Salami fires KuPS to victory over PS Kemi

The former Warri Wolves striker scored the only goal that gave the Canaries maximum points in their topflight fixture on Friday night

Nigerian international, Gbolahan Salami powered KuPS to a 1-0 victory over PS Kemi in the Finnish Premier League encounter on Friday night.

The 25-year old forward, who recently broke club’s 15-year-old goal record, set by by Ilja Venalainen (2012) and Peter Sampoalso (2001) with 12 goals each at the Kuopio Football Stadium scored the only goal of the game in the 13th minute, to bring his tally for the season to 15 goals.

Salami joined the Finnish topflight from Warri Wolves, after finishing the 2014/15 Nigeria Professional Football League season as the highest goal scorer with 17 goals.

Sporting Tribune

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