Oboabona not listed in Rizespor's win, Uche plays his part in the positive result

Former Sunshine Stars defender Godfrey Oboabona didn't make his expected debut as Turkish Super League club, Rizespor won 2-1 against Kayseri Erciyesspor on Sunday.


Oboabona, who completed the move to the Turkish side recently, was not named at all for the Rize side.

Another Super Eagles player, Uche Kalu who has been with Rizespor for two years, was named in the starting line up.

Ali Adnan opened the scoring for Rizespor in the 7th minute, and it remained 1-0 to the hosts till the end of the half.

Eren Albayrak made it 2-0 to the home side with 66' minutes played, but Bjorn Vleminckx pulled one back for the visitors just 11 minutes later.

Uche, who represented Enyimba FC in the past, made way for Kagan Soylemezgiller for the final 20 minutes.