Born: 27- 8-1952 Country: Nigeria Caps: 47 (W22-D16-L9 – GF80-GA33 – %63.83) Goals: 22 (% 0.47 per match) Age First Cap: 24 yr 50 d 16-10-1976 vs. Sierra Leone 0-0 Age Last Cap: 29 yr 64 d 30-10-1981 vs. Algeria 1-2 National Team Career: 5 yr 14 d
Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 16-10-76 Freetown Sierra Leone 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
2 1 1 30-10-76 Lagos Sierra Leone 6-2 World Cup Qualifier
3 1 2 14- 2-77 Lagos Benin 7-0
4 2 17- 2-77 Freetown Sierra Leone 1-1 African Cup Qual.
5 2 4 13- 3-77 Lagos Sierra Leone 2-0 African Cup Qual.
6 4 12- 6-77 Dakar Senegal 1-3 African Cup Qual.
7 1 5 25- 6-77 Lagos Senegal 3-0 African Cup Qual.
8 5 10- 7-77 Lagos Ivory Coast 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
9 1 6 25- 7-77 Bouaké Ivory Coast 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
10 1 7 17- 8-77 Lagos Sierra Leone 2-0 ECO Tournament
11 7 25- 9-77 Tunis Tunisia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
12 2 9 8-10-77 Lagos Egypt 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
13 9 21-10-77 Cairo Egypt 1-3 World Cup Qualifier
14 9 12-11-77 Lagos Tunisia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
15 3 12 14- 1-78 Lagos Benin 7-0 African Games Q.
16 1 13 17- 1-78 Lagos Benin 2-0 African Games Q.
17 2 15 5- 3-78 Accra Upper Volta 4-2 African Nations Cup
18 1 16 8- 3-78 Accra Ghana 1-1 African Nations Cup
19 16 10- 3-78 Accra Zambia 0-0 African Nations Cup
20 16 14- 3-78 Kumasi Uganda 1-2 African Nations Cup
21 16 17- 3-78 Kumasi Tunisia 1-1 [1] African Nations Cup
22 16 21- 7-78 Alger Ghana 0-0 African Games
23 1 17 25- 7-78 Alger Malawi 3-2 African Games
24 17 28- 7-78 Alger Algeria 0-1 African Games
25 17 14-10-79 Cotonou Benin 1-1
26 17 25-10-79 Monrovia Liberia 1-1
27 17 27-10-79 Freetown Sierra Leone 0-0
28 1 18 4-11-79 Lagos Benin 5-0
29 1 19 26- 1-80 Lagos Liberia 1-0
30 19 2- 2-80 Ibadan Cameroon 0-0
31 1 20 8- 3-80 Lagos Tanzania 3-1 African Nations Cup
32 20 12- 3-80 Lagos Ivory Coast 0-0 African Nations Cup
33 20 15- 3-80 Lagos Egypt 1-0 African Nations Cup
34 20 19- 3-80 Lagos Morocco 1-0 African Nations Cup
35 2 22 22- 3-80 Lagos Algeria 3-0 African Nations Cup
36 22 13- 6-80 Lomé Togo 1-0
37 22 26- 6-80 Tunis Tunisia 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
38 22 12- 7-80 Lagos Tunisia 2-0 [2] World Cup Qualifier
39 22 6-12-80 Lagos Tanzania 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
40 22 20-12-80 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
41 22 4- 4-81 Lagos Angola 0-0
42 22 12- 4-81 Conakry Guinea 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
43 22 25- 4-81 Lagos Guinea 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
44 22 26- 9-81 Kampala Uganda 0-1
45 22 3-10-81 Calabar Liberia 3-0
46 22 10-10-81 Lagos Algeria 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
47 22 30-10-81 Constantine Algeria 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
[1] abandoned at 42’; match awarded 2-0 to Nigeria
[2] Nigeria won 4-3 on penalty kicks.
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage
47 22 16 9 80- 33 60 63.83
Types of Matches Goals
Friendlies 11 3
World Cup Qualifier 16 4
African Cup Qualifier 4 3
African Nations Cup 10 6
African Games 5 5
Other Tournaments 1 1
Total caps / goals: 47 22
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