Former Nigeria international John Utaka has opened up on his era at Montpelier.
According to the forward, his spell with the Ligue 1 outfit was his best club achievement.
Recollect that Utaka joined Montpellier, back in January 2011.
Utaka went ahead to form a good partnership with Souleyman Camara and Chelsea forward Olivier Giroud.
Utaka reportedly scored seven goals in the 2011/2012 season, as Montpellier won the Ligue 1 title ahead of PSG.
It was theme first time in the club’s history of winning the domestic title.
Speaking to Brila FM on Instagram Live session, he said: “We had a lot of young players in the team, that came from the youth team and we are going head to head with PSG for the league.”
“On paper, they were the best team, because they had the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Thiago Silver and other great players in the team, but we are more of a collective team.”
“And with these boys not having much experience and won the league was special for me, “Utaka told www.brila.net.
Utaka said he sacrificed his role as a striker for Olivier Giroud.
” I was on the left, Souleyman Camara on the right and Olivier Giroud in the center, I had to play on the left because Giroud won’t play on the wing, he is huge and strong and was the point man.” He said.
Utaka spent two seasons with Montpellier, scoring 12 goals from 68 appearances.
For his country Nigeria, Utaka played at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea and Japan.
He was also won bronze medal for the Super Eagles of Nigeria team at the 2004 African cup of Nations.
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