16-Year-Old Wonderkid Noah Okafor Progressing At FC Basel
Published: September 09, 2016
Young Nigerian midfielder Noah Okafor is progressing at the youth team of Switzerland powerhouse FC Basel.Born May 24, 2000, the teenager has dual citizenship and is being touted as one of the future stars of Swiss football, has caps for their U15 squad and has been invited to train with the U16s.Okafor will be hoping ...
Exciting Winger Bennetts, Three Other Nigerian Talents Make Spurs UEFA Youth League Squad
Published: September 09, 2016
Four Nigerian talents have been named to Tottenham Hotspur’s roster for the UEFA Youth League, according to the official website of European football’s governing body UEFA.England U17 international Timothy Eyoma, whose elder brother Aaron has been listed by Arsenal for the competition, is joined on the list...
Six Nigerian Players Included In Arsenal Squad For UEFA Youth League
Published: September 09, 2016
Six players of Nigerian descent have been included in Arsenal’s roster for the UEFA Youth League which begins next week.Manager Andries Jonker has selected goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo, defenders Tolaji Bola, Joseph Olowu and Tobi Omole, midfielder Xavier Amaechi while Aaron Eyoma is listed as a forward.Aaron Eyoma,...
Nigeria Coach Receives Good News From Arsenal Coach Wenger On Iwobi
Published: September 09, 2016
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Alex Iwobi is in line to feature in the Premier League in Saturday afternoon’s clash against Southampton at the Emirates. The attacking midfielder missed the Gunners last two games in the English top-flight plus the African Cup of Nations qualifier against Tanzania...
Statistics Show Fanendo Adi Is A Better Striker Than Ex-Chelsea Star Drogba
Published: September 09, 2016
Portland Timbers striker Fanendo Adi has forged a great understanding upfront with Diego Valeri this term.The Timbers have scored 42 goals in Major League Soccer in the regular season, with the Nigerian and Argentine accounting for 24 of those strikes. Whilst Fanendo Adi has found the back of the net 13 times, Valeri h...
Super Eagles Midfielder Mikel In Pursuit Of Personal Milestone At Chelsea
Published: September 08, 2016
Nigeria skipper John Obi Mikel is in line to make his 250th Premier League appearance for Chelsea when they face Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday.It took the defensive midfielder longer than expected to be in a position to reach that target because he was away with the Nigerian Olympic National Team when t...
Ex-Nigeria U23 Skipper Handed Number Three Jersey At Greuther Furth (Photo)
Published: September 08, 2016
Allnigeriasoccer.com has been informed that Nigeria U23 international Erhun Obanor has been handed a shirt number at German 2 Bundesliga outfit SpVgg Greuther Fürth.For the remainder of the 2016-2017 campaign, the former Dream Team VI skipper will wear the number three jersey. Obanor arrived in Bavaria on Wednesda...
Sunderland Confirm Shirt Numbers For Three Nigerian Strikers
Published: September 08, 2016
English Premier League club Sunderland have updated their squad numbers for the 2016-2017 campaign on their official webpage following the arrival of Victor Anichebe, Jason Denayer and Didier Ndong.Nigeria international Anichebe will play with with the number 28 kit until he comes off contract in the summer. In his las...
Nigeria Star Fit And Ready To Go Against Liverpool
Published: September 08, 2016
Super Eagles assistant captain Ahmed Musa is poised to make his fourth appearance in the Premier League when Leicester City tackle Liverpool at Anfield this weekend.Manager Claudio Ranieri revealed during Thursday’s press conference that the Nigerian and the other first team players that traveled for internationa...
Exclusive : Nigeria Set To Make Approach For Arsenal Whizkid
Published: September 08, 2016
Arsenal defender Tolaji Bola is on the radar of the Nigeria Football Federation, with a view to an invitation to one of the national teams in the not too distant future. Born January 04, 1999, the stopper has yet to make his first team debut for the Gunners but is regarded as one of the top prospects at the Emirates. L...
No Debut For Arsenal Loanee Nwakali; Expected To Depart London Next Week
Published: September 08, 2016
Arsenal midfielder Kelechi Nwakali, 18, will not make his competitive debut for MVV Maastricht in Friday’s league game against FC Eindhoven and this is official.The Dutch second-tier outfit have confirmed via their official webpage that the Nigeria U20 international is still in England because his papers are not ...
Iheanacho, Iwobi, Two Other Nigerian Wonderkids Included In Top 50 U20 Players In Europe
Published: September 08, 2016
Four players of Nigerian descent- Kelechi Iheanacho, Alex Iwobi, Dominic Solanke and Tammy Abraham- have been named among the top 50 players under the age of 20 in Europe.British newspaper Metro is paying attention to the future of the beautiful game and compiled a list of fifty of the top youngsters.Nigeria internatio...
Fifteen Players Of Nigerian Descent Called Up By England Youth Teams This Season
Published: September 07, 2016
Fifteen Nigerian players have been called up to England’s youth teams since the start of the 2016-2017 season.The authoritative website youthhawk.co.uk has done an analysis of the 135 players called by England from Under 21 to Under 16 and the clubs they represent.Four of the fifteen players of Nigerian descent i...
Fifa 17: Okocha Is A Better Dribbler Than Gareth Bale, Ibrahimovic, Ozil & Suarez But Behind Messi
Published: September 07, 2016
Video Game developer EA Sports acknowledged that retired Nigeria international Austin Okocha is more skillful than Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale in their Fifa 17 Player Ratings. Manchester United’s Ibrahimovic, Barcelona striker Luis Suárez and Arsenal star Mesut özil were behind the former Bolton W...
Nigeria And England Set To Battle For Manchester City Defender Elewa-Ikpakwu
Published: September 07, 2016
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that the highly-rated Manchester City defender Edward Elewa-Ikpakwu will have to make a decision whether to commit his international future to the Super Eagles or Three Lions in future. Elewa-Ikpakwu is in the possession of a British passport but eligible to represent Nigeria thro...