Nigeria AFCON Squad : Iwobi Is Most Popular Player Ahead Of Mikel, Onyekuru, Chukwueze

Published: June 15, 2019

A week before Nigeria's first game at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, Arsenal winger Alex Iwobi will head into the tournament as the most popular player named to the Super Eagles roster, based on Wikipedia page views.

The Hale End Academy product has had 33,916 page views in the past 30 days on his Wikipedia entry, more than any other player in the Nigeria squad.

Second on the list is Super Eagles captain John Obi Mikel with 32,445 page views, followed by Everton's Henry Onyekuru (20,297 page views) and Villarreal's Samuel Chukwueze (19,263 page views).

The two players who are under the age of 23 have been linked with moves to other clubs since the end of the season, so it is not surprising that they have made the top four players.

The three least popular players manager Gernot Rohr took to Egypt are : Daniel Akpeyi (1,482 page views), Ikechukwu Ezenwa (1,511 page views) and Chidozie Awaziem (2,020 page views) in that order.

Super Eagles Most Popular Players (Wikipedia)

1) Alex Iwobi - 33,916 page views

2) Obi Mikel - 32,445 page views

3) Henry Onyekuru - 20,297 page views

4) Samuel Chukwueze - 19,263 page views

5) Ola Aina - 16,681 page views

6) Ahmed Musa - 13,804 page views

7) Wilfred Ndidi - 13,743 page views

8) Odion Ighalo - 9,416 page views

9) Victor Osimhen - 8,402 page views

10) Kenneth Omeruo - 5,305 page views

11) Paul Onuachu - 4,709 page views

12) Francis Uzoho - 4,062 page views

13) Leon Balogun - 4,046 page views

14) Moses Simon - 3,740 page views

15) Oghenekaro Etebo - 3,722 page views

16) Samuel Kalu - 3,230 page views

17) Troost-Ekong - 3,088 page views

18) Jamilu Collins - 2,820 page views

19) John Ogu - 2,614 page views

20) Abdullahi Shehu - 2,037 page views

21) Chidozie Awaziem - 2,020 page views

22) Ikechukwu Ezenwa - 1,511 page views

23) Daniel Akpeyi - 1,482 page views

Ifeanyi Emmanuel