Ipswich Town loanee Armando Dobra scored his first goal for Colchester United last night.

The 20-year-old's one-on-one finish sealed the U's a 1-0 home win against West Ham U21s in the Papa John's Trophy.

“I haven't scored in a while and to get that first goal was a very proud moment for me,” he told the Colchester Gazette.

“I saw the keeper come out and I thought I'd just dink it over him, so I'm really happy. I hope I can get many more for the team.

“I want to show the gaffer what I can do in these games and play as well as I can to give him a problem for the league games."

Dobra is yet to start a League Two game since joining the Essex club at the end of August.

He was an unused substitute in a 3-2 win at Barrow, came on in the 66th minute of 1-0 home loss to Crawley and was introduced in the 86th minute of last weekend's 0-0 draw at Swindon.

Ipswich, who lost 2-1 to West Ham U21s at Portman Road, travel to Gillingham next Tuesday for their second Group A match.

They'll then host Colchester - whose squad includes a glut of former Town players, including Luke Chambers and Cole Skuse - on Tuesday, November 9.

It's unlikely that Dobra will be able to line-up against his current employers under the terms of his loan.

Colchester host Salford City this Saturday.