Obafemi Akinwunmi Martins - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Nigerian player scored 18 international goals in 42 matches for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 28-10-1984
Country: Nigeria 
Caps:	42	(W22-D11-L9 – GF59-GA29 – %65.48)
Goals:	18	(% 0.43 per match)
Age First Cap:	 19 yr 212 d  28- 5-2004 vs. Ireland 3-0
Age Last Cap:    31 yr  20 d  17-11-2015 vs. Swaziland 2-0
National Team Career: 11 yr 173 d

Cap  Goals    Date      Venue	        Opponent       Score    Competition

 1   1   1  28- 5-04	London  	Ireland 	3-0	Unity Cup
 2   2   3   5- 6-04	Abuja   	Rwanda  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 3	 3   3- 7-04	Abuja   	Algeria 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 4	 3  17-11-04	Johannesburg	South Africa	1-2	Mandela Cup
 5	 3  26- 3-05	Port Harcourt	Gabon   	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 6   1   4   5- 6-05	Kigali  	Rwanda  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 7   1   5  17- 8-05	Tripoli 	Libya   	1-0	
 8   2   7   4- 9-05	Oran    	Algeria 	5-2	World Cup Qualifier
 9   2   9   8-10-05	Abuja   	Zimbabwe	5-1	World Cup Qualifier
10	 9  23- 1-06	Port Said	Ghana   	1-0	African Nations Cup
11	 9  27- 1-06	Port Said	Zimbabwe	2-0	African Nations Cup
12   2  11  31- 1-06	Port Said	Senegal 	2-1	African Nations Cup
13	11   3- 2-06	Port Said	Tunisia   	1-1 [1]	African Nations Cup
14	11   7- 2-06	Alexandria	Ivory Coast	0-1	African Nations Cup
15	11   9- 2-06	Cairo   	Senegal 	1-0	African Nations Cup
16	11   8-10-06	Maseru  	Lesotho 	1-0	African Cup Qual.
17	11  24- 3-07	Abeokuta	Uganda  	1-0	African Cup Qual.
18	11   2- 6-07	Kampala 	Uganda  	1-2	African Cup Qual.
19	11  18- 6-07	Niamey  	Niger   	3-1	African Cup Qual.
20   2  13  14-10-07	Ciudad Juárez	Mexico  	2-2	
21	13  17-11-07	London  	Australia	0-1	
22	13  21- 1-08	Sekondi 	Ivory Coast	0-1	African Nations Cup
23	13  25- 1-08	Sekondi 	Mali    	0-0	African Nations Cup
24	13  28- 3-09	Maputo  	Mozambique	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
25	13  11-10-09	Abuja   	Mozambique	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
26   2  15  14-11-09	Nairobi 	Kenya   	3-2	World Cup Qualifier
27   1  16  20- 1-10	Lubango 	Mozambique	3-0	African Nations Cup
28	16  25- 1-10	Lubango 	Zambia    	0-0 [2]	African Nations Cup
29	16  28- 1-10	Luanda  	Ghana   	0-1	African Nations Cup
30	16  30- 1-10	Benguela	Algeria 	1-0	African Nations Cup
31	16  25- 5-10	Wattens 	Saudi Arabia	0-0	
32	16  30- 5-10	Milton Keynes	Colombia	1-1	
33   1  17   6- 6-10	Tembisa (SA)	North Korea	3-1	
34	17  12- 6-10	Johannesburg	Argentina	0-1	World Cup
35	17  22- 6-10	Durban  	South Korea	2-2	World Cup
36	17  11- 8-10	Suwon   	South Korea	1-2	
37   1  18   5- 9-10	Calabar 	Madagascar	2-0	African Cup Qual.
38	18  10-10-10	Conakry  	Guinea  	0-1	African Cup Qual.
39	18  14-11-12	Miami   	Venezuela	3-1	
40	18  23- 3-13	Calabar 	Kenya   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
41	18  13-11-15	Lobamba  	Swaziland	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
42	18  17-11-15	Port Harcourt	Swaziland	2-0	World Cup Qualifier

[1] Nigeria won 6-5 on penalty kicks.
[2] Nigeria won 5-4 on penalty kicks.


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    42    22   11    9    59-  29      55       65.48

Types of             Matches  Goals

Friendlies		 8	 4
World Cup Qualifier	12	 9
World Cup   		 2       0
African Cup Qualifier	 6	 1
African Nations Cup	12	 3
Other Tournaments  	 2       1

Total caps / goals: 	42	18



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