasons, while the highest Percentage of goals scored in our league.
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