Ademola Adeshina - International Appearances


The outstanding Nigerian player obtained 47 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 4- 6-1964
Country: Nigeria 
Caps:	47	(W20-D14-L13 – GF56-GA42 – %57.45)
Goals:	9
Age First Cap:	 17 yr 276 d   7- 3-1982 vs. Ethiopia 3-0
Age Last Cap:    25 yr 285 d  16- 3-1990 vs. Algeria 0-1
National Team Career: 8 yr   9 d

Caps   Date 	Venue	 	Opponent       Score 	Competition

  1   7- 3-82	Benghazi	Ethiopia	3-0	African Nations Cup
  2  10- 3-82	Benghazi	Algeria 	1-2	African Nations Cup
  3  13- 3-82	Benghazi	Zambia  	0-3	African Nations Cup
  4   9- 4-83	Lagos   	Angola  	2-0	African Cup Qual.
  5  24- 4-83	Luanda  	Angola  	0-1	African Cup Qual.
  6  29- 4-83	Addis Adaba	Ethiopia	1-0	CEDEAO Cup Qual.
  7   1- 5-83	Addis Adaba	Ghana   	0-1	CEDEAO Cup Qual.
  8   9- 7-83	Ibadan  	Togo    	2-1	Olympic G. Qualifier
  9  27- 7-83	Lomé    	Togo    	1-1	Olympic G. Qualifier
 10  28- 8-83	Rabat   	Morocco  	0-0 [1]	African Cup Qual.
 11  15-10-83	Kaduna  	Ghana   	0-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
 12  30-10-83	Accra   	Ghana   	2-1	Olympic G. Qualifier
 13   5-11-83	Lagos   	Senegal 	1-0	CEDEAO Cup Qual.
 14  19-11-83	Dakar   	Senegal 	1-0	CEDEAO Cup Qual.
 15  16-12-83	Abidjan  	Togo    	2-5	CEDEAO Cup
 16  18-12-83	Abidjan  	Mali     	0-0 [2]	CEDEAO Cup
 17  11- 2-84	Lagos   	Morocco 	0-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
 18  26- 2-84	Casablanca	Morocco  	0-0 [3]	Olympic G. Qualifier
 19   8- 3-84	Bouaké  	Malawi   	2-2	African Nations Cup
 20  14- 3-84	Abidjan  	Egypt    	2-2 [4]	African Nations Cup
 21  18- 3-84	Abidjan  	Cameroon	1-3	African Nations Cup
 22  30-10-84	Lagos   	Liberia 	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 23  18- 1-87	Abidjan  	Ivory Coast	0-1	African Games Q.
 24  26- 1-87	Calcutta	Syria   	1-0	Nehru Cup
 25  28- 3-87	Lagos   	Togo    	2-0	African Cup Qual.
 26  12- 4-87	Lomé    	Togo    	1-1	African Cup Qual.
 27  28- 6-87	Monrovia	Liberia 	1-2	Olympic G. Qualifier
 28  11- 7-87	Lagos   	Liberia 	4-1	Olympic G. Qualifier
 29  18- 7-87	Freetown	Sierra Leone	0-2	African Cup Qual.
 30   4-10-87	Harare  	Zimbabwe	0-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
 31  17-10-87	Lagos   	Zimbabwe	2-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
 32  15- 1-88	Annaba  	Algeria 	0-1	Olympic G. Qualifier
 33  30- 1-88	Enugu   	Algeria 	2-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
 34  14- 3-88	Rabat   	Kenya   	3-0	African Nations Cup
 35  17- 3-88	Rabat   	Cameroon	1-1	African Nations Cup
 36  20- 3-88	Rabat   	Egypt   	0-0	African Nations Cup
 37  23- 3-88	Rabat   	Algeria  	1-1 [5]	African Nations Cup
 38   7- 1-89	Enugu   	Gabon   	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 39  22- 1-89	Luanda  	Angola  	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
 40  10- 6-89	Ibadan  	Cameroon	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 41  25- 6-89	Libreville	Gabon   	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 42  15- 7-89	Ibadan  	Zimbabwe	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 43  12- 8-89	Lagos   	Angola  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 44   2- 3-90	Alger   	Algeria 	1-5	African Nations Cup
 45   8- 3-90	Alger   	Ivory Coast	1-0	African Nations Cup
 46  12- 3-90	Annaba  	Zambia  	2-0	African Nations Cup
 47  16- 3-90	Alger   	Algeria 	0-1	African Nations Cup

[1] Nigeria won 4-3 on penalty kicks.
[2] Nigeria lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.
[3] Nigeria lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.
[4] Nigeria won 8-7 on penalty kicks.
[5] Nigeria won 9-8 on penalty kicks.


Total Record

Matches  Won  Draw  Lost For Against  Points  Percentage
  47      20   14    13   56- 42        54      57.45

Types of Matches:
African Nations Cup	14
Olympic Games Qualifier	12
World Cup Qualifier	 7
African Cup Qualifier	 6
CEDEAO Cup		 6
Other Tournaments	 2

Total 			47


Goals:	

Cap  1	1 goal
Cap  4	1 goal
Cap  8	2 goals
Cap  9	1 goal
Cap 13	1 goal
Cap 15	1 goal
Cap 22	1 goal
Cap 33	1 goal

Total	9 goals


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