Emmanuel Oguajiofor Okala - International Appearances


The outstanding Nigerian 'keeper obtained 59 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 17- 5-1951
Country: Nigeria 
Caps:	59	(W34-D12-L13 – GF110-GA56 – %67.80)
Goals received: 56	(% 0.95 per match)
Age First Cap:	 21 yr 178 d  11-11-1972 vs. Tanzania 3-2
Age Last Cap:    28 yr 261 d   2- 2-1980 vs. Cameroon 0-0
National Team Career: 7 yr  83 d

Caps  Date 	Venue	 	Opponent       Score 	Competition

 1  11-11-72	Lagos   	Tanzania	3-2	
 2  22-11-72	Bamako  	Mali    	1-2	
 3  24-11-72	Monrovia	Liberia 	3-1	
 4  26-11-72	Freetown	Sierra Leone	1-0	
 5   4-12-72	Lagos   	Mali    	3-0	
 6  12-12-72	Lagos   	Sierra Leone	4-0	
 7  20-12-72	Lagos   	Dahomey 	3-0	
 8   8- 1-73	Lagos   	Ghana   	4-2	African Games
 9  10- 1-73	Lagos   	Algeria 	2-2	African Games
10  12- 1-73	Lagos   	Tanzania	2-1	African Games
11  14- 1-73	Lagos   	Egypt   	4-2	African Games
12  18- 1-73	Lagos   	Guinea  	2-0	African Games
13  10- 2-73	Lagos   	Ghana     	2-3 [1]	World Cup Qualifier
14  28-10-73	Lusaka  	Zambia  	1-5	African Cup Qual.
15  14- 7-74	Lagos   	Ivory Coast	2-0	
16  11- 8-74	Lagos   	Ghana   	1-1	International Tourn.
17  17- 8-74	Lagos   	Ghana   	0-1	International Tourn.
18  14- 7-74	Lagos   	Ivory Coast	2-0	
19  11- 8-74	Lagos   	Ghana   	1-1	International Tourn.
20  17- 8-74	Lagos   	Ghana   	0-1	International Tourn.
21  12- 1-75	Lagos   	Cameroon	1-0	
22   2- 2-75	Dakar   	Senegal 	1-0	
23   5- 2-75	Monrovia	Liberia 	1-0	
24  23- 4-75	Dakar   	Togo    	1-0	International Tourn.
25  25- 4-75	Dakar   	Senegal 	0-1	International Tourn.
26  13- 7-75	Brazzaville	Congo-Brazz.	1-0	African Cup Qual.
27  27- 7-75	Lagos   	Congo-Brazz.	2-1	African Cup Qual.
28  24- 8-75	Accra     	Ghana   	2-1	International Tourn.
29  31- 8-75	Accra     	Ghana   	0-3	International Tourn.
30   3- 4-76	Lagos		Morocco		3-1	Olympic Games Q.
31  18- 4-76	Tanger		Morocco		0-1	Olympic Games Q.
32  16-10-76	Freetown	Sierra Leone	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
33  30-10-76	Lagos   	Sierra Leone	6-2	World Cup Qualifier
34  14- 2-77	Lagos   	Benin   	7-0	
35  17- 2-77	Freetown	Sierra Leone	1-1	African Cup Qual.
36  13- 3-77	Lagos   	Sierra Leone	2-0	African Cup Qual.
37  12- 6-77	Dakar   	Senegal 	1-3	African Cup Qual.
38  25- 6-77	Lagos   	Senegal 	3-0	African Cup Qual.
39  10- 7-77	Lagos   	Ivory Coast	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
40  25- 7-77	Bouaké  	Ivory Coast	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
41  17- 8-77	Lagos   	Sierra Leone	2-0	ECO Tournament
42   4- 9-77	Lagos   	Ghana   	2-1	ECO Tournament
43  25- 9-77	Tunis   	Tunisia 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
44   8-10-77	Lagos   	Egypt   	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
45  21-10-77	Cairo   	Egypt   	1-3	World Cup Qualifier
46  12-11-77	Lagos   	Tunisia 	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
47  14- 1-78	Lagos   	Benin   	7-0	African Games Q.
48  17- 1-78	Lagos   	Benin   	2-0	African Games Q.
49   5- 3-78	Accra     	Upper Volta	4-2	African Nations Cup
50   8- 3-78	Accra     	Ghana   	1-1	African Nations Cup
51  10- 3-78	Accra     	Zambia  	0-0	African Nations Cup
52  14- 3-78	Kumasi  	Uganda  	1-2	African Nations Cup
53  17- 3-78	Kumasi  	Tunisia  	1-1 [2]	African Nations Cup
54  14- 7-78	Alger   	Mali    	3-1	African Games
55  17- 7-78	Alger   	Cameroon	0-0	African Games
56  21- 7-78	Alger   	Ghana   	0-0	African Games
57  25- 7-78	Alger   	Malawi  	3-2	African Games
58  28- 7-78	Alger   	Algeria 	0-1	African Games
59   2- 2-80	Ibadan  	Cameroon	0-0	

[1] abandoned at 85’. match awarded 2-0 to Ghana
[2] abandoned at 42’; match awarded 2-0 to Nigeria


Total Record

Matches  Won  Draw  Lost For Against  Points  Percentage
  59      34   12    13   110- 56        80      67.80

Types of Matches:
Friendlies		14
World Cup Qualifier	 9
African Nations Cup	 5
African Cup Qualifier	 7
African Games		12
Olympic G. Qualifier     2
Other Tournaments	10

Total:                  59



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