Nigerian striker, Anthony Nwakaeme has been honoured with a huge statue in Turkey for his impressive contributions at Super Lig side Trabzonspor.
The 32-year-old, who joined the Turkish club from Hapoel Be’er Sheva in 2018, has made over 90 appearances for the club, with over 20 goals to his name.
Nigerian football journalist Oluwashina Okeleji shared the news on his social media platform adding that the image was erected in Trabzon by Adem Birsen.
Speaking about the statue, Adem Birsen said: “We wanted to make a bust of Nwakaeme, we wanted the very intelligent man to identify with Trabzon. We made it with the cap of our legendary name Ahmet Suat Özyazc?. It was a long construction process in 5-6 months.
”We had it done with a special sculptor. We love and admire him very much. If Fenerbahçe has Alex, we have Nwakaeme. We love him very much, he should continue to score, he is our everything.”
After three seasons with Israeli top-flight side Hapoel Be’er Sheva, Nwakaeme joined the Super Lig side for an undisclosed fee.
In his maiden season at the Medical Park Stadium, he scored 10 goals in 27 league games.
In the following campaign, he stepped up by netting 14 times and providing seven assists in 39 appearances across all competitions as the Black Sea Storm narrowly missed out on winning the Turkish elite division diadem, finishing in second place behind eventual winners Istanbul Basaksehir.