EFL Awards: The Beast Is Nigeria's Best Player Outside EPL After Terrorizing Defenses
Published: April 16, 2018
Wycombe Wanderers frontman Adebayo Akinfenwa can officially be regarded as Nigeria's most outstanding English-based player outside the Premier League this season. The 35-year-old was included in the Football Manager Team of the Season across the EFL, that is Championship, League One and League Two, at the EFL Awards ce...
Iwobi, Omeruo, Akpeyi, Mikel, Ogu, Solomon-Otabor Earn Nigerian Team Of The Week Honors
Published: April 16, 2018
After another week of football which put a host of Nigerians yet on show, allnigeriasoccer.com brings to readers the ones who proved delightful enough to catch the limelight in its Team of the Week.GoalkeeperDaniel Akpeyi (Chippa United): The Super Eagles goalkeeper was between the sticks for the Chilli Boys in their 1...
Super Eagles Star Scores For Hapoel Beer Sheva In Israel
Published: April 15, 2018
Super Eagles midfielder, John Ogu was on song for Hapoel Be'er Sheva in their 2-2 draw against Hapoel Haifa at the Turner Stadium in an Israeli topflight clash on Sunday evening.Alon Turgeman and Eden Ben Basat had earlier put the visiting team ahead in the game before the 29-year old struck to halve the deficit in the...
Deadly Belgian-Born Nigerian Striker Dessers On Target Vs Feyenoord
Published: April 15, 2018
Belgian-born Nigerian striker, Cyriel Dessers was on target for Utrecht in a 3-1 away defeat to Feyenoord in their Eredivisie clash at De Kuip Stadium on Sunday afternoon.The 23-year-old who has reiterated his ambitions of turning out for the Super Eagles if opportunity calls drew his team level with a sizzling left-fo...
17-Year-Old Okafor Hoping To Follow In The Footsteps Of Ike Shorunmu, Named In Basel 18
Published: April 15, 2018
The 17-year-old Nigerian winger Noah Okafor is close to making his professional debut for Swiss powerhouse FC Basel.During the January transfer window, Basel announced with pride that the teenager has penned his first professional contract with the club and handed the number eleven jersey.However, Okafor had failed to ...
Official: Strongest Nigerian Player Signs New One-Year Deal With Wycombe Wanderers
Published: April 15, 2018
Adebayo Akinfenwa has been rewarded with a new one-year deal by EFL League Two club Wycombe Wanderers, the Chairboys have informed via their official webpage.It means the prolific striker will remain at Adams Park until at least the end of the 2018-2019 campaign.Regarded as Nigeria's strongest player, Akinfenwa has tal...
Ex-Nigeria U20 Captain Ajagun Scores Eighth Goal Of The Season For Kortrijk
Published: April 15, 2018
Ex-Nigeria U20 skipper Abdul Ajagun was on target for Kortrijk as they claimed a 2-0 win over Lierse in the Belgian First Division A playoffs on Saturday.Jeremy Perbet opened the scoring for the visitors at the Herman Vanderpoortenstadion in the 33rd minute, bundling home the ball from a corner.Twelve minutes into the ...
Fanendo Adi Nine Goals Shy Of Equaling Portland Timbers Leading Scorer In History
Published: April 15, 2018
Fanendo Adi netted his first goal in Major League Soccer since July 5, 2017 as Portland Timbers beat Minnesota United FC 3-2 Saturday night at Providence Park.On 74 minutes, the former Super Eagles invitee redirected a shot into the net and in doing so he tallied his 52nd career goal for the Timbers, which is the secon...
Torino Midfielder Joel Obi: I Rejected Italian National Team To Play For Nigeria
Published: April 14, 2018
Torino attacking midfielder Joel Obi has revealed that he rejected an approach to play for Italy at international level as he wanted to represent Nigeria where he was born.Five years after turning down the Italian Football Federation request, Obi was handed his Super Eagles debut by Samson Siasia in the national team's...
Nigerian Exports: Solomon-Otabor, S. Ameobi, Ugbo, Okenabirhie, Akintunde, Eze Score
Published: April 14, 2018
Catch up on the Nigerian players that were on target for their respective clubs in the European Leagues on Saturday, April 14.We start off at Bloomfield Road where Blackpool faced Fleetwood Town. The home team came from behind to beat the Cod Army 2-1, with Viv Solomon-Otabor volleying home the equalizer two minutes fr...
Super Eagles Captain Mikel Scores Cheeky Goal In Tianjin Teda Win
Published: April 14, 2018
Former Chelsea ace John Obi Mikel opened his account for the season in Tianjin Teda's 2-1 win over Guangzhou R&F F.C. on match day six in the Chinese Super League on Saturday, April 14 at the Tianjin Olympic Sports Centre.Guangzhou R&F opened the scoring through Zhizhao Chen in the 9th minute but Mikel equalized for th...
ADO Den Haag Coach Hints Ebuehi Will Return To Starting XI Vs Twente
Published: April 13, 2018
Speaking to reporters at Friday's press conference ahead of tomorrow's Eredivisie clash against Twente, ADO Den Haag coach Alfons Groenendijk has hinted that Tyronne Ebuehi will return to the starting eleven.The Nigeria international was not available for selection in his team's 3-3 draw vs FC Utrecht last weekend as a...
Huddersfield Town Expert : Young Philip Billing Has A Lot Of Potential
Published: April 13, 2018
Ahead of Watford's Premier League clash against Huddersfield Town at The John Smith's Stadium, the official website of the Hornets approached Blake Welton from the Huddersfield Examiner to give the lowdown on the Terriers.Welton explained that Denmark U21 international of Nigerian descent Philip Billing has yet to esta...
Nigeria's World Cup Rivals Sweating On The Fitness Of First-Choice GK, Mourinho Confirms
Published: April 13, 2018
Nigeria's World Cup rivals, Argentina, are sweating on the fitness of their first-choice goalkeeper Sergio Romero a month before national team boss Jorge Luis Sampaoli is expected to announce his roster for the 2018 World Cup.Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho confirmed on Friday that the South American goalkeeper...
Nigeria U17 Coach Manu Garba: Golden Eaglets Camp Has Not Opened
Published: April 13, 2018
Nigeria U17 coach Manu Garba has emphasized that the Golden Eaglets get-together has yet to start, contrary to reports in the local media that the team has already begun preparations in Abuja.Indeed Garba was only at the FIFA Goal Project to run the rule over the Nigeria U15 team and the schoolboys are in camp for a on...