Jonathan Niva - International Appearances


The outstanding Kenyan player obtained 88 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 16- 5-1942
Country: Kenya
Caps:	88	(W32-D23-L33 – GF144-GA146 – %49.43)
Goals:	10
Age First Cap: 22 yr 288 d   28- 2-1965 vs. Uganda 3-0
Age Last Cap:  33 yr 268 d    8- 2-1976 vs. Nigeria 1-1
National Team Career: 10 yr 345 d


Caps   Date 	Venue	 	Opponent       Score 	Competition

 1   28- 2-65	Nairobi 	Uganda  	3-0	African Cup Qualifier
 2   13- 3-65	Kampala 	Uganda  	1-3	African Cup Qualifier
 3   24- 3-65	Kampala 	Uganda  	3-1	African Games Qual.
 4   25- 3-65	Kampala 	Egypt   	3-4	African Games Qual.
 5    4- 4-65	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	1-2	African Cup Qualifier
 6    6- 4-65	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	1-3
 7   11- 4-65	Khartoum	Sudan   	2-4	African Cup Qualifier
 8   12- 4-65	Khartoum	Sudan   	3-4
 9   18- 4-65	Nairobi 	Sudan   	1-1	African Cup Qualifier
10   26- 9-65	Kampala 	Tanzania	0-2	Gossage Cup
11   11-12-65	Nairobi 	Ghana          2-13	Kenya Indep. Cup
12   12-12-65	Nairobi 	Ghana   	3-3	
13    5- 3-66	Kampala 	Uganda  	3-2	
14    3- 4-66	Nairobi 	Uganda  	3-3
15   11- 9-66	Ndola   	Zambia  	4-5	Rothmans Cup
16   14- 9-66	Kitwe   	Zambia  	1-0	Rothmans Cup
17   18- 9-66	Lusaka  	Zambia  	1-2	Rothmans Cup
18   24- 9-66	Zanzibar City	Zanzibar    [*]	3-1	Gossage Cup
19   27- 9-66	Zanzibar City	Uganda  	0-0	Gossage Cup
20   30- 9-66	Zanzibar City	Tanzania	3-2	Gossage Cup
21    8-10-66	Kampala 	Uganda  	2-1	Uganda Indep. Cup
22   10-12-66	Nairobi 	Sudan   	0-1	
23   12-12-66	Nairobi 	Sudan   	3-2	Kenya Indep. Cup
24   19- 2-67	Khartoum	Ethiopia	0-2	East African Friends. 
25   12- 3-67	Nairobi 	Uganda  	3-3	African Cup Qualifier
26   20- 8-67	Nairobi 	Congo-Kinshasa	1-1	
27   30- 9-67	Nairobi 	Uganda  	3-1	East African Cup
28    4-10-67	Nairobi 	Zanzibar    [*]	6-0	East African Cup
29    9-10-67	Nairobi 	Tanzania	5-3	East African Cup
30   10-12-67	Nairobi 	Zambia  	1-5	Kenya Indep. Cup
31   12-12-67	Nairobi 	Zambia  	3-4	Kenya Indep. Cup
32   31-12-67	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	0-2
33   29- 9-68	Dar-es-Salaam	Zanzibar    [*]	3-0	East African Cup
34    1-10-68	Dar-es-Salaam	Tanzania	3-3	East African Cup
35    4-10-68	Dar-es-Salaam	Uganda  	1-1	East African Cup
36   13-10-68	Nairobi 	Uganda  	1-2
37   16- 2-69	Nairobi 	Tanzania	0-1	African Cup Qualifier
38    1- 1-70	Khartoum	Sudan   	2-4
39   27- 9-70	Zanzibar City	Tanzania	0-2	East African Cup
40   29- 9-70	Zanzibar City	Uganda  	1-2	East African Cup
41    3-10-70	Zanzibar City	Zanzibar    [*]	2-3	East African Cup
42   11-11-70	Nairobi 	Ethiopia	2-0	African Cup Qualifier
43   29-11-70	Addis Abbaba	Ethiopia	1-0	African Cup Qualifier
44   24- 6-71	Nairobi 	Sudan   	3-3	
45    4- 7-71	Nairobi 	Mauritius	2-1	African Cup Qualifier
46   18- 7-71	Port Louis	Mauritius	0-0	African Cup Qualifier
47   25- 9-71	Nairobi 	Tanzania	1-1	East African Cup
48   28- 9-71	Nairobi 	Zanzibar    [*] 0-0 [1]	East African Cup
49   30- 9-71	Nairobi 	Zanzibar    [*]	4-0	East African Cup
50    3-10-71	Nairobi 	Uganda  	2-0	East African Cup
51   18-10-71	Ndola   	Zambia  	2-0	P. Stuyvesant Cup
52   24-10-71	Lusaka  	Zambia  	1-0 	P. Stuyvesant Cup
53    5-12-71	Nairobi 	Zambia  	1-0	Kenya Indep. Cup
54    8-12-71	Nairobi 	Zambia  	3-2	Kenya Indep. Cup
55   12-12-71	Nairobi 	Zambia  	0-2	
56   23- 2-72	Yaoundé 	Cameroon	1-2	African Nations Cup
57   26- 2-72	Yaoundé 	Mali    	1-1	African Nations Cup
58   28- 2-72	Yaoundé 	Togo    	1-1	African Nations Cup
59   17- 5-72	Nairobi 	Madagascar	1-3
60   10- 6-72	Nairobi 	Uganda  	2-0
61   16- 7-72	Nairobi 	Sudan   	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
62   23- 7-72	Khartoum	Sudan   	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
63    8-10-72	Kampala 	Uganda  	0-2
64   22-10-72	Blantyre	Malawi  	2-2	
65   25-10-72	Lilongwe	Malawi  	2-0
66   28-10-72	Dar-es-Salaam	Tanzania	0-0
67   25-11-72	Cairo   	Uganda  	0-1	African Games Qual.
68   28-11-72	Cairo   	Somalia 	2-2	African Games Qual.
69    1-12-72	Cairo   	Egypt   	0-1	African Games Qual.
70   10-12-72	Port Louis	Mauritius	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
71   17-12-72	Nairobi 	Mauritius	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
72   24- 2-73	Kampala 	Uganda  	0-1	
73    4- 3-73	Nairobi 	Uganda  	1-2	
74   15-12-73	Nairobi 	Lesotho 	1-0
75   11- 4-75	Khartoum	Sudan   	0-1	African Cup Qualifier
76   20- 4-75	Nairobi 	Sudan   	0-2	African Cup Qualifier
77    5- 6-75	Nairobi 	Ethiopia	2-1	
78   15- 6-75	Nairobi 	Congo-Kinshasa	2-1
79   12- 7-75	Dar-es-Salaam	Tanzania	2-2
80   13- 8-75	Nairobi 	Tanzania	1-0
81   18-10-75	Dar-es-Salaam	Tanzania	2-1	
82   31-10-75	Lusaka  	Zambia  	2-1	CECAFA Cup
83    4-11-75	Kabwe   	Uganda  	1-1	CECAFA Cup
84    7-11-75	Lusaka  	Tanzania	3-2	CECAFA Cup
85    9-11-75	Lusaka  	Malawi   	2-2 [2]	CECAFA Cup
86   25- 1-76	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	1-1
87   28- 1-76	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	0-1
88    8- 2-76	Nairobi 	Nigeria 	1-1	
 
[1] Match abandoned at 70'
[2] Kenya won 2-1 on penalty kicks.
[*] Not full A for FIFA (Zanzibar non FIFA member) 

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
     88   32   23   33  144- 146      87      49.43


Types of Matches

Friendlies		29
African Cup Qualifier	13
East Afr. Challenge Cup	13
Kenya Independence Cup	 6
African Games Qualifier  5
Gossage Cup		 4
CECAFA Cup		 4
World Cup Qualifier	 4
African Nations Cup	 3
Rothmans Cup		 3
Peter Stuyvesant Cup	 2
East Afr. Fr. Cup	 1
Uganda Independence Cup  1
 
Total 			88

Goals:	
Cap 16	1 goal
Cap 43	1 goal
Cap 45	1 goal
Cap 49	1 goal
Cap 53	1 goal
Cap 56	1 goal
Cap 58	1 goal
Cap 59	1 goal
Cap 64	1 goal
Cap 74	1 goal 

Total  10 goals 

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Last updated: 28 Jan 2021

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