Lewandowski Named The Best FIFA Men's Player : Who Did Musa, Rohr, Nigeria Media Vote For?
Published: December 17, 2020
Bayern Munich's Poland international striker Robert Lewandowski has been named The Best men's player of 2020 at FIFA's award ceremony on Thursday, winning the award ahead of Juventus' super star Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona icon Lionel Messi. The 32-year-old was the favourite to take home the main prize after ne...
Kanu, Okocha, and Yekini: Battle of Greatest Nigerian Footballers
Published: December 17, 2020
In the past half-century, Nigeria has cemented itself as one of the greatest African countries when it comes to athletics. From basketball to cricket to football, the nation isn’t short on sports stars that make it big in local and overseas leagues. When it comes to football, in particular, Nigeria has establi...
Chelsea Striker Who Idolises Cristiano Ronaldo Open To Representing Nigeria National Teams
Published: December 16, 2020
Chelsea super kid Bryan Fiabema's international future lies with the Nigerian National Teams despite the striker being provisionally cap-tied to his country of birth Norway, according to his father Mina Fiabema. Bryan comes from a sports family as his father played field hockey back in his secondary school days and...
Club Brugge Striker Dennis In Mourning After Death Of Older Brother In Sailing Race
Published: December 15, 2020
Club Brugge striker Emmanuel Dennis is in deep mourning following the death of his older brother during a sailing race in Lagos, Nigeria. The Nigeria international has been granted compassionate leave to attend the funeral of his brother which takes place today and is scheduled to return to Belgium on Thursday even...
Best Performing U21 Players : PSV's Madueke Top For Shooting, IFK's Yusuf 6th Distribution
Published: December 14, 2020
CIES Football Observatory has presented the 10 best performing footballers born in the 2000s for each of the six areas of the game - duels, recovery, distribution, take-on, chance creation and shooting - using data from InStat. Only the best performing players in 30 European Leagues outside the big five - La Liga, P...
'Onuachu Was Pulled Down' - Ex-Ref Insists Genk Were Denied Penalty In Loss To Anderlecht
Published: December 14, 2020
Former Belgian referee Serge Gumienny has criticized the match officials for not awarding a penalty to Racing Genk during their 1-0 loss to Anderlecht in a Belgian First Division A match last Friday. In a game involving four players of Nigerian descent, the home team secured all three points thanks to Lukas Nmecha's...
Super Eagles Winger Back On The Goal Trail As Nantes, Dijon Share The Spoils
Published: December 13, 2020
Super Eagles winger Moses Simon ended his goal drought by finding the net for Nantes as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Dijon at the Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau on Sunday afternoon. The former Gent star had not scored for six league games but ended that poor run when he broke the deadlock in the 24th min...
Chelsea Loanee Victor Moses Turns 30, NFF Congratulates
Published: December 12, 2020
The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) and Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow took to the media to celebrate Victor Moses' ascension to 30 on his birthday. The Nigerian winger, who was born in Lagos, grew up in South London, England having traveled to the country at the age of 11. The 30-year-old first ha...
Emmanuel Amuneke Reveals The Reason He Turned Down The NFF
Published: December 12, 2020
Former Nigerian winger Emmanuel Amuneke took to the media to reveal the reason turned down an offer to become Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) technical director saying he was still involved with a club. The 49-year-old is still currently still under a contract with Egyptian club El Makkasa having joined the club a...
Chinedu Obasi: The Super Eagles Needs To Be Strengthened
Published: December 12, 2020
Former Nigeria international Chinedu Obasi took to the media to advise Nigeria national team head coach Gernot Rohr to strengthen the Super Eagles with players with lots of experience on their CV. The Nigeria national team ended their 2020 as they finished the 35th best team in the world despite being unable to secu...
Nigeria Pitch Award Set To Hold On December 22
Published: December 12, 2020
Organizers of the prolific Nigeria Pitch Awards have announced to the public that the seventh edition of the award will be taking place on the 22nd of December in Lagos. The award, which is Nigeria's longest-running football awards, was formerly set for March due to the lockdown brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic ...
Chelsea-Owned Striker With Caps For England Youth Commits International Future To Nigeria
Published: December 12, 2020
Allnigeriasoccer.com can exclusively report that the Super Eagles are in line to welcome a new addition to their team in the coming months with Chelsea-owned striker Ike Ugbo committing his international future to Nigeria. As previously reported by this website more than two years ago, the Nigerian Federation are a...
Three Nigerian Stars Help Glasgow Rangers Set New Scottish Record In European Competitions
Published: December 11, 2020
Glasgow Rangers rounded off their UEFA Europa League group stage with a 2-0 win over Lech Poznan at the INEA stadion on Thursday evening, with three players of Nigerian descent involved for the Light Blues. Manager Steven Gerrard handed starts to Leon Balogun and Joe Aribo while exciting left-back Calvin Bassey e...
Nigeria Target Akinola Scores On Full Debut For USA; Why Orlando City's Dike Was Left Out
Published: December 10, 2020
United States Men's National Team closed the year with a 6-0 demolition of El Salvador at Inter Miami CF Stadium on Wednesday, December 9. While Orlando City's Daryl Dike, the younger brother of former Super Eagles striker Bright Dike, picked up a minor injury in camp and did not dress for the game, another attack-m...
FIFA Year-End Rankings See Super Eagles Unchanged In World, Confederation Rankings
Published: December 10, 2020
Football governing body, Fifa, on Thursday, December 10 published its year-end rankings of national teams, allnigeriasoccer.com reports. The Super Eagles finished 2020 as the 35th best team in the world and they are joint-fourth in the confederation ranking along with Morocco, with both countries accumulating 1,474 ...