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Players marked in bold are still active and eligible (meaning they have not retired) to play for the national team. Statistics correct as of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sao Tome and Principe on 13 June 2022 Position key: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
The following table summarizes the all-time record for the Nigeria national football team. Nigeria has played matches against 92 current and former national teams, with the latest result, a loss against Argentina on 26 June 2018.
A list of current and former players who have played for the senior Nigeria national football team (but not players who have only been capped at Olympic, Under-21 or other junior levels). Players in this category should also be left in category:Nigerian footballers
Goalkeeper of the year Nigeria Pitch Awards: 2013, 2014; King of the pitch Nigeria Pitch Awards: 2014; Goal Nigeria Player of the Year: 2014; IFFHS CAF Men's Team of the Decade 2011–2020 [28] IFFHS 2023 March: Greatest African Goalkeeper of all Time. [29] Orders. Member of the Order of the Niger [30]
Nwankwo Kanu (listen ⓘ) OON (born 1 August 1976) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward.He was a member of the Nigeria national team, and played for Nigerian club Iwuanyanwu Nationale, Dutch side Ajax, Inter Milan of Italy, and English clubs Arsenal, West Bromwich Albion and Portsmouth. [5]
By the end of his record-setting rushing career at the California school, Okoye’s astonishing fusion of speed (he ran a 4.45-second time in the 40-yard dash) and frame (he stood 6-foot-3, 255 ...
Augustine Azuka "Jay-Jay" Okocha (/ ə ˈ k ɒ tʃ ə / ə-KOTCH-ə; born 14 August 1973) [3] is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.He had 73 caps for the Nigeria national team between 1993 and 2006, scoring 14 goals, and was a member of three FIFA World Cup squads.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Nigerian footballers. It includes Nigerian footballers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category contains past and present players of the Nigeria A' national football team that participates in the African Championship of Nations ...