Abdulrasaq Yakubu Aiyegbeni - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Nigerian player scored 21 international goals in 58 matches for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 22-11-1982
Country: Nigeria 
Caps:	58	(W33-D12-L13 – GF87-GA43 – %67.24)
Goals:	21	(% 0.36 per match)
Age First Cap:	 17 yr 151 d  22- 4-2000 vs. Eritrea 4-0
Age Last Cap:    29 yr  99 d  29- 2-2012 vs. Rwanda 0-0
National Team Career: 11 yr 313 d

Cap  Goals    Date      Venue	        Opponent       Score    Competition

 1	    22- 4-00	Lagos   	Eritrea 	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
 2	    24- 3-01	Chingola	Zambia  	1-1	African Cup Qual.
 3	    21- 4-01	Freetown	Sierra Leone	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 4   1   1  16- 6-01	Windhoek	Namibia 	2-0	African Cup Qual.
 5   2   3   1- 7-01	Omdurman	Sudan   	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
 6 	 3  29- 7-01	Port Harcourt	Ghana   	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 7	 3   6-10-01	Southampton	Japan   	2-2	
 8	 3  12- 1-02	Bouaké  	Ivory Coast	1-1 	
 9	 3  21- 1-02	Bamako  	Algeria 	1-0	African Nations Cup
10	 3  28- 1-02	Mopti   	Liberia 	1-0	African Nations Cup
11	 3   3- 2-02	Bamako  	Ghana   	1-0	African Nations Cup
12   1   4   9- 2-02	Mopti   	Mali    	1-0	African Nations Cup
13	 4  18- 5-02	London  	Jamaica 	1-0	
14	 4   8- 9-02	Luanda  	Angola  	0-0	African Cup Qual.
15	 4  29- 3-03	Blantyre	Malawi  	1-0	African Cup Qual.
16   2   6  30- 5-03	Abuja   	Ghana   	3-1	LG Cup
17   1   7   1- 6-03	Abuja   	Cameroon 	3-0 [1]	LG Cup
18   2   9   7- 6-03	Abuja   	Malawi  	4-1	African Cup Qual.
19	 9  11- 6-03	Abuja   	Brazil  	0-3	
20	 9  27- 1-04	Monastir	Morocco 	0-1	African Nations Cup
21	 9   3- 7-04	Abuja   	Algeria 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
22   1  10   5- 8-04	Harare  	Zimbabwe	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
23   1  11   6-10-04	Libreville	Gabon   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
24	11  17-11-04	Johannesburg	South Africa	1-2	Mandela Cup
25	11  26- 3-05	Port Harcourt	Gabon   	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
26	11  18- 6-05	Kano    	Angola  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
27	11   4- 9-05	Oran    	Algeria 	5-2	World Cup Qualifier
28   1  12   2- 9-06	Abuja   	Niger   	2-0	African Cup Qual.
29   1  13   8-10-06	Maseru  	Lesotho 	1-0	African Cup Qual.
30	13   6- 2-07	Brentford	Ghana   	1-4	
31	13  27- 5-07	Nairobi 	Kenya   	1-0	
32	13   2- 6-07	Kampala 	Uganda  	1-2	African Cup Qual.
33   1  14  18- 6-07	Niamey  	Niger   	3-1	African Cup Qual.
34	14  21- 1-08	Sekondi 	Ivory Coast	0-1	African Nations Cup
35	14  25- 1-08	Sekondi 	Mali    	0-0	African Nations Cup
36   1  15  29- 1-08	Sekondi 	Benin   	2-0	African Nations Cup
37   1  16   3- 2-08	Accra     	Ghana   	1-2	African Nations Cup
38	16  27- 5-08	Graz    	Austria 	1-1	
39	16   1- 6-08	Abuja   	South Africa	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
40	16   7- 6-08	Freetown	Sierra Leone	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
41	16  15- 6-08	Malabo  	Equat. Guinea  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
42   1  17  21- 6-08	Abuja   	Equat. Guinea  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
43	17   6- 9-08	Port Elizabeth	South Africa	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
44	17  11-10-08	Abuja   	Sierra Leone	4-1 	World Cup Qualifier
45	17  19-11-08	Cali    	Colombia	0-1	
46	17  11-10-09	Abuja   	Mozambique	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
47   1  18  14-11-09	Nairobi 	Kenya   	3-2	World Cup Qualifier
48	18  12- 1-10	Benguela	Egypt   	1-3	African Nations Cup
49   1  19  16- 1-10	Benguela	Benin   	1-0	African Nations Cup
50	19  20- 1-10	Lubango 	Mozambique	3-0	African Nations Cup
51	19  25- 1-10	Lubango 	Zambia    	0-0 [2]	African Nations Cup
52	19  28- 1-10	Luanda  	Ghana   	0-1	African Nations Cup
53	19  30- 5-10	Milton Keynes	Colombia	1-1	
54   1  20   6- 6-10	Tembisa (SA)	North Korea	3-1	
55	20  12- 6-10	Johannesburg	Argentina	0-1	World Cup
56	20  17- 6-10	Bloemfontein	Greece  	1-2	World Cup
57   1  21  22- 6-10	Durban  	South Korea	2-2	World Cup
58	21  29- 2-12	Kigali  	Rwanda  	0-0	African Cup Qual.

[1] Not full A for FIFA (Cameroon U-23), but full for Nigerian FA.
[2] Nigeria won 5-4 on penalty kicks.


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    58    33   12   13    87-  43      78       67.24

Types of             Matches  Goals

Friendlies		10	 1
World Cup Qualifier	18	 6
World Cup		 3	 1
African Cup Qualifier	10	 6
African Nations Cup	14	 4
Other Tournaments	 3       3

Total caps / goals: 	58	21



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