List of leading goalscorers for the Nigeria national football team

This article is about Nigeria national team players with at least 6 goals. For a list of all national team players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Nigeria international footballers. For the current national team squad, see Nigeria national football team § Players.

This List of leading goalscorers for the Nigeria national football team contains football players who have played for the Nigeria national team and is listed according to their number of goals scored. The Nigeria national football team represents the nation of Nigeria in international football. It is fielded by the Nigeria Football Federation and competes as a member of Confederation of African Football.[1][2]

Players

Statistics correct as of the FIFA World Cup qualifier against Algeria on November 12, 2016

Position key: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

Rashidi Yekini (37 goals) is the all-time leading goal-scorer of the national team.
Obafemi Martins (18 goals) played his last match for the national team in a 2-0 victory in a World Cup Qualifier against Swaziland on November 17, 2015.
#NamePositionNational
team career		GoalsCapsAverage
1Rashidi YekiniFW1984–19983758 0.63
2Segun OdegbamiFW1976–19822346 0.50
3YakubuFW2000–20122157 0.36
4Ikechukwu UcheFW2007–1946 0.41
5Sunday OyarekhuaFW1971–19761728 0.60
6Obafemi MartinsFW2004–1848 0.37
7Samson SiasiaFW1984–19991651 0.31
8Julius AghahowaFW2000–20071432 0.43
9Jay Jay OkochaMF1993–20061475 0.18
10Daniel AmokachiFW1990–19991344 0.29
11Victor ObinnaFW2005–1248 0.25
12Mudashiru LawalMF1975–19851286 0.14
13Nwankwo KanuFW/MF1994–20111287 0.13
14Ahmed MusaFW2010–1158 0.18
15Peter OdemwingieFW2002–1063 0.15
16Victor MosesFW2012-927 0.33
16Emmanuel AmunikeFW1993–2001927 0.33
18Emmanuel EmenikeFW2011–2015937 0.24
19Stephen KeshiDF1981–1995964 0.14
20Benedict AkwuegbuFW2000–2005830 0.27
21Victor IkpebaFW1992–2002731 0.22
22Joseph YoboDF2001–20147101 0.07
23Humphrey Edobor1984–19897
24John UtakaFW2002–2014643 0.14
25Mutiu AdepojuMF1990–2002648 0.13
26Finidi GeorgeFW1991–2002662 0.09

See also

References

  1. ↑ "50 greatest footballers in 50 years of Nigerian Football!". Supersport.com. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Nigeria national football team statistics and records: top scorers". 11v11.com. 9 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.


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