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Nuno Espírito Santo never gave him a game at Wolves, now he’s his country’s all-time leading goalscorer

Wolves have had relatively good fortune with attackers since the days of Nuno Espirito Santo, but some are always bound to slip through the cracks.

The current striker situation could have been very different if Jorgen Strand Larsen got his move to Newcastle.

But as the window closed, Wolves still had their star as well as another addition, Tolu Arokodare.

Tolu Arokodare poses in a Wolves shirt.
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As such, there won’t be too much regret felt upon hearing that one former Wolves striker seems to have come into his own.

Former Wolves striker Duckens Nazon is Haiti’s all-time leading scorer

Duckens Nazon arrived at Wolves in January 2017, and never played a single minute under Nuno Espirito Santo.

He would enjoy two loan spells during his time at Molineux, first to Oldham Athletic, and then to Coventry. The spells weren’t roaring successes, with Nazon scoring six league goals for each side.

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In the summer of 2018, he would leave on a free transfer to the Belgian League, never to be heard from again.

But Nazon, now 31, has enjoyed a successful international career for Haiti, leading the all-time scoring charts with 68. He has been the hero of that team for years.

Duckens Nazon bagged a hat-trick against Costa Rica playing with Jean-Ricner Bellegarde

Wolves fans may have tuned in to Haiti’s World Cup Qualifier to see how Jean-Ricner Bellegarde got on.

If they did, they were treated to a cracker of a game that finished 3-3.

Haiti’s three goals came courtesy of Nazon, who only came on for the second half.

Wolves fans might not even have recognised their former player, who never took to the pitch for the senior team.

His second goal was absolute quality. A bicycle kick executed to perfection, that may make you think, could he have done more for Wolves?