Stephen Okechukwu Keshi - International Appearances


The outstanding Nigerian player obtained 68 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

For his international matches as coach, see Stephen Okechukwu Keshi - International Matches as Coach.


Born: 23- 1-1962
Died:  8- 6-2016
Country: Nigeria 
Caps:	68	(W28-D20-L20 – GF87-GA66 – %55.88)
Goals:	9
Age First Cap:	 19 yr 176 d  18- 7-1981 vs. Upper Volta 1-0
Age Last Cap:    32 yr 158 d  30- 6-1994 vs. Greece 2-0
National Team Career: 12 yr 347 d

Caps  Date 	Venue	 	Opponent       Score 	Competition

 1  18- 7-81	Lagos   	Upper Volta	1-0	
 2  12- 8-81	Oslo    	Norway  	2-2	
 3  22- 8-81	Reykjavík	Iceland 	0-3	
 4  26- 9-81	Kampala 	Uganda  	0-1	
 5  10-10-81	Lagos   	Algeria 	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 6   7- 3-82	Benghazi	Ethiopia	3-0	African Nations Cup
 7  10- 3-82	Benghazi	Algeria 	1-2	African Nations Cup
 8  13- 3-82	Benghazi	Zambia  	0-3	African Nations Cup
 9  18- 2-83	Lagos   	Egypt   	0-0	
10  20- 2-83	Kaduna  	Egypt   	1-1	
11  24- 4-83	Luanda  	Angola  	0-1	African Cup Qual.
12  29- 4-83	Addis Adaba	Ethiopia	1-0	CEDEAO Cup Qual.
13   1- 5-83	Addis Adaba	Ghana   	0-1	CEDEAO Cup Qual.
14   4- 6-83 	Seoul   	Thailand	0-0	President’s Cup
15   8- 6-83	Seoul   	South Korea	0-1 	President’s Cup
16  10- 6-83 	Seoul   	Indonesia	2-1 	President’s Cup
17   9- 7-83	Ibadan		Togo		2-1	Olympic Games Q.
18  27- 7-83	Lomé		Togo		1-1	Olympic Games Q.
19  14- 8-83	Benin City	Morocco 	0-0	African Cup Qual.
20  28- 8-83	Rabat   	Morocco   	0-0 [1]	African Cup Qual.
21  30-10-83	Accra		Ghana		2-1	Olympic Games Q.
22   5-11-83	Lagos   	Senegal 	1-0	CEDEAO Cup Qual.
23  19-11-83	Dakar   	Senegal 	1-0	CEDEAO Cup Qual.
24  16-12-83	Abidjan 	Togo    	2-5	CEDEAO Cup
25  18-12-83	Abidjan 	Mali      	0-0 [2]	CEDEAO Cup
26  11- 2-84	Lagos		Morocco		0-0	Olympic Games Q.
27  26- 2-84	Casablanca	Morocco 	0-0 [3]	Olympic Games Q.
28   5- 3-84	Bouaké  	Ghana   	2-1	African Nations Cup
29   8- 3-84	Bouaké  	Malawi  	2-2	African Nations Cup
30  11- 3-84	Bouaké  	Algeria 	0-0	African Nations Cup
31  14- 3-84	Abidjan 	Egypt     	2-2 [4]	African Nations Cup
32  18- 3-84	Abidjan 	Cameroon	1-3	African Nations Cup
33  29- 9-84	Tunis   	Tunisia 	0-5	
34  30-10-84	Lagos   	Liberia 	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
35   4-11-84	Monrovia	Liberia 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
36   4- 7-87	Lagos   	Sierra Leone	3-0	African Cup Qual.
37  11- 7-87	Lagos   	Liberia 	4-1	Olympic Games Q.
38  18- 7-87	Freetown	Sierra Leone	0-2	African Cup Qual.
39  15- 1-88	Annaba  	Algeria 	0-1	Olympic Games Q.
40  30- 1-88	Enugu    	Algeria 	2-0	Olympic Games Q.
41  17- 3-88	Rabat   	Cameroon	1-1	African Nations Cup
42  27- 3-88	Casablanca	Cameroon	0-1	African Nations Cup
43  22- 1-89	Luanda  	Angola  	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
44  10- 6-89	Ibadan  	Cameroon	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
45  25- 6-89	Libreville	Gabon   	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
46  15- 7-89	Ibadan  	Zimbabwe	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
47  29- 7-89	Harare  	Zimbabwe	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
48  12- 8-89	Lagos   	Angola  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
49  27- 8-89	Yaoundé 	Cameroon	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
50  18- 8-90	Lagos   	Togo    	3-0	African Cup Qual.
51  13- 4-91	Lagos   	Ghana   	0-0	African Cup Qual.
52  27- 4-91	Lagos   	Benin   	3-0	African Cup Qual.
53  12- 1-92	Dalar   	Senegal 	2-1	African Nations Cup
54  14- 1-92	Dakar   	Kenya   	2-1	African Nations Cup
55  19- 1-92	Ziguinchor	Zaire   	1-0	African Nations Cup
56  23- 1-92	Dakar   	Ghana   	1-2	African Nations Cup
57  10-10-92	Lagos   	South Africa	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
58  20-12-92	Pointe-Noire	Congo-Brazz.	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
59  16- 1-93	Johannesburg	South Africa	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
60   2- 5-93	Abidjan 	Ivory Coast	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
61  25- 9-93	Lagos   	Ivory Coast	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
62   8-10-93	Alger   	Algeria 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
63  26- 3-94	Tunis   	Gabon   	3-0	African Nations Cup
64   6- 4-94	Tunis   	Ivory Coast  	2-2 [5]	African Nations Cup
65   5- 5-94	Stockholm	Sweden  	1-3	
66  25- 5-94	Bucuresti	Romania 	0-2	
67  11- 6-94	Ibadan  	Georgia 	5-0	
68  30- 6-94	Boston    	Greece  	2-0	World Cup

[1] Nigeria won 4-3 on penalty kicks.
[2] Nigeria lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.
[3] Nigeria lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.
[4] Nigeria won 8-7 on penalty kicks.
[5] Nigeria won 4-2 on penalty kicks.


Total Record

Matches  Won  Draw  Lost For Against  Points  Percentage
  68      28   20    20    87- 66        76      55.88

Types of Matches:
Friendlies		10
World Cup Qualifier	16
World Cup		 1
African Nations Cup	16
African Cup Qualifier	 8
Olympic G. Qualifier     8
Other Tournaments	 9

Total:                  68

Goals:	
	
Cap  6	2 goals
Cap 10	1 goal
Cap 31	1 goal
Cap 36	1 goal
Cap 43	1 goal
Cap 44	1 goal
Cap 48	1 goal
Cap 53	1 goal

Total	9 goals


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