Nigerian-Born Attack-Minded Duo Get On The Score-Sheet For Millwall, Barnsley
Published: April 23, 2018
Lagos-born Fred Onyedinma was on song for the U23s of Millwall in their 2-1 victory over Burnley in their final Professional Development League fixture of the season on Monday afternoon at the Den.The attacking midfielder opened the scoring for the Lions after ten minutes of play with a breathtaking effort, curling a s...
Chelsea Disagree With Nigerian Defender, Hull City : It Was An Own Goal
Published: April 23, 2018
Chelsea have disagreed with Hull City over the goal they credited to England U21 international of Nigerian descent Fikayo Tomori last weekend, saying it was an own goal.As the Blues are his parent club, it may not have helped the right back's case of claiming to have scored his first professional goal against Bristol C...
Tottenham Loanee Eligible For Nigeria Makes EFL Team Of The Week
Published: April 23, 2018
Tottenham Hotspur loanee Josh Onomah has been recognized by the English Football League for his outstanding performance this past weekend after making its Team of the Week.The Aston Villa midfielder helped his team claim a 4-0 win at Ipswich Town, setting up the two goals scored by Lewis Grabban in the second half.Onom...
Red-Hot Chelsea Striker Named Number One Player In WSL
Published: April 23, 2018
Dazzling Chelsea striker, Fran Kirby has been recognized for her influential performances in the English WSL with the Professional Footballers Association Women's Player of the Year award.The Blues Ladies goal poacher was one of five players from Chelsea to be shortlisted for the award alongside her teammates Millie Br...
Nigeria U17s To Hand Call-Up To The New Victor Moses For Qualifiers
Published: April 23, 2018
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that Nigeria U17 head coach Manu Garba has drawn up a list of players he intends to invite for the Golden Eaglets get-together. Having scoured the country in search of the most promising youngsters, two players certain to be named on the roster for the training camp are Timothy Peace an...
Golden Eaglets Coach Manu Garba Scouts 'Big' Ghana U17 Players, Neglected By NFF
Published: April 23, 2018
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that Nigeria U17 coach Manu Garba has returned to the country after a scouting trip to Ghana, where he traveled to monitor two-time world champions Black Starlets.Since February 2018, Garba and his lieutenants have been pleading with the Nigeria Football Federation for the Golden Eaglet...
Victor Moses Reacts To Chelsea's FA Cup Win Vs Southampton
Published: April 23, 2018
Nigeria Player of the Year Victor Moses was delighted that Chelsea are through to their second successive Emirates FA Cup final following their 2-0 win over Southampton at the National Stadium in London on Sunday.Olivier Giroud opened the scoring shortly after the restart before Alvaro Morata made sure of the win with ...
Celtic, RB Leipzig Monitoring The Situation Of Arsenal GK Of Nigerian Descent
Published: April 23, 2018
It is being speculated that promising English-born Nigerian goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo could depart Arsenal in the summer transfer window.The Mirror UK is reporting that Arsenal risk losing one of their best teenage prospects and he is being targeted by RB Leipzig and Celtic.As previously reported by this website, Okonk...
Nigerian Team Of The Week : Moses, Ighalo, Simy, Idowu, Mikel Named
Published: April 23, 2018
The past week saw a lot of accolades pouring in for Nigerians who proved instrumental yet again for their various clubs in picking up results abroad. Allnigeriasoccer.com has compiled the best of these ones in its Team of the Week as follows..GoalkeeperAustin Ejide (Hapoel Hadera): The Nigerian goalkeeper helped his te...
Eagles Stars Etebo & Ezekiel Unable To Save Las Palmas From Relegation
Published: April 22, 2018
Oghenekaro Etebo, Imoh Ezekiel and Emmanuel Emenike have failed to aid struggling struggling UD Las Palmas's bid for survival after their relegation was confirmed after a 4-0 defeat against Deportivo Alaves on Sunday evening.A double from the opposition's Mohammed Munir as well as strikes from Alvaro Medran and Ruben S...
Rabiu Ibrahim, Igiebor & Udoji Score First Goals For Clubs; Onyeka Grabs Dramatic Equalizer
Published: April 22, 2018
Allnigeriasoccer.com's roundup on the Nigerian players that were on target for their respective foreign clubs in league matches on Sunday, April 22.We start off in Slovakia, where Rabiu Ibrahim currently plies his trade. The 2007 Fifa U17 World Cup-winning midfielder netted his first goal in the Fortuna Liga as Slovan ...
Crotone's Simy Joins Joel Obi As Nigeria's Sixth Top Scorer In Serie A History
Published: April 22, 2018
Simeon Tochukwu Nwankwo continued his recent good form in front of goal after finding the net for Crotone in their impressive 2-1 road win over Udinese in the Italian Serie A on Sunday.Following his heroics against the champions Juventus on Wednesday, manager Walter Zenga had no choice but to include the lanky striker ...
Mainz Defender Leon Balogun Joins Super Eagles Walking Wounded
Published: April 22, 2018
Leon Balogun has joined the Super Eagles walking wounded and was unavailable for selection when Mainz 05 faced off with Augsburg at the WWK Arena on Sunday afternoon in a Bundesliga tie.This will certainly be bad news for Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr as he is also sweating on the fitness of three players he is pla...
Nigeria's Best Moses Impresses As Chelsea Set Up FA Cup Final Date With Man Utd
Published: April 22, 2018
Chelsea moved into the finals of the Emirates FA on Sunday afternoon after beating Southampton 2-0 in their semifinal meeting at Wembley.Victor Moses made his second FA Cup appearance for the Blues this season and was impressive while Argentine goalkeeper, Willy Caballero was also preferred in goal by Chelsea.Caballero...
Leicester City Loanee Ahmed Musa Saves CSKA Moscow From Defeat Again
Published: April 22, 2018
Ahmed Musa saved CSKA Moscow from defeat again after the capital outfit battled back from a goal down and scored twice in the second half to overcome Krasnodar 2-1 on game week 27 on Sunday afternoon.Exactly a week ago, the Leicester City loanee netted a crucial 78th minute equalizer as the Muscovites were forced to a ...