THE BREAKDOWN: Jesse Were's 100 goals at Zesco
Reading Time: 3min | Fri. 04.06.21. | 12:47
Were reached the century milestone after scoring a hatrick against Kitwe United
Before he went to conquer Zambia, Jesse Were tried conquering the Kenyan Premier League with Tusker FC and Mathare United. In July 2015, he went on a scoring spree, netting three consecutive hattricks against Chemelil Sugar, Sofaka, and Thika United.
In fact, he was en route to matching the world record on consecutive hattricks as he was only one shy of the record holder, Japan's Nakayama Masashi. Mark you, he was tied at three with Christiano Ronaldo.
When Zesco played Kitwe United on Sunday, he scored a hattrick to add to his already existing 97 goals for Zesco and make it 100. What a way to hit a century! Indeed, Were is not a stranger when it comes to hattricks.
Kenyan striker Jesse Were scored a hattrick for Zambian giants, Zesco United against Kitwe United today.
— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) May 30, 2021
He has now scored 100 goals for the club and is the club's all-time top scorer.
A statue in Ndola is all we are asking for.#KenyansAbroad pic.twitter.com/SIIZJPaOvr
The 100 goals for the former Tusker FC talisman are spread across five years in the league, the ABSA cup, Charity Shield, the CAF Champions League, and CAF Confederation Cup.
A huge chunk of those goals have come in the league, with the target man hitting 77 goals in the Zambian Super League, Zesco have 4 games to play before the season wraps up.
But, how are the goals spread for Zesco's all-time top scorer?
The striker was prolific in 2017 and 2018, netting 19 and 17 goals respectively in the league.
LEAGUE - 77 GOALS
2016 - 16 Goals
2017 - 19 Goals
2018 - 17 Goals
2019 - 8 Goals
2019/20 - 12 Goals
2020/21* - 5 Goals
Kenyan striker Jesse Were scored a hattrick for Zambian giants, Zesco United against Kitwe United today.
— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) May 30, 2021
He has now scored 100 goals for the club and is the club's all-time top scorer.
A statue in Ndola is all we are asking for.#KenyansAbroad pic.twitter.com/SIIZJPaOvr
In his debut season at Zesco, Were scored 4 goals in the CAF Champions League, the most he has scored in the three stints he has had playing in the continental showpiece. In the other two appearances, he has scored two a-piece.
CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 8 GOALS
2016 - 4 Goals
2018/19 - 2 Goals
2019/20 - 2 Goals
After missing in the CAF Champions League in 2017, Were transferred his goal-scoring prow3ess to the CAF Confederation Cup and scored four times. He followed it up the next season after dropping out of the Champions League with three goals to take his CAF CC tally to 7.
CAF CONFEDERATION CUP - 7 GOALS
2017 - 4 Goals
2018/19 - 3 Goals
The 32-year old has 5 goals in the Cup competition. He scored one goal as Zesco ran riot over Zanaco in the 2019 final to clinch the cup.
BARCLAYS/ABSA CUP - 5 GOALS
2017 - 2 Goals
2019 - 3 Goals
Zesco won the 2017 Charity Shield with Were scoring both goals against Nkana. Anthony Akumu and David 'Calabar' Owino were part of the winning team
CHARITY SHIELD - 2 GOALS
2017 - 2 Goals
