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FORMER Zimbabwe international, Edward Sadomba, is the fourth all-time highest scorer in the CAF inter-club tournaments, underlying his status as one of the finest forwards to grace the continent’s football fields.
The 37-year-old former Dynamos skipper retired at the end of last year, bringing the curtain down on a career which saw him also play in South Africa, Mozambique, Libya, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates.
He has 33 goals, in the CAF inter-club competitions, and only three other forwards — Angola’s Flavio (35 goals), Egyptian legend, Mahmoud Al-Khatib (37 goals) and Congolese marksman, Tresor Mputu (55 goals) — have scored more goals than Sadomba.
The 65-year-old Al-Khatib, who is the current president of record African champions Al Ahly, is widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers to grace the game on the continent.
Affectionately known by his nickname, Bibo, Al-Khatib cast his spell on the African game during his prime and helped Al Ahly to win the Cup of Club Champions, which later became the Champions League, in 1982 and 1987.
The Cairo giants also won three Cup Winners’ Cup, in 1984, 1985 and 1986, before the tournament evolved to become the CAF Confederation Cup.
His Al Ahly side thrashed Dynamos 6-2, on aggregate, in the second round of the Cup of Club Champions in 1983 on their way to the final where the Cairo giants lost 0-1 to Asante Kotoko of Ghana.
A 10-time winner of the Egyptian championship, with Al Ahly, Bibo was crowned the African Footballer of the Year in 1983 and one of the finest African footballers of all-time by the International Federation of Football History.
It’s a measure of the impact that Sadomba made, on the continent, that he is now mentioned in such exclusive company, which includes Bibo, when the stars of the game are talked about.
The former DeMbare skipper is also the sixth joint all-time leading goal-scorer, in the CAF Champions League, with 18 goals from 43 games, after featuring in the tournament for six seasons. Herald
