Garba Lawal - International Appearances


The outstanding Nigerian player obtained 57 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 22- 5-1974
Country: Nigeria 
Caps:	57	(W32-D14-L11 – GF83-GA48 – %68.42)
Goals:  6	
Age First Cap:	 23 yr 235 d  12- 1-1997 vs. Kenya 1-1
Age Last Cap:    31 yr 263 d   9- 2-2006 vs. Senegal 1-0
National Team Career: 9 yr  28 d

Caps  Date 	Venue	 	Opponent       Score 	Competition

 1  12- 1-97	Nairobi 	Kenya   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 2   5- 4-97	Lagos   	Guinea  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 3  27- 4-97	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	2-1 	World Cup Qualifier
 4  29- 5-98	Beograd 	Yugoslavia	0-3	
 5   5- 6-98	Amsterdam	Netherlands	1-5	
 6  13- 6-98	Nantes  	Spain   	3-2	World Cup
 7  19- 6-98	Paris   	Bulgaria	1-0	World Cup
 8  24- 6-98	Toulouse	Paraguay	1-3	World Cup
 9  28- 6-98	Saint-Denis	Denmark 	1-4	World Cup
10   4-10-98	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	0-0	African Cup Qual.
11  23- 1-99	Abeokuta	Burundi 	2-0	African Cup Qual.
12  28- 2-99	Dakar   	Senegal 	1-1	African Cup Qual.
13  23- 1-00	Lagos   	Tunisia 	4-2	African Nations Cup
14  28- 1-00	Lagos   	Congo-Brazz.	0-0	African Nations Cup
15   3- 2-00	Lagos   	Morocco 	2-0	African Nations Cup
16   9- 4-00	Asmara  	Eritrea 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
17  22- 4-00	Lagos   	Eritrea 	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
18  17- 6-00	Lagos   	Sierra Leone	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
19   9- 7-00	Monrovia	Liberia 	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
20   2- 9-00	Lagos   	Namibia 	4-0	African Cup Qual.
21  13- 1-01	Lagos   	Zambia  	1-0	African Cup Qual.
22  27- 1-01	Port Harcourt	Sudan   	3-0	African Cup Qual.
23  11- 3-01	Accra     	Ghana   	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
24  24- 3-01	Chingola	Zambia  	1-1	African Cup Qual.
25  21- 4-01	Freetown	Sierra Leone	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
26   5- 5-01	Port Harcourt	Liberia 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
27   6-10-01	Southampton	Japan   	2-2	
28  12- 1-02	Bouaké  	Ivory Coast	1-1 	
29  21- 1-02	Bamako  	Algeria 	1-0	African Nations Cup
30  24- 1-02	Bamako  	Mali    	0-0	African Nations Cup
31  28- 1-02	Mopti   	Liberia 	1-0	African Nations Cup
32   3- 2-02	Bamako  	Ghana   	1-0	African Nations Cup
33   7- 2-02	Bamako  	Senegal 	1-2	African Nations Cup
34   9- 2-02	Mopti   	Mali    	1-0	African Nations Cup
35  18- 5-02	London  	Jamaica 	1-0	
36   2- 6-02	Ibaraki 	Argentina	0-1	World Cup
37  25- 5-03	Kingston	Jamaica 	2-3	
38  11- 6-03	Abuja   	Brazil  	0-3	
39  31- 1-04	Monastir	South Africa	4-0	African Nations Cup
40   4- 2-04	Sfax        	Benin   	2-1	African Nations Cup
41   8- 2-04	Monastir	Cameroon	2-1	African Nations Cup
42  11- 2-04	Radès   	Tunisia   	1-1 [1]	African Nations Cup
43  13- 2-04	Monastir	Mali    	2-1	African Nations Cup
44  28- 5-04	London  	Ireland 	3-0	Unity Cup
45  30- 5-04	London  	Jamaica 	2-0	Unity Cup
46   5- 6-04	Abuja   	Rwanda  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
47  20- 6-04	Luanda  	Angola  	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
48   3- 7-04	Abuja   	Algeria 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
49   5- 8-04	Harare  	Zimbabwe	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
50  26- 3-05	Port Harcourt	Gabon   	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
51   5- 6-05	Kigali  	Rwanda  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
52  18- 6-05	Kano    	Angola  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
53  17- 8-05	Tripoli 	Libya   	1-0	
54  27- 1-06	Port Said	Zimbabwe	2-0	African Nations Cup
55  31- 1-06	Port Said	Senegal 	2-1	African Nations Cup
56   3- 2-06	Port Said	Tunisia   	1-1 [2]	African Nations Cup
57   9- 2-06	Cairo   	Senegal 	1-0	African Nations Cup

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


Total Record

Matches  Won  Draw  Lost For Against  Points  Percentage
  57      32   14    11    83- 48        78      68.42

Types of Matches:
Friendlies		 8
World Cup Qualifier	17
World Cup		 5
African Nations Cup	18
African Cup Qualifier	 7
Other Tournaments	 2

Total:                  57


Goals:	
	
Cap  6	1 goal
Cap 11	1 goal
Cap 17	1 goal
Cap 32	1 goal
Cap 40	1 goal
Cap 57	1 goal

Total	6 goals


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