Former Leeds United forward Souleymane Doukara is struggling in Turkey, one year after his wonder goal at Elland Road.
Exactly 12 months ago today, Souleymane Doukara scored perhaps the finest volley that the Leeds United fans have seen at Elland Road since Tony Yeboah in 1995.
With 15 minutes to go in Leeds’ visit of Nottingham Forest last season, Doukara, a £1.5 million signing in 2014, unleashed an unstoppable volley from outside the box to make it 2-0 and seal the points.
Forest goalkeeper Stephen Henderson dived, but the velocity at which it was struck suggests that no goalkeeper in the world would have saved it.
One year ago today.
— EFL (@EFL) January 25, 2018
Souleymane Doukara hit a volley that, without a net, may never have stopped.
It completed @LUFC‘s 2-0 win over @NFFC. #ThrowbackThursday pic.twitter.com/cQRfUd7q7K
Despite that worldie, the French striker only managed six goals in 34 Championship games last season and the West Yorkshire club decided to release him from his contract back in August.
Doukara swiftly joined Osmanlispor in Turkey but the 26-year-old is struggling to make an impact
Six months after making the move, Doukara has only managed to score twice in 14 top-flight games for the Turkish side, who sit 14th in the 18-team Super Lig, one point above the danger zone.
His goalscoring stats are made even more unimpressive by the fact that he scored on his debut back in August, meaning he has only hit one goal in the six months since then – and none since October.
Leeds fans saw the good, the bad and the ugly of Doukara (an alleged bite on Fernando Amorebieta springs to mind, earning him an eight-game ban) during his three-year stint at the Whites.
But his rocket against Forest might be their abiding memory of him.
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