Former Super Eagles winger John Utaka achieved a milestone recently when he played his 200th game in the French top flight.

“I’m delighted to have achieved this mark, but unfortunately I could not score in that game. All the same, there will be many more goals for me to score,” he said.

Utaka has scored six times in 32 games with two assists for the season in all competitions.and is seriously thinking of the French league title with current club Montpellier. His club are top of Ligue 1 ahead of pre-season favourites PSG, though level on points but Utaka’s side have a game in hand.

“We are doing well and we hope and believe to finish top of the league. We will keep working hard with humility and concentration,” said Utaka.

The Nigerian, who featured for another French side RC Lens in the 2002/03 Uefa Champions League in which he scored two goals, says he wants another shot of the tournament.

“We have what it takes to do well in the Champions League next season.”

Utaka, who is famously remembered for scoring the goal that beat Cameroon in the 2002 Nations Cup, will continue to hope that his good displays for his French side will bring him back into the reckoning of Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi as another round of World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers begin in June.