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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