Former Cardiff City striker Andreas Cornelius has won the Turkish Super Lig with Trabzonspor.
The Danish striker, who signed for Cardiff City in 2014, managed to score 15 goals to help his side win the title, which enabled the forward to win the golden boot.
It's fair to say that Cornelius' time didn’t go to plan with Cardiff; the striker signed for an eye-watering £8million fee from Copenhagen, which was a club record at the time, but only managed to play eleven games for the Welsh capital side over a seventh-month period and didn’t score one goal during his brief stint at the club.
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However, Cornelius is enjoying a much better experience at Trabzonspor. The Danish striker signed from Parma for £4million and helped the Turkish outfit win the Super Lig for the first time in 38 years. The 29-year-old is loved by his new supporters, who call him “The King of the North”. Their title triumph prompted wild scenes, with thousands partying on into the night on the streets of the city.
It's a far cry from his days in Wales. Cardiff had hoped that Cornelius would take them onto a new level, bringing in the striker during their first season in the Premier League, but as we know Cornelius failed to deliver the goods.
Cornelius, who also featured for Atalanta and Bordeaux over the course of his career, has previously spoken about his time at Cardiff and admitted it didn’t work out for him in the English top flight.
“I remember Cardiff was a big experience for me,” said Cornelius.
“It was a good opportunity for me to go from Copenhagen to the Premier League and I was excited, but a lot of things happened and it didn’t work out. Maybe I went to Cardiff too early in my career, I don’t know. There were a lot of different things going on at the time with the manager and then the sports director (Iain Moody) got sacked.
“When I look back on it all, maybe it's right I was caught in the middle of something.”
Cornelius is a Denmark international who’s played 37 games for his country and scored seven goals in the process. The striker featured in Denmark’s Euro 2020 squad where he was involved in the round-of-16 win against Wales.
