Born: 14- 8-1967 Country: Nigeria Caps: 49 (W25-D10-L14 – GF78-GA40 – %61.22) Goals: 17 (% 0.34 per match) Age First Cap: 17 yr 82 d 4-11-1984 vs. Liberia 1-0 Age Last Cap: 30 yr 193 d 22- 2-1998 vs. Jamaica 2-2 National Team Career: 13 yr 110 d
Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 4-11-84 Monrovia Liberia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
2 18- 1-87 Abidjan Ivory Coast 0-1 African Games Q.
3 26- 1-87 Calcutta Syria 1-0 Nehru Cup
4 28- 3-87 Lagos Togo 2-0 African Cup Qual.
5 1 1 28- 6-87 Monrovia Liberia 1-2 Olympic Games Q.
6 1 4- 7-87 Lagos Sierra Leone 3-0 African Cup Qual.
7 3 4 11- 7-87 Lagos Liberia 4-1 Olympic Games Q.
8 4 18- 7-87 Freetown Sierra Leone 0-2 African Cup Qual.
9 4 4-10-87 Harare Zimbabwe 0-0 Olympic Games Q.
10 4 7- 1-89 Enugu Gabon 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
11 4 9- 4-89 Conakry Guinea 1-1 African Cup Qual.
12 1 5 10- 6-89 Ibadan Cameroon 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
13 1 6 25- 6-89 Libreville Gabon 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
14 6 15- 7-89 Ibadan Zimbabwe 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
15 6 12- 8-89 Lagos Angola 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
16 6 27- 8-89 Yaoundé Cameroon 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
17 6 13- 4-91 Lagos Ghana 0-0 African Cup Qual.
18 1 7 27- 4-91 Lagos Benin 3-0 African Cup Qual.
19 1 8 27- 7-91 Lagos Burkina Faso 7-1 African Cup Qual.
20 1 9 12- 1-92 Dakar Senegal 2-1 African Nations Cup
21 9 14- 1-92 Dakar Kenya 2-1 African Nations Cup
22 9 19- 1-92 Ziguinchor Zaire 1-0 African Nations Cup
23 9 23- 1-92 Dakar Ghana 1-2 African Nations Cup
24 1 10 29- 8-92 Lagos Uganda 2-0 African Cup Qual.
25 1 11 10-10-92 Lagos South Africa 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
26 11 20-12-92 Pointe-Noire Congo-Brazz. 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
27 11 16- 1-93 Johannesburg South Africa 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
28 11 2- 5-93 Abidjan Ivory Coast 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
29 11 8-10-93 Alger Algeria 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
30 11 26- 3-94 Tunis Gabon 3-0 African Nations Cup
31 11 30- 3-94 Tunis Egypt 0-0 African Nations Cup
32 11 6- 4-94 Tunis Ivory Coast 2-2 [1] African Nations Cup
33 11 10- 4-94 Tunis Zambia 2-1 African Nations Cup
34 11 25- 5-94 Bucuresti Romania 0-2
35 2 13 11- 6-94 Ibadan Georgia 5-0
36 13 21- 6-94 Dallas Bulgaria 3-0 World Cup
37 1 14 25- 6-94 Boston Argentina 1-2 World Cup
38 14 30- 6-94 Boston Greece 2-0 World Cup
39 1 15 6- 1-95 Riyadh Japan 3-0 Intercontinental Cup
40 15 10- 1-95 Riyadh Argentina 0-0 Intercontinental Cup
41 15 13- 1-95 Riyadh Mexico 1-1 [2] Intercontinental Cup
42 15 11- 6-95 Boston United States 2-3 CONCACAF Cup
43 15 17- 6-95 Piscataway Colombia 0-1 CONCACAF Cup
44 15 24- 6-95 Dallas Mexico 1-2 CONCACAF Cup
45 1 16 21-10-95 Tashkent Uzbekistan 3-2 Afro-Asian Cup
46 16 10-11-95 Lagos Uzbekistan 1-0 Afro-Asian Cup
47 16 11-12-96 Casablanca Czech Republic 1-2 International Tourn.
48 16 12-12-96 Casablanca Morocco 0-2 International Tourn.
49 1 17 22- 2-98 Kingston Jamaica 2-2
[1] Nigeria won 4-2 on penalty kicks.
[2] Nigeria lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.
Remarks: the following match is not considered a full international:
(1 goal) 31- 1-98 Hongkong Hongkong League 2-0 Carlsberg Cup
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage
49 25 10 14 78- 40 60 61.22
Types of Matches Goals
Friendlies 3 3
World Cup Qualifier 12 3
World Cup 3 1
African Cup Qualifier 8 3
African Nations Cup 8 1
CONCACAF Gold Cup 3 0
Intercontinental Cup 3 1
Olympic G. Qualifier 3 4
Other Tournaments 6 1
Total caps / goals: 49 17
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