FORMER Dynamos striker Edward Sadomba completed a sensational return to Sudanese club Al-Hilal on Thursday, almost three years after leaving the Omdurman-based 27-times Sudanese champions in 2013.
BY DANIEL NHAKANISO
Sadomba — who has spent the last five years earning top dollar at well-paying clubs in Sudan, Libya and the United Arab Emirates — had earlier this week arrived in Sudan with the view of joining the club ahead of next season.
Top Sudanese football journalist Abdul Musa confirmed the signing of Sadomba together with Sudanese internationals Sharf Eldin Shiboub and El Tahir El as they look to build a strong squad for next season’s Caf Champions League campaign.
Sadomba broke new ground by becoming the first Zimbabwe international football player to feature in the highly competitive and lucrative Sudanese topflight league after signing for Al-Hilal in Khartoum in 2009.
The striker, who was 25 at the time netted a cool €350 000 ($395 128) for his side, Bidvest Wits, even before the Zimbabwean kicked a single ball for the South African side.
Sadomba was so coveted because of his prolificacy for Al-Hilal where he notched 98 times in 90 games since 2009.
That time he was also awarded the Golden Boot in both the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup.
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After three successful years at Al-Hilal, Sadomba briefly joined United Arab Emirates Pro League side Ittihad Kalba on a highly-lucrative loan deal at the start of the 2013 season before moving to Libya to join Al Ahly Benghazi and later Ahly Tripoli.
The move from Al Ahly Benghazi to Ahly Tripoli was reportedly worth over $1 million and saw Sadomba earning around $40 000 a month during his two-year stay at the club in the war-torn, but oil-rich country.
Sadomba, who has previously played in South Africa for lower division side Tembisa Classic, was tutored by Regis Dzenga’s Agatha Sheneti Academy at Mt Pleasant High School, graduating into the senior ranks with Dzenga’s now defunct Harare United before the move down south.
However, it was while at Dynamos that he made a name for himself after helping the Harare giants reach the semifinals of the Caf Champions League competition in 2008.
He then signed for Bidvest Wits in 2009 but due to foreign quota issues at the club, he never played and was immediately sent on loan to Sudanese giants Al-Hilal via Liga Muculmana of Mozambique.
The Mbare-born footballer proved good value for money, scoring seven goals during his five-month stay in Maputo before completing the move to renowned African campaigners Al-Hilal.
