Awaziem closing in on Hajduk Split record held by Croatia legend Slaven Bilic
Published: October 10, 2022
Super Eagles star Chidozie Awaziem is closing in on a record held by legendary Croatia central defender Slaven Bilic, who now coaches several Nigerian players at Watford.    According to Croatia daily sports newspaper based in Zagreb, Sportske novosti, Awaziem is one goal away from equaling Bilic as the topsco...
Lorient's Super Eagles striker best-rated player in Ligue 1 Team of the Week 
Published: October 10, 2022
As expected, Terem Moffi has earned a Team of the Week inclusion for his outstanding performance during Lorient's 2-1 win at Stade Brestois in the tenth round of matches in the French Ligue 1.   Lorient are one of the most in-form teams in the top five European Leagues at the moment with six consecutive wi...
Nigerian exports : Omeruo, Dessers, Schade, Yakubu open accounts; Lookman, Oseni also score
Published: October 09, 2022
Allnigeriasoccer.com's review of the Nigeria-eligible players that found the net for their respective European and Asian clubs in league matches on Sunday, October 9, 2022.    We begin with the Italian Serie A, where two Nigeria attack-minded players got on the scoresheet.    Atalanta maintained the...
Moffi joins Neymar and Mbappe as the hottest strikers in Ligue 1 after brace for Lorient 
Published: October 09, 2022
Super Eagles forward Terem Moffi bagged a brace in FC Lorient's victory over Stade Brestois 29. Brest suffered a 2-1 loss to FC Lorient in a Ligue 1 Uber Eats encounter held at Stade Francis-Le Ble on Sunday. Moffi's brace handed the Brittany based side their eight win in ten league games, taking them...
Nigerian exports : Braces for Onuachu, Owoeri and Eze; Maja in red-hot form; Onyeanula opens account
Published: October 08, 2022
Allnigeriasoccer.com's review of the Nigeria-eligible players that found the net for their respective European clubs in league matches on October 8, 2022. In the Belgian Pro League, Super Eagles striker Paul Onuachu netted a brace for Racing Genk as they beat K.V. Kortrijk 2-1 at the Cegeka Arena.   ...
EFL wrap : Burnley's Tella, Cardiff's Ojo, Burton Albion's Adeboyejo, Owls' Dele-Bashiru strike 
Published: October 08, 2022
Allnigeriasoccer.com's round-up of the players of Nigerian descent on target for their respective clubs in English Football League matches on Saturday, October 8.   In the Championship, Southampton loanee Nathan Tella continued his good form with the match-winning strike for Burnley in a 1-0 win over Coventr...
Bassey scores first goal for Ajax Amsterdam after summer move from Rangers
Published: October 08, 2022
Calvin Bassey was on target as Ajax Amsterdam thrashed FC Volendam 4-2 in the Dutch Eredivisie on Saturday.   It was his first goal for the four-time European champions after his summer move from Rangers in Scotland.   Serbian forward Dusan Tadic opened the scoring for the Dutch Eredivisie giants in the ...
Leicester City's Super Eagles midfielder out for 'a few weeks' with hamstring injury 
Published: October 06, 2022
Speaking to the national media in England inside the King Power Centre at LCFC Training Ground on Thursday, Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers has confirmed that he won't be able to count on Wilfred Ndidi for the Premier League game against Bournemouth.   Ndidi  was forced to leave the international tra...
Nigeria announce friendly with World Cup-bound CONCACAF team
Published: October 06, 2022
The Nigeria Football Federation have announced another international friendly for the Super Eagles. The Jose Peseiro led side will take on CONCACAF team Costa Rica in an international friendly next month. Both sides will clash on Thursday 10th of November, 2022 at the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica in San Jos...
Out-of-date jerseys and four other observations from Super Falcons' 2-0 loss to Japan
Published: October 06, 2022
The Super Falcons of Nigeria were defeated 2-0 by Japan in a pre-World Cup friendly on Thursday morning.   Second half goals from Mina Tanaka were enough to extend Nigeria's winless run against the Japanese women's football team to three.   Allnigeriasoccer.com presents five things that were noti...
Japan 2 Nigeria 0 : Super Falcons extend losing streak to five straight matches 
Published: October 06, 2022
The Super Falcons extended their losing streak to five straight games after suffering a 2-0 defeat at the hands of 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup champions, Japan in the team's latest preparatory friendly game at the Noevir stadium in Kobe ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.�...
Nigeria coach explains reason behind playing Grade A friendlies ahead of 2023 Women's World Cup
Published: October 05, 2022
Head Coach of the Super Falcons Randy Waldrum has disclosed the reason behind playing Grade A friendlies ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.  Waldrum believes that the class of teams they've been facing during the friendlies are going to help them adapt to whatever team they will have to play agains...
'We all work to be able to score' - Pacy Super Eagles star reacts after UCL goal for Porto
Published: October 05, 2022
The UEFA Champions League reached the halfway point on Tuesday night in Group B, with Porto registering a hard-fought 2-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen at Estádio do Dragão.     Porto were without a point to their name before hosting the visitors from Germany but have now climbed to second position in the grou...
UCL wrap : Sanusi strikes, Onyedika rises to the occasion, Bassey's Ajax suffer record loss, Nusa subbed in
Published: October 04, 2022
Nigerian football stars were in action for their respective clubs in matchday three of the UEFA Champions League.   It was a night of mixed fortunes for Nigeria-eligible footballers, while some had victorious outings another endured a loss.   Starting off in Group B. Zaidu Sanusi was on target for FC Port...
Former Super Eagles defender backs Flamingos to have a memorable World Cup 
Published: October 04, 2022
Former Super Eagles left back Ifeanyi Udeze has backed Nigeria's U-17 women's national team, Flamingos to have a memorable FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in India which starts on October 11.    The Flamingos will face Germany in their first World Cup game and Udeze who himself did not feature for Nigeria...