Finidi George - International Appearances


The outstanding Nigerian player obtained 62 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 15- 4-1971
Country: Nigeria 
Caps:	62	(W36-D12-L14 – GF106-GA54 – %67.74)
Goals:	6
Age First Cap:	 20 yr 103 d  27- 7-1991 vs. Burkina Faso 7-1
Age Last Cap:    30 yr 300 d   9- 2-2002 vs. Mali 1-0
National Team Career: 10 yr 197 d

Caps  Date 	Venue	 	Opponent       Score 	Competition

 1  27- 7-91	Lagos   	Burkina Faso	7-1	African Cup Qual.
 2  12- 1-92	Dakar   	Senegal 	2-1	African Nations Cup
 3  14- 1-92	Dakar   	Kenya   	2-1	African Nations Cup
 4  19- 1-92	Ziguinchor	Zaire   	1-0	African Nations Cup
 5  23- 1-92	Dakar   	Ghana   	1-2	African Nations Cup
 6  25- 1-92	Dakar   	Cameroon	2-1	African Nations Cup
 7  16- 8-92	Khartoum	Sudan   	0-0	African Cup Qual.
 8  10-10-92	Lagos   	South Africa	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
 9  20-12-92	Pointe-Noire	Congo-Brazz.	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
10  16- 1-93	Johannesburg	South Africa	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
11  27- 2-93	Enugu   	Congo-Brazz.	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
12  11- 4-93	Addis Adaba	Ethiopia	0-1	African Cup Qual.
13  25- 4-93	Lagos   	Sudan   	4-0	African Cup Qual.
14  24- 7-93	Lagos   	Ethiopia	6-0	African Cup Qual.
15  25- 9-93	Lagos   	Ivory Coast	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
16   8-10-93	Alger   	Algeria 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
17   9- 3-94	Lagos   	Ghana   	0-0	
18   2- 4-94	Tunis   	Zaire   	2-0	African Nations Cup
19   6- 4-94	Tunis   	Ivory Coast  	2-2 [1]	African Nations Cup
20  10- 4-94	Tunis   	Zambia  	2-1	African Nations Cup
21   5- 5-94	Stockholm	Sweden  	1-3	
22  25- 5-94	Bucuresti	Romania 	0-2	
23  11- 6-94	Ibadan  	Georgia 	5-0	
24  21- 6-94	Dallas  	Bulgaria	3-0	World Cup
25  25- 6-94	Boston    	Argentina	1-2	World Cup
26  30- 6-94	Boston    	Greece  	2-0	World Cup
27   5- 7-94	Boston    	Italy   	1-2	World Cup
28  16-11-94	London  	England 	0-1	
29  10-11-95	Lagos   	Uzbekistan	1-0	Afro-Asian Cup
30   9-11-96	Lagos   	Burkina Faso	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
31  12- 1-97	Nairobi 	Kenya   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
32   5- 4-97	Lagos   	Guinea  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
33  27- 4-97	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	2-1 	World Cup Qualifier
34  22- 4-98	Köln    	Germany 	0-1	
35  29- 5-98	Beograd 	Yugoslavia	0-3	
36   5- 6-98	Amsterdam	Netherlands	1-5	
37  13- 6-98	Nantes  	Spain   	3-2	World Cup
38  19- 6-98	Paris   	Bulgaria	1-0	World Cup
39  24- 6-98	Toulouse	Paraguay	1-3	World Cup
40  28- 6-98	Saint-Denis	Denmark 	1-4	World Cup
41  23- 1-99	Abeokuta	Burundi 	2-0	African Cup Qual.
42  23- 1-00	Lagos   	Tunisia 	4-2	African Nations Cup
43  28- 1-00	Lagos   	Congo-Brazz.	0-0	African Nations Cup
44   3- 2-00	Lagos   	Morocco 	2-0	African Nations Cup
45   7- 2-00	Lagos   	Senegal 	2-1	African Nations Cup
46  10- 2-00	Lagos   	South Africa	2-0	African Nations Cup
47  13- 2-00	Lagos   	Cameroon  	2-2 [2]	African Nations Cup
48  13- 1-01	Lagos   	Zambia  	1-0	African Cup Qual.
49  27- 1-01	Port Harcourt	Sudan   	3-0	African Cup Qual.
50  11- 3-01	Accra     	Ghana   	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
51  21- 4-01	Freetown	Sierra Leone	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
52   5- 5-01	Port Harcourt	Liberia 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
53   1- 7-01	Omdurman	Sudan   	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
54  29- 7-01	Port Harcourt	Ghana   	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
55   6-10-01	Southampton	Japan   	2-2	
56  12- 1-02	Bouaké  	Ivory Coast	1-1 	
57  21- 1-02	Bamako  	Algeria 	1-0	African Nations Cup
58  24- 1-02	Bamako  	Mali    	0-0	African Nations Cup
59  28- 1-02	Mopti   	Liberia 	1-0	African Nations Cup
60   3- 2-02	Bamako  	Ghana   	1-0	African Nations Cup
61   7- 2-02	Bamako  	Senegal 	1-2	African Nations Cup
62   9- 2-02	Mopti   	Mali    	1-0	African Nations Cup

[1] Nigeria won 4-2 on penalty kicks.
[2] Nigeria lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.

Remark: the match against Surinam Pro XI (2-1, 15- 5-94 at Rotterdam) was not a
        full international and is therefore not included here; Surinam Pro XI 
        (Suriprofs) was a selection of professional players from the Dutch league
        with Surinam roots.


Total Record

Matches  Won  Draw  Lost For Against  Points  Percentage
  62      36   12    14   106- 54        84      67.74

Types of Matches:
Friendlies		10
World Cup Qualifier	15
World Cup		 8
African Nations Cup	20
African Cup Qualifier	 8
Other Tournaments	 1

Total:                  62


Goals:	
	
Cap  1	1 goal
Cap 11	1 goal
Cap 16	1 goal
Cap 26	1 goal
Cap 41	1 goal
Cap 44	1 goal

Total	6 goals


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