Africa-Press – Tanzania. AZAM FC striker Prince Dube has signed a two-year extension deal at the club, saying he is looking forward to break the team’s goal scoring record.
Azam Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdulkarim Amin ‘Popat’ said yesterday that the Zimbabwean has extended his stay at the club up to 2024.
His initial two-year deal was due to expire next year. Earlier Dube said he is eager to beat record stamped by John Bocco at the club during the 2011/2012 Mainland Premier League campaign, where he netted 19 goals.
Dube, who leads the league’s goal scoring table with 14 goals to his name, needs to hunt five more goals to surpass Bocco’s record.
Azam have four matches remaining to conclude their league campaign this season and the ‘ice-cream makers’ side sit third of the log on 60 from 30 outings.
The Zimbabwean striker has had a turbulent season considering the fact that he was forced out of league action midway into the season due to injury.
Perhaps, by now, he could have already set a new record in the club.
Speaking recently in Dar es Salaam, the striker narrated that he is still hopeful to score extra goals from their remaining matches of the season.
“Anything can happen, the most important thing is to believe in yourself and be at a good position to score goals during games.
“You never know what will happen at the end of the season; maybe I will be able to break the record.
Even if I fail, then I can register my own record,” he said. He then lauded good support he gets from teammates, who he said feed him with good passes which result into goals.
“Scoring is not one player’s job but rather, each player on the pitch plays his part to get the goals. As such, my teammates usually do a great job and helping my team to win is the most important thing,” said him.
Again, Dube disclosed that he feel honored to be included in the class of Azam legends like Bocco and Kipre Tchetche, who did a plausible scoring job at the ‘ice-cream makers’ side.
Apart from Bocco, the other two top strikers at Azam who managed to win golden boot award with their season in bracket are Mrisho Ngasa (2010/2011) where he scored 16 goals.
The other is Kipre Tchetche (2012/2013) where he pumped 17 goals in the process to grab the season’s golden boot award.
