Super Eagles of Nigeria Defender, Chidozie Awaziem, is closing in on a record held by legendary Croatia central defender Slaven Bilic, who is currently the gaffer of Nigerian players at Watford.
Awaziem is one goal away from equaling Bilic as the topscoring defender for Hajduk Split in a single season reports Croatia daily sports newspaper based in Zagreb, Sportske novosti,
Thirty years on since the independence of Croatia, Bili? is the only central defender to score four goals in a season in the league alone for the Croatian outfit and that was back in the 1992-1993 season.
Awaziem has scored an impressive three goals in eight appearances in the Croatian SuperSport HNL, against NK Lokomotiva, HNK Rijeka and NK Varazdin, while providing one assist on matchday seven at NK Osijek.
The Boavista loanee has twenty five games left to break the record held by Bilic which has stood for twenty nine years.
Awaziem originally started his career at grassroots club Junior Elkanemi as a central midfielder with an eye for goal before he was converted into a center back at Porto.
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