Juventus Whizkid Becomes First Nigerian Player Born This Century To Feature In The Serie A
Published: April 15, 2019
Paolo Gozzi Iweru has become the first player of Nigerian descent born this century to feature in the Italian Serie A, allnigeriasoccer.com reports. Born April 25, 2001, Iweru made his full debut for the Italian champions as they suffered a 2-1 loss to SPAL on Saturday, aged 17 years, 11 months and 19 days. Iwer...
Meet Jonathan Amon, The Nigeria-Eligible Winger In Line To Face The Flying Eagles At 2019 World Cup
Published: April 15, 2019
In more ways than one, Jonathan Amon's career arc has been repleted with a lot of intrigues and interesting caveats. Right from his teething years as a football pro, the 19-year-old winger has had to make a lot of tough decisions even at such tender years, and that includes having to part with his family for long pe...
Hearts' Ikpeazu Relishing First Career Final After Scoring In Scottish Cup Semis
Published: April 15, 2019
Uche Ikpeazu is delighted with the prospect of leading the lines for Hearts of Midlothian in the Scottish FA Cup final after scoring in their 3-0 win versus Inverness CT in the semifinals.The former Dream Team VI invitee has never played in a final game in his senior career, having represented a plethora of clubs, the ...
Tanzania Coach Post-Match : Every Word On Failing To Protect Lead, Golden Eaglets Injured Player, Game Management
Published: April 15, 2019
The first game of the U17 Africa Cup of Nations was a record breaking one as five-time world champions Nigeria outscored Tanzania 5-4 in a nine-goal thriller. Speaking at the post-match press conference, Tanzania coach Oscar Milambo has blamed his team's loss on the inconsistency of his inexperienced players. H...
Manu Garba Post-Match : Every Word On Golden Eaglets Comeback Win, Disputed Penalties, Missed Chances & More
Published: April 15, 2019
Golden Eaglets coach Manu Garba attended the mandatory post-match press conference shortly after the five-time world champions beat hosts Tanzania 5-4 in the opening match of the 2019 U17 Africa Cup of Nations. The 2013 U17 World Cup-winning manager admitted that his team could have been at least eight goals up in ...
Arsenal Invincible Tips Chukwueze For Greatness As Super Eagles Young Star Lifts Villarreal Vs Girona
Published: April 15, 2019
Villarreal and Nigeria winger Samuel Chukwueze scored his team's only goal in a crucial win against Girona at the Estadi Municipal de Montilivi on Sunday evening which lifted the Yellow Submarine to the 15th position in the Spanish La Liga table and that performance caught the attention of Arsenal legend Laureano Bisan...
Super Eagles To Pocket N1.6 Billion In Prize Money If They Win 2019 AFCON
Published: April 14, 2019
All the countries competing at this summer's Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt will receive at least $600,000 each, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced following the draw that took place in Cairo on Friday, April 12. For the first time in the history of the competition, 24 teams are participating ...
Golden Eaglets 'Little Messi' Wins CAF's First Man Of The Match Award At U17 AFCON
Published: April 14, 2019
Sidos FC super kid Akinkunmi Amoo has been recognized for his outstanding performance in the Golden Eaglets 5-4 win over Tanzania in the opening match of the U17 Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday afternoon, with the Confederation of African Football officially naming him as the Man of the Match, allnigeriasoccer.com unde...
Nigerians Abroad : Dream Team Wingers Okereke, Chukwueze; Ex Flying Eagles Stars Obasi, Fatai Among The Scorers
Published: April 14, 2019
Allnigeriasoccer.com's round-up of the Nigeria-eligible players on target for their European clubs in league matches on Sunday, April 14. In the Italian Serie B, Nigeria U23 international David Okereke took his tally for the season to 9 goals from 26 games after scoring in the 57th minute of Spezia's 3-2 win against...
Is German-Born Okoye the Best Solution To Super Eagles Goalkeeper Problem?
Published: April 14, 2019
Super Eagles goalkeeping department remains the only position giving Nigerians sleepless night ahead of the 2019 AFCON, no thanks to some costly errors from Francis Uzoho.Since Vincent Enyeama's retirement from international football and Carl Ikeme's untimely retirement due to his illness, the African giants are yet to...
Three Takeaways From Golden Eaglets Last-ditch Win Over Tanzania In AFCON Opener
Published: April 14, 2019
The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria began their quest for second AFCON trophy with a narrow win against Tanzania who are the host nation.Goals from Ibraheem Jabaar, Akin Amoo, Wisdom Ubani (brace), and Olatomi Alfred were all the team needed to record their first win of the competition.However, here are the top three lessons...
Nigeria U17 Player Ratings : Ubani Sensational; Amoo Sparkles; Jabaar Joker; GK Shaibu & Ikenna Shaky
Published: April 14, 2019
Manu Garba's lads edged Tanzania in a nine-goal thriller at the Dar Es Salam National Stadium to kick off the 2019 U-17 AFCON on Sunday. Allnigeriasoccer.com runs the rule on the players in action thus : The Starters GoalkeeperSuleiman Shaibu: Didn't look convincing and found it difficult to stop the goals from ...
Tanzania 4 Nigeria 5 : Ubani, Amoo, Olaniyan, Jabaar On Target As AFCON Record Is Set
Published: April 14, 2019
Nigeria's Golden Eaglets opened their CAF U-17 AFCON tournament with a goal-laden 5-4 win over hosts Tanzania at the Dar Es Salam National Stadium on Sunday afternoon. It was the highest scoring game in U17 AFCON history, surpassing the Seychelles vs Mali, Cameroon vs Ethiopia and Nigeria vs Eritrea matches that pro...
U17 AFCON: Chelsea, Bournemouth Starlets Omitted As Nigeria Announce Starting XI Vs Tanzania
Published: April 14, 2019
Golden Eaglets head coach, Manu Garba has announced his starting line-up for Sunday afternoon's Africa U17 Cup of Nations opening match against Tanzania at the National Stadium, Dar es Salaam. Suleman Shaibu has held off the challenge of Bournemouth U16 star Joseph Oluwabusola and starts in goal for the five-time wo...
Guinea Captain On AFCON Draw : No Need To Delude Yourself, Nigeria Is The Favorite
Published: April 14, 2019
Borussia Mönchengladbach's Guinea winger Ibrahima Traoré has provided some reaction to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations draw that took place in Cairo on Friday and believes the Super Eagles are the favorites to progress to the round of sixteen in Group B. In an easy looking group on paper, the Super Eagles will also...