Samson Siasia - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Nigerian player scored 17 international goals in 49 matches for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 14- 8-1967
Country: Nigeria 
Caps:	49	(W25-D10-L14 – GF78-GA40 – %61.22)
Goals:	17	(% 0.34 per match)
Age First Cap:	 17 yr  82 d   4-11-1984 vs. Liberia 1-0
Age Last Cap:    30 yr 193 d  22- 2-1998 vs. Jamaica 2-2
National Team Career: 13 yr 110 d

Cap  Goals    Date      Venue	        Opponent       Score    Competition

 1	     4-11-84	Monrovia	Liberia 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 2	    18- 1-87	Abidjan 	Ivory Coast	0-1	African Games Q.
 3	    26- 1-87	Calcutta	Syria   	1-0	Nehru Cup
 4	    28- 3-87	Lagos   	Togo    	2-0	African Cup Qual.
 5   1	 1  28- 6-87	Monrovia	Liberia		1-2	Olympic Games Q.
 6	 1   4- 7-87	Lagos   	Sierra Leone	3-0	African Cup Qual.
 7   3	 4  11- 7-87	Lagos   	Liberia 	4-1	Olympic Games Q.
 8	 4  18- 7-87	Freetown	Sierra Leone	0-2	African Cup Qual.
 9	 4   4-10-87	Harare		Zimbabwe	0-0	Olympic Games Q.
10	 4   7- 1-89	Enugu   	Gabon   	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
11	 4   9- 4-89	Conakry  	Guinea  	1-1	African Cup Qual.
12   1   5  10- 6-89	Ibadan  	Cameroon	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
13   1   6  25- 6-89	Libreville	Gabon   	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
14	 6  15- 7-89	Ibadan  	Zimbabwe	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
15	 6  12- 8-89	Lagos   	Angola  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
16	 6  27- 8-89	Yaoundé 	Cameroon	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
17	 6  13- 4-91	Lagos   	Ghana   	0-0	African Cup Qual.
18   1   7  27- 4-91	Lagos   	Benin   	3-0	African Cup Qual.
19   1   8  27- 7-91	Lagos   	Burkina Faso	7-1	African Cup Qual.
20   1   9  12- 1-92	Dakar   	Senegal 	2-1	African Nations Cup
21 	 9  14- 1-92	Dakar   	Kenya   	2-1	African Nations Cup
22	 9  19- 1-92	Ziguinchor	Zaire   	1-0	African Nations Cup
23	 9  23- 1-92	Dakar   	Ghana   	1-2	African Nations Cup
24   1  10  29- 8-92	Lagos   	Uganda  	2-0	African Cup Qual.
25   1  11  10-10-92	Lagos   	South Africa	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
26	11  20-12-92	Pointe-Noire	Congo-Brazz.	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
27	11  16- 1-93	Johannesburg	South Africa	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
28	11   2- 5-93	Abidjan 	Ivory Coast	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
29	11   8-10-93	Alger   	Algeria 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
30	11  26- 3-94	Tunis   	Gabon   	3-0	African Nations Cup
31	11  30- 3-94	Tunis   	Egypt   	0-0	African Nations Cup
32	11   6- 4-94	Tunis   	Ivory Coast  	2-2 [1]	African Nations Cup
33	11  10- 4-94	Tunis   	Zambia  	2-1	African Nations Cup
34	11  25- 5-94	Bucuresti	Romania 	0-2	
35   2  13  11- 6-94	Ibadan  	Georgia 	5-0	
36	13  21- 6-94	Dallas  	Bulgaria	3-0	World Cup
37   1  14  25- 6-94	Boston    	Argentina	1-2	World Cup
38	14  30- 6-94	Boston    	Greece  	2-0	World Cup
39   1  15   6- 1-95	Riyadh  	Japan   	3-0	Intercontinental Cup
40	15  10- 1-95	Riyadh  	Argentina	0-0	Intercontinental Cup
41	15  13- 1-95	Riyadh  	Mexico    	1-1 [2]	Intercontinental Cup
42	15  11- 6-95	Boston    	United States	2-3	CONCACAF Cup
43	15  17- 6-95	Piscataway	Colombia	0-1	CONCACAF Cup
44	15  24- 6-95	Dallas  	Mexico  	1-2	CONCACAF Cup
45   1  16  21-10-95	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	3-2	Afro-Asian Cup
46	16  10-11-95	Lagos   	Uzbekistan	1-0	Afro-Asian Cup
47	16  11-12-96	Casablanca	Czech Republic	1-2	International Tourn.
48	16  12-12-96	Casablanca	Morocco 	0-2	International Tourn.
49   1  17  22- 2-98	Kingston	Jamaica 	2-2	

[1] Nigeria won 4-2 on penalty kicks.
[2] Nigeria lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.

Remarks: the following match is not considered a full international:
(1 goal)    31- 1-98	Hongkong	Hongkong League	2-0	Carlsberg Cup


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    49    25  10   14    78-  40      60       61.22

Types of             Matches  Goals

Friendlies		 3	 3
World Cup Qualifier	12	 3
World Cup  		 3       1
African Cup Qualifier	 8	 3
African Nations Cup	 8	 1
CONCACAF Gold Cup  	 3       0
Intercontinental Cup     3       1
Olympic G. Qualifier     3       4
Other Tournaments	 6	 1

Total caps / goals: 	49	17



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