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GAMILDIEN SET NEW TARGET

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Ruzaigh Gamildien of Swallows Football Club during the DStv Premiership 2020/21 game between TS Galaxy and Swallows FC at Mbombela Stadium on 2 March 2021 © Dirk Kotze/BackpagePix8BIM
Ruzaigh Gamildien of Swallows Football Club during the DStv Premiership 2020/21 game between TS Galaxy and Swallows FC at Mbombela Stadium on 2 March 2021 © Dirk Kotze/BackpagePix8BIM

SWALLOWS FC striker Ruzaigh Gamildien is looking to surpass the 15-goal mark in the DStv Premiership.

The 31-year-old has so far scored ten goals in 16 games and looks well within reach of his target.

Only three players have managed to get more than 15 goals in the last decade.

Mwape Musonda scored 16 goals for Black Leopards two seasons ago.

Last season, Peter Shalulile and Gabadinho Mhango also scored 16 goals each player to share the golden boot.

But Gamildien is looking to go beyond that in the last 13 games.

"I set myself a realistic target of 15 goals and I am five goals shy of that," he said.

"I am trying to pass that 15 goals mark in the PSL. But things are going to be very difficult because teams are starting to study our movements."

Gamildien's impressive displays saw him being named in the 26-men Bafana Bafana squad for this month's back-to-back Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Ghana and Sudan for the first time since 2013.

The player is looking forward to getting a chance to help the national team.

He said: "Definitely if you are being called up in the national team your job is to perform to your very best and make a difference, score and help the team win.”

Gamildien will be hoping to add to hiss tally on Sunday afternoon when Swallows host Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila at Dobsonville Stadium (3:30pm).

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