John Chukwudi Utaka - International Appearances


The outstanding Nigerian player obtained 49 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 8- 1-1982
Country: Nigeria 
Caps:	49	(W29-D12-L8 – GF76-GA35 – %71.43)
Goals:	6
Age First Cap:	 19 yr 159 d  16- 6-2001 vs. Namibia 2-0
Age Last Cap:    30 yr 152 d   9- 6-2012 vs. Malawi 1-1
National Team Career: 10 yr 358 d

Caps  Date 	Venue	 	Opponent       Score 	Competition

 1  16- 6-01	Windhoek	Namibia 	2-0	African Cup Qual.
 2  13- 9-01	Daejeon 	South Korea	2-2	
 3  16- 9-01	Busan   	South Korea	1-2	
 4  17- 4-02	Aberdeen	Scotland	2-1	
 5   4- 5-02	Lagos   	Kenya   	3-0	
 6   7- 6-02	Kobe    	Sweden  	1-2	World Cup
 7   8- 9-02	Luanda  	Angola  	0-0	African Cup Qual.
 8  29- 3-03	Blantyre	Malawi  	1-0	African Cup Qual.
 9   1- 6-03	Abuja   	Cameroon 	3-0 [1]	LG Cup
10   7- 6-03	Abuja   	Malawi  	4-1	African Cup Qual.
11  11- 6-03	Abuja   	Brazil  	0-3	
12  26- 7-03	Watford 	Venezuela	1-0	
13  27- 1-04	Monastir	Morocco 	0-1	African Nations Cup
14  31- 1-04	Monastir	South Africa	4-0	African Nations Cup
15   4- 2-04	Sfax        	Benin   	2-1	African Nations Cup
16   8- 2-04	Monastir	Cameroon	2-1	African Nations Cup
17  11- 2-04	Radès   	Tunisia   	1-1 [2]	African Nations Cup
18  13- 2-04	Monastir	Mali    	2-1	African Nations Cup
19  28- 5-04	London  	Ireland 	3-0	Unity Cup
20  30- 5-04	London  	Jamaica 	2-0	Unity Cup
21   5- 6-04	Abuja   	Rwanda  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
22  20- 6-04	Luanda  	Angola  	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
23   3- 7-04	Abuja   	Algeria 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
24   5- 8-04	Harare  	Zimbabwe	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
25  26- 3-05	Port Harcourt	Gabon   	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
26   4- 9-05	Oran    	Algeria 	5-2	World Cup Qualifier
27  27- 1-06	Port Said	Zimbabwe	2-0	African Nations Cup
28  31- 1-06	Port Said	Senegal 	2-1	African Nations Cup
29   3- 2-06	Port Said	Tunisia   	1-1 [3]	African Nations Cup
30   9- 2-06	Cairo   	Senegal 	1-0	African Nations Cup
31   6- 2-07	Brentford	Ghana   	1-4	
32  24- 3-07	Abeokuta	Uganda  	1-0	African Cup Qual.
33   2- 6-07	Kampala 	Uganda  	1-2	African Cup Qual.
34  18- 6-07	Niamey  	Niger   	3-1	African Cup Qual.
35   8- 9-07	Warri   	Lesotho 	2-0	African Cup Qual.
36  14-10-07	Ciudad Juárez	Mexico  	2-2	
37  21- 1-08	Sekondi 	Ivory Coast	0-1	African Nations Cup
38  25- 1-08	Sekondi 	Mali    	0-0	African Nations Cup
39  29- 1-08	Sekondi 	Benin   	2-0	African Nations Cup
40  27- 5-08	Graz    	Austria 	1-1	
41   1- 6-08	Abuja   	South Africa	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
42   7- 6-08	Freetown	Sierra Leone	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
43   6- 9-08	Port Elizabeth	South Africa	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
44  29- 5-09	London  	Ireland 	1-1	
45  20- 6-09	Radès   	Tunisia 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
46  25- 5-10	Wattens 	Saudi Arabia	0-0	
47  30- 5-10	Milton Keynes	Colombia	1-1	
48   3- 6-12	Calabar 	Namibia 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
49   9- 6-12	Blantyre	Malawi  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier

[1] Not full A for FIFA (Cameroon U-23), but full for Nigerian FA.
[2] Nigeria lost 3-5 on penalty kicks.
[3] Nigeria won 6-5 on penalty kicks.


Total Record

Matches  Won  Draw  Lost For Against  Points  Percentage
  49      29   12     8    76- 35        70      71.43

Types of Matches:
Friendlies		12
World Cup Qualifier	13
African Nations Cup	13
African Cup Qualifier	 8
Other Tournaments	 3

Total:                  49


Goals:	
 	
Cap  8	1 goal
Cap 15	1 goal
Cap 16	1 goal
Cap 20	1 goal
Cap 26	1 goal
Cap 33	1 goal

Total	6 goals


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