Top 5 goalscorers for Nigeria National Football Team

Football in Nigeria is the national sport and is closely linked to the country’s history. Because being a football player in Nigeria is very prestigious and playing football is the dream of many people in the country. It is not strange that Nigeria has really outstanding world-class players. Nowadays, such players include Ahmed Musa, Victor Osimhen, and Alex Iwobi.

Oddly enough, the attacking players in Nigerian football become sensational discoveries for world football. The thing is that these players love and know how to score goals. One has only to remember such a striker as Jay Jay Okocha, who won the hearts of fans worldwide with his skill and ability to score goals.

Therefore, we decided to list the five most outstanding scorers in the history of the Nigerian national football team.

• Obafemi Martins
• Ikechukwu Uche
• Yakubu Aiyegbeni
• Segun Odegbami
• Rashidi Yekini

Obafemi Martins – 18 goals

After a transfer from Inter to Newcastle United, Obafemi Martins began to gain popularity among football fans. The fact is that the player was one of the fastest football players not only in Nigeria but all over the world.

Obafemi Martins played 48 matches for the Nigerian national team, in which he was able to score 18 goals. 10 goals which the player scored in 2006 during the qualifications for the World Cup. Then the player played 12 matches on the national team.

In 2021, Obafemi Martins ended his professional football career at the age of 37.

Ikechukwu Uche – 19 goals

Another famous Nigerian scorer played most of his career in Spanish La Liga. Ikechukwu Uche, among other Spanish teams, played for such clubs as Villarreal, Real Zaragoza and Malaga.

During his career with the Nigerian national team, Ikechukwu Uche played 46 games and scored 19 goals against opponents, 7 of which he scored for the Nigeria national football team in Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and five more in WC qualifiers.

The player ended his career at Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona in 2019 at the age of 35.

Yakubu Aiyegbeni – 21 goals

The popularity of the player brought performances in the English Premier League. Yakubu Aiyegbeni has played for Middlesbrough, Everton, Portsmouth, Leicester and Blackburn.

It is also worth noting that the player was an indispensable player in the national football team in Nigeria. All this is because he could score 21 goals in 57 games for the Super Eagles. In addition, the player helped his national team qualify and go to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. At that Yakubu Aiyegbeni World Cup, he scored one goal.

The player ended his professional football career in 2017 at Coventry City Football Club at the age of 35.

Segun Odegbami – 23 goals

Segun Odegbami is the second-most-scored goal scorer for the Nigerian national football team. During his career in 46 matches, the player was able to score 23 times, which is an average of 1 goal in 2 games, which is a reasonably good result.

Segun Odegbami played for the Nigerian club Shooting Stars and ended his professional football career back in 1984.

Rashidi Yekini – 37 goals

Rashidi Yekini is the top scorer of the Nigeria national football team. This player who scored 37 goals and is the leader in goals scored. Looking at the number 37, it seems that other players in the next decade will not break this record.

Rashidi Yekini was a Nigerian striker who was part of the national team from 1984 to 1998. He helped his national team win the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations. In 1993, the player was awarded the best footballer in Africa and the top scorer at the Africa Cup of Nations in 1994, when he scored 5 goals.

The player ended his football career at the age of 41 in the Gateway United FC team. Unfortunately, Rashidi Yekini died at the early age of 48, on 4 May 2012.

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