Nigeria national football team
The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles, is the national team of Nigeria and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Association. They reached the World Cup for the first time in Football World Cup 1994 and have been there the two times since. They have yet to make it out of the second round. Nigeria won the African Nations Cup twice (1980 and 1994), and also won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Famous players
- Christian Chukwu
- Segun Odegbami
- Mudasiru Lawal
- Stephen Okechukwu Keshi*
- Sunday Oliseh
- Nwankwo Kanu
- Jay-Jay Okocha
- Taribo West
- Celestine Babayaro
- Aiyegbeni Yakubu
- Obafemi Martins
*Now national team coach of Togo (2004-) and on the verge of making history for that country by securing their debut World Cup appearance.
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~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | World Cup record |
| ► | African Nations Cup record |
| ► | Famous players |
| ► | External links |
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