Nigeria national football team FIFA WORLD CUP 2010

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FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 Nigeria national football team

The national team of Nigeria  is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation (N F F). Nigeria played their first official game in October 1949. The team's first major success was a gold medal in the 2nd All-Africa games, with 3rd place finishes in 1976 and 1978's African Cup of Nations. Nigeria played  the World Cup for the first time in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

African Nations Cup
In (1980 and 1994) Nigeria won the African Nations Cup .  They took third place at the 2002 African Nations Cup, the 2004 African Nations Cup, the 2006 African Nations Cup, and the 2010 African Nations Cup.

 Nigeria team configuration:

Nickname(s)----------------------Super Eagles
Association --------------------- Nigeria Football Federation
                                            Confederation     CAF (Africa)
Head coach---------------------Sweden Lars Lagerbäck
Asst coach -----------------------Sweden Roland Andersson
Captain----------------------------Nwankwo Kanu
Most caps0----------------------Mudashiru Lawal (86)
Top scorer -----------------------Rashidi Yekini (37)
Home stadium ----------------- Abuja Stadium
FIFA code -------------------------NGA
FIFA ranking --------------------15
Highest FIFA ranking--------- 5 (April 1994)
Lowest FIFA ranking --------- 82 (November 1999)
Elo ranking     28

 

 

Nigeria national football teams

GOALKEEPERS

    * 1 Vincent ENYEAMA
    * 16 Austin EJIDE
    * 23 Dele AIYENUGBA

DEFENDERS

    * 2 Joseph YOBO
    * 3 Taye TAIWO
    * 5 Rabiu AFOLABI
    * 6 Danny SHITTU
    * 17 Chidi ODIAH
    * 21 Uwa ECHIEJILE
    * 22 Dele ADELEYE

MIDFIELDERS

    * 4 Nwankwo KANU
    * 10 John Obi MIKEL
    * 12 Kalu UCHE
    * 13 Yussuf AYILA
    * 14 Sani KAITA
    * 15 Lukman HARUNA
    * 20 Dickson ETUHU

FORWARDS

    * 7 John UTAKA
    * 8 Yakubu AIYEGBENI
    * 9 Obafemi MARTINS
    * 11 Peter ODEMWINGIE
    * 18 Victor OBINNA
    * 19 Chinedu OGBUKE OBASI

 

Top goalscorers 
Goal scored        Player name
37     Nigeria Rashidi Yekini
23     Nigeria Segun Odegbami
19     Nigeria Yakubu Aiyegbeni
17     Nigeria Sunday Oyarekhua
16     Nigeria Obafemi Martins
14     Nigeria Daniel Amokachi
14     Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha
14     Nigeria Julius Aghahowa
13     Nigeria Nwankwo Kanu
13     Nigeria Samson Siasia