Football Nigeria -- Eagles Etcetera

The Nigerian national team played its first international against Sierra Leone in Freetown on October 8, 1949 on its way back home from a tour of the United Kingdom. The records below run from that game in Freetown until date. INDIVIDUAL Top Goalscorer (All time) 1.  Rashidi Yekini  37 2.  Segun Odegbami  24 3.  Yakubu Aiyegbeni  21 4.  Ikechukwu Uche 19 5.  Obafemi Martins 18 Top Scorer (per game: Minimum 10 games) 1.  Elkanah Onyeali  0.79 2.  Thompson Usiyan  0.60 3.  Rashidi Yekini   0.58 4.  Sunday Oyarekhua  0.55 5.  Segun Odegbami 0.50 Players with Multiple Scores in a game 1.  Joseph Aghoghovia  4 v Thailand  Oct. 3, 1968 1.  Elkanah Onyeali   4  v Dahomey (Benin Rep.)  Nov. 28, 1959 1.  Rashidi Yekini   4  v Burkina Faso  July 27, 1991 4.  Jude Ighalo 3 v Libya Oct. 13, 2018* *Ighalo is the latest of numerous pla...

Kyiv - Nigeria plays against Ukraine in Kyiv during the FIFA International Match week. Already, Nigeria will miss several top names including Wilfred Ndidi and Kenneth Omeruo. Added to that list are thew retirees skipper Mikel Obi and Jude Ighalo. Indeed, the Kyiv international is already looking like a rebuilding phase for Nigeria. But while fans are expecting the debut of the likes of Aribo, Okoye, and Josh Maja; the other story is Ahmed Musa's march towards a major national team record. Nigeria's Ahmed Musa, at 27 years old, is headed towards a record number of international appearances for Nigeria's senior national team. He has 90 appearances already and is just 10 games away from matching Joseph Yobo at second place with 100 appearances. He needs 12 games to go ahead of Vincent Enyeama who has, currently, the most appearances at 101. See Table 1 below: Musa should be at almost 100 games by late 2020 and will surely be the record holder if he r...