EA Sports has confirmed the top 20 fastest players with the highest pace attributes ahead of the official release of FIFA 21 at the beginning of October and a Nigerian player cracked the list.

With a pace rating of 94, CSKA Moscow summer acquisition Chidera Ejuke is the 17th fastest player on the planet.

The Super Eagles hopeful has an overall rating of 75 and his next valuable attribute is dribbling at 78; the left winger has 69 shooting, 61 passing, 59 physicality and 37 defence.

Wolverhampton Wanderers winger Adama Traoré leads the way with PSG's Kylian Mbappé and Bayern Munich's Alphonso Davies as the players with most pace in FIFA 21.

Two players of Nigerian descent in the shape of Wycombe Wanderers' Adebayo Akinfenwa and Orlando City's Daryl Dike feature among the top 20 strongest players in the world.

Nicknamed the 'Beast', Akinfenwa is the top-rated player when it comes to strength at 97, followed by Dike (96), Aleksander Vukotić (Waasland-Beveren, 95), Romelu Lukaku (Inter, 95) and Armando Méndez (Nacional de Montevideo, 95).

Bayo's overall rating is 65 while the younger brother of Super Eagles striker Bright Dike is rated a 61.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel