Joseph Phillip Yobo - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Nigerian player, who obtained 101 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Cap       Date          Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition
  1	24- 3-01	Chingola	Zambia  	1-1	African Cup Qual.
  2	21- 4-01	Freetown	Sierra Leone	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
  3	 5- 5-01	Port Harcourt	Liberia 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
  4	 2- 6-01	Benin   	Madagascar	1-0	African Cup Qual.
  5	16- 6-01	Windhoek	Namibia 	2-0	African Cup Qual.
  6	 1- 7-01	Ombdurman	Sudan   	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
  7	29- 7-01	Port Harcourt	Ghana   	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
  8	12- 1-02	Bouaké  	Ivory Coast	1-1	 
  9	21- 1-02	Bamako  	Algeria 	1-1	African Nations Cup
 10	24- 1-02	Bamako  	Mali    	0-0	African Nations Cup
 11	28- 1-02	Mopti   	Liberia 	1-0	African Nations Cup
 12	 3- 2-02	Bamako  	Ghana   	1-0	African Nations Cup
 13	 7- 2-02	Bamako  	Senegal 	1-2	African Nations Cup
 14	 9- 2-02	Mopti   	Mali    	1-0	African Nations Cup
 15	17- 4-02	Aberdeen	Scotland	2-1	
 16	16- 5-02	Dublin  	Ireland 	2-1	
 17	 2- 6-02	Ibaraki 	Argentina	0-1	World Cup
 18	 7- 6-02	Kobe    	Sweden  	1-2	World Cup
 19	12- 6-02	Osaka   	England 	0-0	World Cup
 20	29- 3-03	Blantyre	Malawi  	1-0	African Cup Qual.
 21	30- 5-03	Abuja   	Ghana   	3-1	LG Cup
 22	 1- 6-03	Lagos   	Cameroon U-23	3-0 [!]	LG Cup
 23	26- 7-03	Watford 	Venezuela	1-0	
 24	27- 1-04	Monastir	Morocco 	0-1	African Nations Cup
 25	31- 1-04	Monastir	South Africa	4-0	African Nations Cup
 26	 4- 2-04	Sfax    	Benin   	2-1	African Nations Cup
 27	 8- 2-04	Monastir	Cameroon	2-1	African Nations Cup
 28	11- 2-04	Tunis   	Tunisia   	1-1 [1] African Nations Cup
 29	13- 2-04	Monastir	Mali    	2-1	African Nations Cup
 30	 5- 6-04	Abuja   	Rwanda  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 31	20- 6-04	Luanda  	Angola  	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 32	 3- 7-04	Abuja   	Algeria 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 33	 6-10-04	Libreville	Gabon   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 34	26- 3-05	Port Harcourt	Gabon   	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 35	 5- 6-05	Kigali  	Rwanda  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 36	18- 6-05	Kano    	Angola  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 37	17- 8-05 	Tripoli 	Libya   	1-0	
 38	 4- 9-05	Oran    	Algeria 	5-2	World Cup Qualifier
 39	 8-10-05	Abuja   	Zimbabwe	5-1	World Cup Qualifier
 40	23- 1-06	Port Said	Ghana   	1-0	African Nations Cup
 41	27- 1-06	Port Said	Zimbabwe	2-0	African Nations Cup
 42	31- 1-06	Port Said	Senegal 	2-1	African Nations Cup
 43	 3- 2-06	Port Said	Tunisia   	1-1 [2] African Nations Cup
 44	 7- 2-06	Alexandria	Ivory Coast	0-1	African Nations Cup
 45	 9- 2-06	Cairo   	Senegal 	1-0	African Nations Cup
 46	 2- 9-06	Abuja   	Niger   	2-0	African Cup Qual.
 47	 8-10-06	Maseru  	Lesotho 	1-0	African Cup Qual.
 48	 6- 2-07	Brentford	Ghana   	1-4	
 49	24- 3-07	Abeokuta	Uganda  	1-0	African Cup Qual.
 50	 2- 6-07	Kampala 	Uganda  	1-2	African Cup Qual.
 51	 8- 9-07	Warri   	Lesotho 	2-0	African Cup Qual.
 52	21- 1-08	Sekondi 	Ivory Coast	0-1	African Nations Cup
 53	25- 1-08	Sekondi 	Mali    	0-0	African Nations Cup
 54	29- 1-08	Sekondi 	Benin   	2-0	African Nations Cup
 55	 3- 2-08	Accra   	Ghana   	1-2	African Nations Cup
 56	27- 5-08	Graz    	Austria 	1-1	
 57	 1- 6-08	Abuja   	South Africa	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 58 	 7- 6-08	Freetown	Sierra Leone	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 59	15- 6-08	Malabo  	Equat. Guinea  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 60	21- 6-08	Abuja   	Equat. Guinea  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 61	11-10-08	Abuja   	Sierra Leone	4-1 	World Cup Qualifier
 62	11- 2-09	London  	Jamaica 	0-0	
 63	20- 6-09	Radès   	Tunisia 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 64	 6- 9-09	Abuja   	Tunisia 	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
 65	11-10-09	Abuja   	Mozambique	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 66	14-11-09	Nairobi 	Kenya   	3-2	World Cup Qualifier
  -	 6- 1-10	Durban  	Zambia  	0-0 [*]	
 67	12- 1-10	Benguela	Egypt   	1-3	African Nations Cup
 68	16- 1-10	Benguela	Benin   	1-0	African Nations Cup
 69	25- 5-10	Wattens (AUT) 	Saudi Arabia	0-0	
 70	 6- 6-10	Tembisa, SA	North Korea	3-1	
 71	12- 6-10	Johannesburg	Argentina	0-1	World Cup
 72	17- 6-10	Bloemfontein	Greece  	1-2	World Cup
 73	22- 6-10	Durban  	South Korea	2-2	World Cup
 74	 5- 9-10	Calabar 	Madagascar	2-0	African Cup Qual.
 75	10-10-10	Conakry 	Guinea  	0-1	African Cup Qual.
 76	 9- 2-11	Lagos   	Sierra Leone	2-1	
 77	27- 3-11	Abuja   	Ethiopia	4-0	African Cup Qual.
 78	29- 3-11	Abuja   	Kenya   	3-0	
 79	 1- 6-11	Abuja   	Argentina	4-1	
 80	 5- 6-11	Addis Abeba	Ethiopia	2-2	African Cup Qual.
 81	 4- 9-11	Antananarivo	Madagascar	2-0	African Cup Qual.
 82	 6- 9-11	Dhaka   	Argentina	1-3	
 83	 8-10-11	Abuja   	Guinea  	2-2	African Cup Qual.
 84	11-10-11	Watford 	Ghana   	0-0	
 85	12-11-11	Benin   	Botswana	0-0	
 86	15-11-11	Kaduna  	Zambia  	2-0	
 87	29- 2-12	Kigali  	Rwanda  	0-0	African Cup Qual.
 88	 8- 9-12	Paynesville	Liberia 	2-2	African Cup Qual.
 89	 9- 1-13	Faro-Loulé	Cape Verde	0-0	
 90	21- 1-13	Nelspruit	Burkina Faso	1-1	African Nations Cup
 91	29- 1-13	Nelspruit	Ethiopia	2-0	African Nations Cup
 92	 3- 2-13	Rustenburg	Ivory Coast	2-1	African Nations Cup
 93	 6- 2-13	Durban  	Mali    	4-0	African Nations Cup
 94	10- 2-13	Johannesburg	Burkina Faso	1-0	African Nations Cup
 95	28- 5-14	London		Scotland	2-2
 96	 3- 6-14	Chester         Greece          0-0
 97	 7- 6-14	Jacksonville    United States   1-2
 98	16- 6-14	Curitiba        Iran            0-0	World Cup
 99	21- 6-14	Cuiabá          Bosnia-Herzeg.  1-0	World Cup
100	25- 6-14	Porto Alegre    Argentina       2-3	World Cup
101	30- 6-14	Brasília        France          0-2	World Cup

[1] Nigeria  lost 3-5 on penalty kicks.
[2] Nigeria  won 6-5 on penalty kicks.

[!] match not full for FIFA but it is for the Nigerian FA
[*] unofficial training match played over 2x40 minutes behind closed doors while
    Nigeria made 10 substitutions 

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
   101    54   28   19   147-  74     136       67.33


Types of Matches 

Friendlies      	21
World Cup               10
World Cup Qualifier	22
African Nations Cup	29
African Cup Qualifier	17
Other Tournaments	 2

Total caps: 	       101


Goals:		
Cap  22 	1 goal
Cap  25 	1 goal
Cap  32 	1 goal
Cap  58 	1 goal
Cap  59 	1 goal
Cap  80 	1 goal
Cap  81 	1 goal

Total		7 goals


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