Born: 23/10/1963 Country: Nigeria Caps: 58 (W29 – D16 – L13 – GF98 – GA54 - %63.79) Goals: 37 (0.59 per match) Age First Cap: 20 yr 134 d 5/ 3/1984 vs. Ghana 2-1 African Nations Cup Age Last Cap: 34 yr 248 d 28/ 6/1998 vs. Denmark 1-4 World Cup National Team Career: 14 yr 114 d
Caps Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
- - - 26/ 2/84 Casablanca, MAR Morocco 0-0 OG Qualifier
1 - - 5/ 3/84 Bouake, IVC Ghana 2-1 African Nations Cup
2 - - 8/ 3/84 Bouake, IVC Malawi 2-2 African Nations Cup
3 - - 11/ 3/84 Bouake, IVC Algeria 0-0 African Nations Cup
4 - - 14/ 3/84 Bouake, IVC Egypt 2-2 African Nations Cup
5 1 1 6/ 4/85 Nairobi, KEN Kenya 3-0 WC Qualifier
6 1 2 20/ 4/85 Lagos, NGA Kenya 3-1 WC Qualifier
7 - 2 15/ 6/85 Benin, NGA Ivory Coast 0-0
8 - 2 19/ 6/85 Kano, NGA Ivory Coast 2-0
9 1 3 23/ 6/85 Abidjan, IVC Ivory Coast 1-1
10 1 4 26/ 6/85 Bouake, IVC Ivory Coast 1-1
11 - 4 6/ 7/85 Lagos, NGA Tunisia 1-0 WC Qualifier
12 - 4 20/ 7/85 Tunis, TUN Tunisia 0-2 WC Qualifier
- - - 17/10/87 Lagos, NGA Zimbabwe 2-0 OG Qualifier
13 1 5 14/ 3/88 Rabat, MAR Kenya 3-0 African Nations Cup
14 - 5 17/ 3/88 Rabat, MAR Cameroon 1-1 African Nations Cup
15 - 5 20/ 3/88 Rabat, MAR Egypt 0-0 African Nations Cup
16 - 5 23/ 3/88 Rabat, MAR Algeria 1-1 [1] African Nations Cup
17 - 5 27/ 3/88 Rabat, MAR Cameroon 0-1 African Nations Cup
- - - 18/ 9/88 Seoul, KOR Brazil 0-4 Olympic Games
- (1) - 20/ 9/88 Seoul, KOR Yugoslavia 1-3 Olympic Games
- - - 22/ 9/88 Seoul, KOR Australia 0-1 Olympic Games
18 - 5 2/ 3/90 Algiers, ALG Algeria 1-5 African Nations Cup
19 1 6 5/ 3/90 Algiers, ALG Egypt 1-0 African Nations Cup
20 1 7 8/ 3/90 Algiers, ALG Ivory Coast 1-0 African Nations Cup
21 1 8 12/ 3/90 Algiers, ALG Zambia 2-0 African Nations Cup
22 - 8 15/ 3/90 Algiers, ALG Algeria 0-1 African Nations Cup
23 - 8 2/ 9/90 Kumasi, GHA Ghana 0-1 ANC Qualifier
24 4 12 27/ 7/91 Lagos, NGA Burkina Faso 7-1 ANC Qualifier
25 - 12 14/ 1/92 Dakar, SEN Senegal 2-1 African Nations Cup
26 2 14 14/ 1/92 Dakar, SEN Kenya 2-1 African Nations Cup
27 1 15 19/ 1/92 Dakar, SEN Zaire 1-0 African Nations Cup
28 - 15 23/ 1/92 Dakar, SEN Ghana 1-2 African Nations Cup
29 1 16 25/ 1/92 Dakar, SEN Cameroon 2-1 African Nations Cup
30 2 18 10/10/92 Lagos, NGA South Africa 4-0 WC Qualifier
31 1 19 20/12/92 Pointe-Noire,CGO Congo Brazz. 1-0 WC Qualifier
32 - 19 16/ 1/93 Johannesburg,RSA South Africa 0-0 WC Qualifier
33 1 20 24/ 4/93 Enugu, NGA Sudan 4-0 ANC Qualifier
34 1 21 2/ 5/93 Abidjan, CIV Ivory Coast 1-2 WC Qualifier
35 2 23 3/ 7/93 Lagos, NGA Algeria 4-1 WC Qualifier
36 - 23 17/ 7/93 Kampala, UGA Uganda 0-0 ANC Qualifier
37 3 26 24/ 7/93 Lagos, NGA Ethiopia 6-0 ANC Qualifier
38 2 28 25/ 9/93 Lagos, NGA Ivory Coast 4-1 WC Qualifier
39 - 28 8/10/93 Algiers, ALG Algeria 1-1 WC Qualifier
40 - 28 9/ 3/94 Lagos, NGA Ghana 0-0
41 2 30 26/ 3/94 Tunis, TUN Gabon 3-0 African Nations Cup
42 - 30 30/ 3/94 Tunis, TUN Egypt 0-0 African Nations Cup
43 2 32 2/ 4/94 Tunis, TUN Zaire 2-0 African Nations Cup
44 1 33 6/ 4/94 Tunis, TUN Ivory Coast 2-2 [2] African Nations Cup
45 - 33 10/ 4/94 Tunis, TUN Zambia 2-1 African Nations Cup
46 2 35 11/ 6/94 Ibadan, NGA Georgia 5-1
47 1 36 21/ 6/94 Dallas, USA Bulgaria 3-0 World Cup
48 - 36 25/ 6/94 Boston, USA Argentina 1-2 World Cup
49 - 36 30/ 6/94 Boston, USA Greece 2-0 World Cup
50 - 36 5/ 7/94 Boston, USA Italy 1-2 World Cup
51 - 36 14/11/94 London, ENG England 0-1
52 - 36 9/11/96 Lagos, NGA Burkina Faso 2-0 WC Qualifier
53 1 37 22/ 2/98 Kingston, JAM Jamaica 2-2
54 - 37 29/ 5/98 Beograd, YUG Yugoslavia 0-3
55 - 37 13/ 6/98 Nantes, FRA Spain 3-2 World Cup
56 - 37 19/ 6/98 Paris, FRA Bulgaria 1-0 World Cup
57 - 37 24/ 6/98 Toulouse, FRA Paraguay 1-3 World Cup
58 - 37 28/ 6/98 Paris, FRA Denmark 1-4 World Cup
[1] aet, Nigeria won 9-8 on penalty kicks
[2] aet, Nigeria won 4-2 on penalty kicks
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage
58 29 16 13 98- 54 114 63.79
37 Goals in 58 Matches (0.64 per match)
Types of Matches and Goals
Matches Goals
Friendlies 9 5
World Cup 8 1
World Cup Qualifiers 12 10
African Nations Cup 24 13
ANC Qualifiers 5 8
Other Tournaments 0 0
Total 58 37
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