A round-up of all the weekend's African goalscorers in the major leagues around Europe.

Yakubu returned to score against his old club Middlesbrough

It was his first goal after being out for 10 matches and it actually went in off his back - but they all count.

It was a case of draws all round elsewhere in the Premiership, as another Nigerian Obafemi Martins sparked Newcastle United's late revival against Wigan Athletic.

However, his side were denied all three points through a last-minute Wigan equaliser in a 2-2 draw.

Gabon's Daniel Cousin gave Hull City an early lead at home to Manchester City, but his side also had to share the points after a thrilling end-to-end 2-2 draw at the KC Stadium.

Mali midfielder Seydou Keita sealed victory for Barcelona in a 2-0 triumph over Recreativo Huelva. Barcelona remain on top of La Liga after nine consecutive victories.

Another Malian Alhassan Keita also found the back of the net after coming on as a second-half substitute for Mallorca, but his goal couldn't rescue his side who lost 2-1 at Almeria.

Betis kept up with their winning ways with a 3-1 victory over Racing Santander. Cameroon striker Achille Emana was on the scoresheet there for Betis.

Cameroon striker Bertin Tomou scored his fifth of the season after equalising for Westerlo who came from behind to beat Gent 3-2.

Both goals in the 1-1 draw between Genk and Roeselare were scored by Africans.

There was a first league goal for Ndabashinze Dugary from Burundi, who equalised in the 71st minute for home side Genk after Nigerian Azubuike Oliseh had put Roeselare ahead five minutes earlier.

Nigerian striker Jaycee Okunwanne scored Mouscron's second goal as his side beat Charleroi 2-1.

There were two more African scorers in the game between Lokeren and Standard Liege.

Niger's Moussa Maazou put Lokeren ahead but Congo striker Dieumerci Mbokani cancelled out his goal with an equaliser for Standard Liege. The game finished 1-1, with both strikers now on top of the scoring charts with nine goals each.

And in the big derby of the weekend, Moroccan Mbark Boussoufa equalised for Anderlecht in their 1-1 draw at FC Bruges.

Moroccan Ali Boussaboun gave Utrecht the lead after just six minutes, but his side went on to lose 3-2 at Heerenveen.

Ivorian striker Sekou Cisse put his side Roda JC ahead in the fifth minute as they went on to beat Nijmegen 3-0.

Abdel Kader Ghezzal celebrated his first call-up to the Algerian national team with a goal for Sienna, who drew 1-1 with Bologna.

Ghezzal, who was born in France, has been drafted into the Algerian squad for a friendly against Mali tomorrow in the French city of Rouen.

Nigerian forward Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi continued with his good form for Hoffenheim as his 69th minute strike secured 3-2 victory for the Bundesliga newboys.

Hoffenheim were twice pegged back before eventually seeing off Wolfsburg's challenge.

Senegal's Mamadou Niang and Algerian Karim Ziani had put Marseille 2-0 up, before their team caved in and saw their lead reversed, eventually losing 3-2 to Lorient.

Gabon's Eric Mouloungui struck the winner for Nice in their victory over Nantes.

The Senegalese midfielder Guirane Ndaw had earlier given Nantes an eighth minute lead, before Nice staged their own comeback to win 2-1.

Angolan striker Abel Djalma scored the opening goal for Maritimo in the 62nd minute as they beat Trofense 2-0.

Cameroon's Albert Meyong Ze scored the winner for Braga to edge out Vitoria Setubal 1-0.

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