Odion Ighalo has expressed his excitement at winning his first league title following Al Hilal’s Saudi Professional League victory on Monday.
Ighalo played a crucial role to help Al Hilal win their 18th league title. He scored both goals in a 2-1 win over Al Faisaly on the final day of the season on Monday. The result propelled the Blue Waves to the top of the league table after Al Ittihad dropped points on the same day.
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In the process, Ighalo ended his wait for a maiden league triumph since he began his professional career at Prime FC (now Osun United FC) in 2005. The Ex-Manchester United striker has taken to his official Instagram account to celebrate the success. He wrote:
“I waited 17 years before winning my first league title, it doesn’t matter how long it takes, if you keep working hard and never give up, you will get it right one day. God is the greatest.”
Ighalo started the season with Al Shabab but transferred to Hilal in January after a dispute with his former club. The 33-year-old ended the season as the league’s top scorer with 24 goals. He netted 30 goals in all competitions.
Odion Jude Ighalo (born 16 June 1989) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi club Al Hilal and the Nigeria national team.
After starting his career at Nigerian clubs Prime and Julius Berger, Ighalo moved to Norwegian club Lyn in 2007. A year later, he was signed by Italian club Udinese, spending most of his tenure on two separate loan spells with Spanish club Granada. In 2014, he signed for Championship club Watford and was integral in the club’s promotion to the Premier League in the 2014–15 season. In January 2017, Ighalo joined the Chinese Super League club Changchun Yatai for a reported £20 million, before moving on to Shanghai Shenhua. In January 2020, Ighalo returned to the Premier League, joining Manchester United on loan, initially until the end of the 2019–20 season; the loan was then extended until January 2021.
