Players with a nose for putting the ball in the back of the net are hot commodities anywhere in the world of football and Nigeria's Emmanuel Emenike is one example of such players.
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Many Nigerians should be glad that the quick, strong and clinical finisher did not yield to pressures from Turkey to play for the Crescent Stars.
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Just one major outing for his country, the 25-year -old has been turning heads and hogging headlines in the media, where he has been compared to the legendary Rashidi Yekini.
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Emenike's four goals helped the Super Eagles win the South Africa 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. For getting more assists, the Nigerian grabbed the competition's Golden Boot award ahead of Ghana's Mubarak Wakaso, who also scored four goals.
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It took Yekini his third appearance at the Africa Cup of Nations before winning gold and a Golden Boot award (with five goals) at Tunisia'94. The national record scorer, who died last year, won silver at the age of 20 at the 1984 edition in Abidjan, after Nigeria lost 3-1 to the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in the final. Four years later, Yekini helped the Eagles to another second-place finish at Maroc'88. Nigeria lost 1-0 to bitter rivals Cameroon for the second time.
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Current Eagles coach Stephen Keshi played in the two finals.