Victor Olatunji

MLS: Real Salt Lake acquire Victor Olatunji from Sparta Prague

MLS: Real Salt Lake acquire Victor Olatunji from Sparta Prague

Major League Soccer (MLS) side Real Salt Lake have acquired striker Victor Olatunji from Czech First League side Sparta Prague for a reported $2.5 million, Afrosport reports. Olatunji has put pen to paper a three-year contract until end of 2028 with the option of a further year. Real Salt Lake will now pay fellow MLS side D.C. United $125,000 in General Allocation Money for the 25-year-old...

AFCON 2025 qualifiers: Is the Super Eagles’ wealth of attacking talent turning into a curse and not a blessing?

Augustine Eguavoen will once again be in the dugout as interim head coach when the Super Eagles take on Libya in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers on October 11 and 15. The former Nigeria international did not do too badly in his fourth stint in the dugout with a 3-0 win over Benin and a goalless draw against Rwanda last month. The games against Libya are...

Nigeria’s Muritala outshines compatriot Olatunji as Sigma Olomouc stuns Sparta Prague

Nigeria’s Muritala outshines compatriot Olatunji as Sigma Olomouc stuns Sparta Prague

Yunusa Muritala edged fellow countryman Victor Olatunji in the battle of Nigerians when defending champions Sparta Prague and Sigma Olomouc met in the Czech First League, the Chance Liga, on Friday. Muritala, 24, scored one goal, his first in the division, and provided another as 10-man Sigma stunned hosts Sparta 3-2 inside a rainy epet ARENA to win the matchday 10 opener. Sigma vyloupila Letnou! 😱🤯...

Afrosport UCL Team of the Week: Kane, Olatunji & the nine others make starting XI

Afrosport UCL Team of the Week: Kane, Olatunji & the nine others make starting XI

The UEFA Champions League makes for a great football spectacle, and the new 36-team league format has the whole world talking after the competition's opening matchday. 57 goals were scored in 18 matches and across 18 different venues as some of Europe's big hitters lived up to expectations in an entertaining round of matches. Put together by insights from its journalists and researchers, Afrosport has come...

‘I’m a chosen, who are you?’ – Nigeria’s Victor Olatunji joins viral social media trend

‘I’m a chosen, who are you?’ – Nigeria’s Victor Olatunji joins viral social media trend

Nigerian forward Victor Olatunji has jumped on the viral train going on in the country following his history-making performance in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday. The 25-year-old starred for Sparta Prague in their 3-0 throbbing of Austrian side RB Salzburg at the epet ARENA, scoring one goal and providing another in the Czech’s club long-awaited return to Europe's premier competition. Olatunji, who scored Sparta's second...