Emmanuel Emenike has won rave reviews for his performance and goal against Burkina Faso in Nigeria’s 1-1 drawn opening game at AFCON 2013.The burly Super Eagles forward, who played in South Africa’s First Division with FC Cape Town before moving to Europe, got the highest rating from fans on MTNFootball.com’s Rate the Player platform.
The Spartak Moscow man got 29 likes and zero negative ratings. He was the only Nigerian on the night not to get any negative ratings.
The closest player to Emenike was Mikel Obi who got 27 likes.
Emenike was also at the top of another list recently. The story about ‘Emenike leads Eaglesattack’ was this morning’s most popular story across the entire MTNFootball website.
Errol Dicks, the chairman of FC Cape Town and the man who took Enmenike to trials in Turkey, said he is thrilled to see his progress.
“You know, he phoned me before the game and said ‘Chairman I am going to score today and kiss the badge’. Well, he did just that. I am so proud of him,” Dicks told MTNFootball from Cape Town.
“We have walked a long road together and he is like a son to me. I remember when nobody wanted to look at Emmanuel. No teams at all.
“So to see how he has developed and where he is today is such a wonderful story.”
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