Born: 3- 5-1996 Country: Nigeria Caps: 96 (W47-D25-L24 – GF143-GA94 – %61.98) Goals: 10 Age First Cap: 19 y 158 d 8-10-2015 vs. Congo-Kinshasa 0-2 Age Last Cap: 29 yr 259 d 17- 1-2026 vs. Egypt 0-0 National Team Career: 10 yr 101 d
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 8-10-15 Visé Congo-Kinshasa 0-2
2 11-10-15 Brussel Cameroon 3-0
3 25- 3-16 Kaduna Egypt 1-1 African Cup Qualifier
4 29- 3-16 Alexandria Egypt 0-1 African Cup Qualifier
5 27- 5-16 Rouen Mali 1-0
6 31- 5-16 Luxembourg Luxembourg 3-1
7 9-10-16 Ndola Zambia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
8 12-11-16 Uyo Algeria 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
9 23- 3-17 London Senegal 1-1
10 10- 6-17 Uyo South Africa 0-2 African Cup Qualifier
11 7-10-17 Uyo Zambia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
12 10-11-17 Constantine Algeria 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
13 14-11-17 Krasnodar Argentina 4-2
14 23- 3-18 Wroclaw Poland 1-0
15 27- 3-18 London Serbia 0-2
16 28- 5-18 Port Harcourt Congo-Kinshasa 1-1
17 2- 6-18 London England 1-2
18 6- 6-18 Schwechat Czech Republic 0-1
19 16- 6-18 Kaliningrad Croatia 0-2 World Cup
20 22- 6-18 Volvograd Iceland 2-0 World Cup
21 26- 6-18 Sankt Peterburg Argentina 1-2 World Cup
22 13-10-18 Kaduna Libya 4-0 African Cup Qualifier
23 16-10-18 Sfax Libya 3-2 African Cup Qualifier
24 17-11-18 Johannesburg South Africa 1-1 African Cup Qualifier
25 20-11-18 Asaba Uganda 0-0
26 22- 3-19 Asaba Seychelles 3-1 African Cup Qualifier
27 26- 3-19 Asaba Egypt 1-0
28 8- 6-19 Asaba Zimbabwe 0-0
29 16- 6-19 Ismaïlia Senegal 0-1
30 22- 6-19 Alexandria Burundi 1-0 African Nations Cup
31 26- 6-19 Alexandria Guinea 1-0 African Nations Cup
32 30- 6-19 Alexandria Madagascar 0-2 African Nations Cup
33 6- 7-19 Alexandria Cameroon 3-2 African Nations Cup
34 10- 7-19 Cairo South Africa 2-1 African Nations Cup
35 14- 7-19 Cairo Algeria 1-2 African Nations Cup
36 17- 7-19 Cairo Tunisia 1-0 African Nations Cup
37 10- 9-19 Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine 2-2
38 13-10-19 Singapore Brazil 1-1
39 13-11-19 Uyo Benin 2-1 African Cup Qualifier
40 17-11-19 Maseru Lesotho 4-2 African Cup Qualifier
41 9-10-20 Sankt Veit Algeria 0-1
42 13-10-20 Sankt Veit Tunisia 1-1
43 13-11-20 Benin City Sierra Leone 4-4 African Cup Qualifier
44 17-11-20 Freetown Sierra Leone 0-0 African Cup Qualifier
45 30- 3-21 Lagos Lesotho 3-0 African Cup Qualifier
46 4- 6-21 Wiener Neustadt Cameroon 0-1
47 8- 6-21 Wiener Neustadt Cameroon 0-0
48 3- 9-21 Lagos Liberia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
49 13-11-21 Tanger Liberia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
50 16-11-21 Lagos Cape Verde 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
51 11- 1-22 Garoua Egypt 1-0 African Nations Cup
52 15- 1-22 Garoua Sudan 3-1 African Nations Cup
53 19- 1-22 Garoua Guinea-Bissau 2-0 African Nations Cup
54 23- 1-22 Garoua Tunisia 0-1 African Nations Cup
55 28- 5-22 Arlington Mexico 1-2
56 2- 6-22 New Jersey Ecuador 0-2
57 9- 6-22 Abuja Sierra Leone 2-1 African Cup Qualifier
58 13- 6-22 Agadir São Tomé/Pr. 10-0 African Cup Qualifier
59 27- 9-22 Oran Algeria 1-2
60 17-11-22 Lisboa Portugal 0-4
61 24- 3-23 Abuja Guinea-Bissau 0-1 African Cup Qualifier
62 28- 3-23 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 1-0 African Cup Qualifier
63 18- 6-23 Monrovia Sierra Leone 3-2 African Cup Qualifier
64 13-10-23 Portimão Saudi Arabia 2-2
65 16-10-23 Albufeira Mozambique 3-2
66 16-11-23 Uyo Lesotho 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
67 19-11-23 Butare Zimbabwe 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
68 8- 1-24 Abu Dhabi Guinea 0-2
69 14- 1-24 Abidjan Equat. Guinea 1-1 African Nations Cup
70 18- 1-24 Abidjan Ivory Coast 1-0 African Nations Cup
71 22- 1-24 Abidjan Guinea-Bissau 1-0 African Nations Cup
72 27- 1-24 Abidjan Cameroon 2-0 African Nations Cup
73 2- 2-24 Abidjan Angola 1-0 African Nations Cup
74 7- 2-24 Abidjan South Africa 1-1 [1] African Nations Cup
75 11- 2-24 Abidjan Ivory Coast 1-2 African Nations Cup
76 22- 3-24 Marrakech Ghana 2-1
77 26- 3-24 Marrakech Mali 0-2
78 7- 6-24 Uyo South Africa 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
79 10- 6-24 Abidjan Benin 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
80 7- 9-24 Uyo Benin 3-0 African Cup Qualifier
81 11-10-24 Uyo Libya 1-0 African Cup Qualifier
82 14-11-24 Abidjan Benin 1-1 African Cup Qualifier
83 21- 3-25 Kigali Rwanda 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
84 25- 3-25 Uyo Zimbabwe 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
85 6- 9-25 Uyo Rwanda 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
86 9- 9-25 Bloemfontein South Africa 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
87 10-10-25 Polokwane Lesotho 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
88 14-10-25 Uyo Benin 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
89 13-11-25 Rabat Gabon 4-1 World Cup play-off
90 16-11-25 Rabat Congo-Kinshasa 1-1 [2] World Cup play-off
91 23-12-25 Fès Tanzania 2-1 African Nations Cup
92 27-12-25 Fès Tunisia 3-2 African Nations Cup
93 5- 1-26 Fès Mozambique 4-0 African Nations Cup
94 10- 1-26 Marrakech Algeria 2-0 African Nations Cup
95 14- 1-26 Rabat Morocco 0-0 [3] African Nations Cup
96 17- 1-26 Casablanca Egypt 0-0 [4] African Nations Cup
[1] Nigeria won 4-2 on penalty kicks.
[2] Nigeria lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.
[3] Nigeria lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.
[4] Nigeria won 4-2 on penalty kicks.
NB: the match against Togo (3-0, 1- 6-17 in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt) was not authorized by the French FA nor
by FIFA and is therefore not included here.
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage
96 47 25 24 143- 94 119 61.98
Types of Matches:
Friendlies 30
African Nations Cup 24
African Cup Qualifier 20
World Cup Qualifier 19
World Cup 3
Total 96
Goals:
Cap 7 1 goal
Cap 11 1 goal
Cap 13 2 goals
Cap 17 1 goal
Cap 33 1 goal
Cap 40 1 goal
Cap 43 2 goals
Cap 57 1 goal
Total 10 goals
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