Nigeria Super Eagles Squad 2021, Team List and Roster

 

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1. Maduka Okoye

Position: Goalkeeper

Club: Sparta Rotterdam

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2. Francis Uzoho

Position: Goalkeeper

Club: APOEL Nicosia

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3. John Noble J. Noble

Position: Goalkeeper

Club: Enyimba FC

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4. Adeleke Adekunle

Position: defender

Club: Abia Warriors FC

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5. Semi Ajayi S. Ajayi

Position: Centre-Back

Club: West Bromwich Albion

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6. Chidozie Awaziem

Position: Centre-Back

Club: Boavista FC

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7. William Troost-Ekong

Position: Centre-Back

Club: Watford FC

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8. Leon Balogun

Position: Centre-Back

Club: Rangers FC

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8. Zaidu Sanusi Z. Sanusi

Position: Left-Back

Club: FC Porto

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9. Jamilu Collins J. Collins

Position: Left-Back

Club: SC Paderborn 07

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10. Ola Aina

Position: Right-Back

Club: Fulham FC

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11. Tyronne Ebuehi

Position: Right-Back

Club: Twente Enschede FC

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12. Wilfred Ndidi W. Ndidi

Position: Defensive Midfield

Club: Leicester City

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13. Joe Aribo

Position: Central Midfield

Club: Rangers FC

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14. Oghenekaro Etebo

Position: Central Midfield

Club: Galatasaray SK

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15. Abdullahi Shehu

Position: Central Midfield

Club: Omonia Nicosia

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16. Henry Onyekuru

Position: Left Winger

Club:Galatasaray SK

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17. Ahmed Musa A. Musa

Position: Left Winger

Club: Kano Pillars

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18. Anayo Iwuala

Position: Left Winger

Club: Enyimba

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19. Samuel Chukwueze

Position: Right Winger

Club: Villarreal CF

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20. Victor Osimhen

Position: Centre-Forward

Club: SSC Napoli

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21. Paul Onuachu

Position: Centre-Forward

Club: KRC Genk

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22. Kelechi Iheanacho

Position: Centre-Forward

Club: Leicester City

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23. Alex Iwobi

Position: Forward

Club:Everton FC

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24: Marcus Abraham

Position: Forward

Club: CD Feirense

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Important Information

Country: Nigeria

Nickname(s): Super Eagles

Association: Nigeria Football Federation

Confederation: CAF (Africa)

Sub-confederation

WAFU: (West Africa)

Head coach: Gernot Rohr (Germany)

Assistants:

Captain: Ahmed Musa

Home stadium: Moshood Abiola National Stadium

FIFA national code: NGA

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Super Eagles engagement for the rest of 2021

The Eagles have qualifed for the 2022 African Cup of Nations to be held in Cameroon.

 

Nigeria will continue with the World Cup Qualifiers for Qatar 2022 in a group consisting of Cape Verde, Central African Republic.

 

The Super Eagles may also play some friendly matches to fine-tune preparations for the all-important African World Cup Qualifying series.

Announcement will be made concerning the team’s fixtures.

 

Trophies and Achievements

 

International level

FIFA World Cup

Round of 16: 1994, 1998, 2014

 

Olympics (Football): Gold medal: 1996

FIFA Confederations Cup

Fourth-place: 1995

 

Continental (in Africa)

 

Africa Cup of Nations

Winners: 1980, 1994, 2013

African Nations Championship

Runners-up: 2018

 

All African Games (Football)

Gold medalists: 1973

Silver medalist: 1978

 

About The Nigerian Super Eagles

 

The Nigerian Super Eagles are the country’s senior national team, representing the country in any FIFA, CAF or anything football at senior level and are being controlled by the Nigerian Football Federation, the NFF.

 

 

The super eagles have had several records backing them since they entered the international scene, representing the most populous black nation on earth.

 

 

Nigeria Super Eagles started as a colony back in the days during the British rule as British Union Jack.

 

The start of the national team saw them play some quality friendly matches in England since the English were their colonial masters at that time.

 

 

The Super Eagles made a landmark achievement back in 1976 as they won the All African Games football gold medal.

 

 

Also, the team went on to win the African Cup of Nations in 1978, stamping Nigeria authority in African football. This was however achieved after the country gained independence from its colonial masters Britain.

 

 

One other remarkable achievement which has consistently kept the country’s name at the highest level was the winning of a gold medal during the 1996 Olympic Games in the city of Atlanta, United States.

 

 

Nigeria against all odds went all out to bring home the gold medal despite huge Competition from other teams from around the world including Brazil, England and Spain.

 

The country has also qualified for six of the last seven FIFA world cup, although the performance at the Mundial had never been at a high standard compared to other teams from Europe, Asia and South America.

 

 

Nigeria Super Eagles Kit Suppliers in history

 

Nigeria has had several kit suppliers in the past.

 

The Super Eagles have also had several designs with most notably coming off during the 2018 FIFA world cup in Russia which saw the country being presented as the country with the best jersey.

 

 

Kit supplier Period Notes

Germany Erima 1980–1984

United Kingdom Admiral 1984–1987

Germany Adidas 1988–1994

United States Nike 1994–2002

Germany Adidas 2002–2014[12]

The United States Nike 2015–present.

 

Super Eaglesagles Rivalries

 

In the course of the country’s reach football history, the country has several rivalries.

Ghana

The black stars of ghana have been super eagles rivalries for a very long time.

 

Whenever the two teams meet, it is always considered a final because the two sides will play their hearts out.

 

Cameroon

Cameroon is another top rival. The country has stopped the super eagles from winning the African Cup of Nations in the past severally.

Nigeria lost in the finals of the African Cup of Nations to Cameroon three times in the past.

 

But in recent times, the super eagles have Triumphed over the Cameroonian side with the recent coming during the World Cup Qualifiers for Russia

 

 

This is a detailed overview of the Super Eagles current squad. We created this page to shows all personal information about the Nigerian players, including age, the club they play for, short biography of current value in the transfer market.

 

The Detailed overview also contains the history of the team ranging from kit suppliers, rivalries and trophies won in the past.

 

It also contains the current Competition the team plays and current stance including position. You can also find the list of the technical crew.

 

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