adminZIMBABWEAN international, Silas Songani, has extended his contract with top-flight Danish side, Sønderjyske, to 2019, the club confirmed at the weekend. The 26-year-old striker joined Sønderjyske from Harare City in 2014, having been named the second best player in the local premiership the previous season.
Officials at Sønderjyske said the forward has made huge progress since and has now been rewarded with a four-year contract extension.
Sporting director Hans Jørgen Haysen told the club’s website that he sees Songani as a player for the future.
“Silas Songani since his arrival in the team has taken important steps, and he’s gradually being incorporated in our style of play,” he said.
“Therefore, I’m convinced that the coming period will see him reach his full potential, and I’m therefore very pleased that we got the new agreement in place.”
Last season Songani scored four goals and set up another three.
He is yet to find the back of the net this term, having largely been used as a substitute and only played 46 minutes in the Alka Super League.
Sønderjyske are ninth in the 12-team league, with one win and two losses from the three games played so far.
Another Zimbabwean international, Colchester United forward Macauley Bonne admits this season promises to be one of the biggest of his career so far.
He says he is taking tips from team-mate Chris Porter in a bid to become a regular scorer for the U’s.
Bonne is hoping to hold down a regular starting place in Tony Humes’ side, as they embark on an eighth successive League One campaign.
The 19-year-old made ten appearances for the U’s last season – and is hoping to become a more permanent feature for them this time around.
Bonne said: “I think this season will be one of the biggest of my career.
“I’m 19 — turning 20 soon — and I want to be comfortably playing in the first team in League One.
“I want to be getting regular minutes and hopefully achieve my target of being a goalscorer in the first team.
“I’ve still got more to do to get where I want to be but I’m sure I’m on the right track to get there.
“The target is always to score as many goals as I can and as long as I’m getting opportunities to score, I must be doing something right.”
Bonne says he has been learning a great deal from experienced team-mate Chris Porter, who has more than 400 career games under his belt.
“I watch Chris in training and learn parts of his game and they’re starting to come out in me,” said Bonne, who made his U’s senior debut against Shrewsbury Town in October, 2013.
“He pulls me aside in training and gives me advice on what I need to do and takes me under his wing.
“He’s been there and done it and he knows what it’s like being a young centre-forward trying to come through and be that target man.
“I’ve learnt a lot from my time in the first team so far, playing with the likes of Clinton Morrison, Jabo Ibehre and now Chris Porter.” – Online
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