The rave of the moments in the Spanish Segunda Liga, Sadiq Umar has added to his goal account as he scored first half hat trick in Almeria‘s 3-0 bashing of Ponferradina on Sunday.
The 2018 Olympics Bronze medal winner for Nigeria who was outstanding for his new side Almeria in 2020 has started the year same way he ended the last.
Umar who joined the Spanish second division side from Serbian top side, Partizan Belgrade in the summer has now helped his side moved to second on the log.
Umar begin the night of goals with a left foot finish inside six yard box within second minutes into the match.
The former AS Roma forward got his second goal of the night in the 20th minutes as he latched on to a loose ball in the box after Ponferradina defense couldn’t deal with a corner in their goal area.
The Kaduna born striker completed his first half hat trick nine minutes later with a strange goal as he rounded the keeper before volleying in to the top right corner.
He was later substituted for Juan Villar in the 59th minutes after getting the job done for his side.
The slippery Umar who is still waiting for his first call up to the main national team of Nigeria, the Super Eagles has now buried 16 goals from 19 games for Almeria .
His performance on Sunday night has further proved to the handlers of Super Eagles why the former Roma Fc of Italy deserves a national call up .
