Folarin Balogun's loan spell at Reims came to a fitting end at the weekend when he scored his 21st Ligue 1 goal since arriving in France last summer.
While Reims eventually suffered a 3-1 defeat against Montpellier, our 21-year-old striker got their only goal of the game with a decisive tap-in from a corner.
Balogun has made a huge impact throughout his time at the club, becoming the youngest player in decades to score more than 17 goals in a single Ligue 1 season and the first American player in history to score more than 20 in a top-five league.
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Also in Ligue 1, Nuno Tavares featured as a second-half substitute for Marseille away at Ajaccio in his last appearance for his loan side. Marseille were undone by a late winner from the hosts but they have still secured Champions League football for next season.
Elsewhere, Ovie Ejeheri kept a clean sheet for SJK against HJK. The draw keeps Ejeheri's side in second place in the Finnish Veikkausliiga, only one point behind leaders KuPS.
In the final game of the Serie A season, Pablo Mari played 90 minutes for Monza in their 5-2 loss to Atalanta, meaning his side finished 11th in the table.
Arthur Okonkwo has returned to the UK after the culmination of his loan spell at Sturm Graz in the Austrian Bundesliga. Okonkwo was an unused substitute in their final game of the season - a 2-0 win over LASK.
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