Born: 8- 6-1954 Country: Nigeria Caps: 86 (W35-D30-L21 – GF126-GA81 – %58.14) Goals: 11 Age First Cap: 20 yr 218 d 12- 1-1975 vs. Cameroon 1-0 Age Last Cap: 31 yr 71 d 18- 8-1985 vs. Zambia 0-1 National Team Career: 10 yr 218 d
Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 12- 1-75 Lagos Cameroon 1-0
2 2- 2-75 Dakar Senegal 1-0
3 5- 2-75 Monrovia Liberia 1-0
4 22- 2-75 Lagos Senegal 1-1
5 23- 4-75 Dakar Togo 1-0 International Tourn.
6 25- 4-75 Dakar Senegal 0-1 International Tourn.
7 8- 2-76 Nairobi Kenya 1-1
8 14- 2-76 Chingola Zambia 3-1
9 20- 2-76 Lagos Tanzania 0-0
10 1- 3-76 Dire Dawa Zaire 4-2 African Nations Cup
11 4- 3-76 Dire Dawa Sudan 1-0 African Nations Cup
12 6- 3-76 Dire Dawa Morocco 1-3 African Nations Cup
13 1 1 9- 3-76 Addis Adaba Guinea 1-1 African Nations Cup
14 1 11- 3-76 Addis Ababa Morocco 1-2 African Nations Cup
15 1 2 14- 3-76 Addis Ababa Egypt 3-2 African Nations Cup
16 2 3- 4-76 Lagos Morocco 3-1 Olympic Games Q.
17 2 18- 4-76 Tanger Morocco 0-1 Olympic Games Q.
18 2 16-10-76 Freetown Sierra Leone 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
19 2 30-10-76 Lagos Sierra Leone 6-2 World Cup Qualifier
20 2 14- 2-77 Lagos Benin 7-0
21 2 17- 2-77 Freetown Sierra Leone 1-1 African Cup Qual.
22 2 13- 3-77 Lagos Sierra Leone 2-0 African Cup Qual.
23 2 12- 6-77 Dakar Senegal 1-3 African Cup Qual.
24 2 25- 6-77 Lagos Senegal 3-0 African Cup Qual.
25 2 10- 7-77 Lagos Ivory Coast 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
26 2 25- 7-77 Bouaké Ivory Coast 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
27 2 17- 8-77 Lagos Sierra Leone 2-0 ECO Tournament
28 2 25- 9-77 Tunis Tunisia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
29 2 8-10-77 Lagos Egypt 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
30 2 21-10-77 Cairo Egypt 1-3 World Cup Qualifier
31 2 12-11-77 Lagos Tunisia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
32 2 14- 1-78 Lagos Benin 7-0 African Games Q.
33 2 17- 1-78 Lagos Benin 2-0 African Games Q.
34 2 5- 3-78 Accra Upper Volta 4-2 African Nations Cup
35 2 8- 3-78 Accra Ghana 1-1 African Nations Cup
36 2 10- 3-78 Accra Zambia 0-0 African Nations Cup
37 2 14- 3-78 Kumasi Uganda 1-2 African Nations Cup
38 1 3 14- 7-78 Alger Mali 3-1 African Games
39 3 17- 7-78 Alger Cameroon 0-0 African Games
40 3 21- 7-78 Alger Ghana 0-0 African Games
41 1 4 25- 7-78 Alger Malawi 3-2 African Games
42 4 28- 7-78 Alger Algeria 0-1 African Games
43 4 14-10-79 Cotonou Benin 1-1
44 4 25-10-79 Monrovia Liberia 1-1
45 4 27-10-79 Freetown Sierra Leone 0-0
46 1 5 4-11-79 Lagos Benin 5-0
47 5 26- 1-80 Lagos Liberia 1-0
48 5 2- 2-80 Ibadan Cameroon 0-0
49 1 6 8- 3-80 Lagos Tanzania 3-1 African Nations Cup
50 6 12- 3-80 Lagos Ivory Coast 0-0 African Nations Cup
51 6 15- 3-80 Lagos Egypt 1-0 African Nations Cup
52 6 19- 3-80 Lagos Morocco 1-0 African Nations Cup
53 1 7 22- 3-80 Lagos Algeria 3-0 African Nations Cup
54 7 26- 6-80 Tunis Tunisia 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
55 1 8 6-12-80 Lagos Tanzania 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
56 8 20-12-80 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
57 8 12- 4-81 Conakry Guinea 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
58 8 18- 7-81 Lagos Upper Volta 1-0
59 8 25- 7-81 Lusaka Zambia 0-3
60 8 1- 8-81 Harare Zimbabwe 0-2
61 8 3- 8-81 Nairobi Kenya 3-1
62 8 12- 8-81 Oslo Norway 2-2
63 8 22- 8-81 Reykjavík Iceland 0-3
64 8 26- 9-81 Kampala Uganda 0-1
65 2 10 3-10-81 Calabar Liberia 3-0
66 10 10-10-81 Lagos Algeria 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
67 10 7- 3-82 Benghazi Ethiopia 3-0 African Nations Cup
68 10 10- 3-82 Benghazi Algeria 1-2 African Nations Cup
69 10 13- 3-82 Benghazi Zambia 0-3 African Nations Cup
70 10 16-12-83 Abidjan Togo 2-5 CEDEAO Cup
71 10 18-12-83 Abidjan Mali 0-0 [1] CEDEAO Cup
72 10 11- 2-84 Lagos Morocco 0-0 Olympic Games Q.
73 10 26- 2-84 Casablanca Morocco 0-0 [2] Olympic Games Q.
74 10 5- 3-84 Bouaké Ghana 2-1 African Nations Cup
75 10 8- 3-84 Bouaké Malawi 2-2 African Nations Cup
76 10 11- 3-84 Bouaké Algeria 0-0 African Nations Cup
77 10 14- 3-84 Abidjan Egypt 2-2 [3] African Nations Cup
78 1 11 18- 3-84 Abidjan Cameroon 1-3 African Nations Cup
79 11 7- 4-85 Nairobi Kenya 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
80 11 16- 6-85 Benin City Ivory Coast 0-0
81 11 19- 6-85 Kano Ivory Coast 2-0
82 11 23- 6-85 Abidjan Ivory Coast 1-1
83 11 26- 6-85 Bouaké Ivory Coast 1-1
84 11 20- 7-85 Tunis Tunisia 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
85 11 10- 8-85 Lagos Zambia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
86 11 18- 8-85 Lusaka Zambia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
[1] Nigeria lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.
[2] Nigeria lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.
[3] Nigeria won 8-7 on penalty kicks.
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage
86 35 30 21 126- 81 100 58.14
Types of Matches Goals
Friendlies 26 3
World Cup Qualifier 17 1
African Cup Qualifier 23 5
African Nations Cup 4 0
African Games 7 2
Olympic G. Qualifier 4 0
Other Tournaments 5 0
Total caps / goals: 86 11
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