Although the dream of Sunshine Stars for a continental ticket has been dashed, Tunde Adeniji is as good as gone home with the maiden Rashidi Yekini Golden Shoe Award, the prize given to the year’s top scorer.
He moved up the leaderboard to 16 goals after scoring a brace against Enugu Rangers in the 5-1 victory at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos.
He upset the odds by displacing Gbolahan Salami and Esosa Igbinoba in the standings, both of whom were previously above him by a lone goal.
Adeniji had been struggling to get his impressive scoring boots repaired, but after notching up 37 goals in three successive seasons he has now reawakened his amazing goal-getting stint.