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Maja’s hat-trick: Bordeaux striker matches Utaka, Odemwingie and Agali’s Ligue 1 feat

Josh Maja’s heroics against Nimes on Tuesday saw him match a Ligue 1 feat achieved by Peter Odemwingie, Victor Agali and John Utaka.

The 20-year-old found the net thrice as Bordeaux dismissed the Crocodiles 6-0 to continue with their impressive run.

And with his striking performance, he becomes the fourth Nigerian to score at least three goals in a French topflight game.

4 - Josh Maja ud83cuddf3ud83cuddec has become against Nîmes the 4th Nigerian player to score 3+ goals in a Ligue 1 game in the last 50 years, after Peter Odemwingie, John Utaka (3 times) and Victor Agali.