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Footballers born in Nigeria

1,565 players in our database

Birthplaces across Nigeria

ZimbabweZambiaYemenUzbekistanUnited Arab EmiratesUgandaTurkmenistanTurkeyTunisiaTogoTanzaniaSyriaeSwatiniS. SudanSudanSpainSouth AfricaSomaliaSierra LeoneSeychellesSenegalSaudi ArabiaSão Tomé and PrincipeRwandaQatarPortugalPakistanOmanNigeriaNigerNamibiaMozambiqueMoroccoW. SaharaMauritiusMauritaniaMaltaMaliMalawiMadagascarLibyaLiberiaLesothoLebanonKuwaitKenyaJordanItalyIsraelPalestineIraqIranGuinea-BissauGuineaGreeceGhanaGambiaGabonFranceEthiopiaEritreaEq. GuineaEgyptDjiboutiCyprusCôte d'IvoireDem. Rep. CongoCongoComorosChadCentral African Rep.Cabo VerdeCameroonBurundiBurkina FasoBotswanaBeninBahrainAngolaAlgeriaAfghanistanNigeria: 383Lagos: 367Kaduna: 76Jos: 55Port Harcourt: 47Ibadan: 43Benin City: 42Enugu: 41Abuja: 40Kano: 36Aba: 33Owerri: 31Warri: 30Calabar: 13Zaria: 11Ilorin: 10Onitsha: 10Gboko: 9Osogbo: 9Benue State: 8Akure: 8Imo State: 7Asaba: 6Umuahia: 6Abeokuta: 6Maiduguri: 6Sokoto: 6Akwa Ibom State: 6Anambra State: 5Uyo: 5Orlu: 5Sapele: 5Kwara State: 5Delta State: 5Lagos State: 5Makurdi: 5Oyo: 4Ondo: 4Abia State: 4Rivers State: 4Ajegunle: 4Yenegoa: 4Kano State: 4Edo State: 4Okene: 3Ughelli: 3Otukpo: 3Ogbomosho: 3Bauchi State: 3Bayelsa State: 3Cross River State: 3Obodo: 3Bauchi: 3Minna: 3Lafia: 2Abia: 2Offa: 2Ota: 2Eket: 2Brass: 2Agege: 2Keffi: 2Aboh: 2Gusau: 2Igbuzo: 2Kabba: 2Kachia: 2Ngor Okpala: 2Kaduna State: 2Katsina: 2Lokoja: 2Surulere: 2Awe: 1Ukwa West: 1Agbabiaka: 1Epe: 1Ijebu Ode: 1Ikeja: 1Oron: 1Ede: 1Abraka: 1Ikorodu: 1Iseyin: 1Jega: 1Ugbokolo: 1Sagamu: 1Tamburawa: 1Izombe: 1Ekori: 1Eruwa: 1Otukpa: 1nnewi: 1Mushin: 1Idah: 1Adamawa State: 1Enugu State: 1Ifaki: 1Auchi: 1Ogoja: 1Uromi: 1Burutu: 1Nembe: 1Oyo State: 1Niger State: 1Ebonyi State: 1Aboh-Mbaise: 1Ago Iwoye: 1Bende: 1Bori: 1Buguma: 1Damboa: 1Bonny Island: 1Ifo: 1Ikenne: 1Ikono: 1Irete: 1Itu: 1Kafanchan: 1Kono: 1Konshisha: 1Kurmi: 1Asaba-Ase: 1Ekeremor: 1Ekwulobia: 1Esan North-East: 1Ese Odo: 1Effurun: 1Nsukka: 1Osun State: 1Yobe State: 1Nwangele: 1Obowo: 1Ogbe: 1Ohafia: 1Okija: 1Oleh: 1Otuocha: 1Oyigbo: 1Umuchu: 1Ushongo: 1Ikot Ekpene: 1Nasarawa: 1Mangu: 1Mbaise: 1Mbieri: 1Modakeke: 1Mokwa: 1Ilesa: 1Badagry: 1Nasarawa State: 1

Which African teams they chose

PlayerBornBirthplaceNational teamCaps
Sunday Ibrahim1980Ibadan Nigeria
Akanni-Sunday WasiuaA1984Nigeria Nigeria
Uchechukwu Uwakwe1979Nigeria Nigeria
Paschal Okoli1997Nigeria Nigeria
Abubakar Balarabe1968Nigeria Nigeria2
Alfred Emuejeraye1983Lagos Nigeria
Akombo Ukeyima1987Mokwa Nigeria
Ayo Saka1992Nigeria Nigeria
Baldwin Bazuaye1968Nigeria Nigeria7
Amusa Shittu1937Jos Nigeria
Bernard Okorowanta1986Lagos Nigeria
Azeez Shobowale Shobola1992Nigeria Nigeria
Blessing Okardi1988Nigeria Nigeria
Charles Okonkwo1965Enugu Nigeria32
Daniel Itodo1991Benue State Nigeria
Ifeanyi Ifeanyi1995Lagos Nigeria
Ibrahim Mustapha1996Maiduguri Nigeria
Daniel Onyekachi1985Port Harcourt Nigeria
David Oniya1985Lagos Nigeria
David Opara1985Lagos Nigeria
Dela Yampolsky1988Nigeria Nigeria
Christian Inyam1991Ikeja Nigeria
Cornelius Udebuluzor1974Nigeria Nigeria
Daddy Bazuaye1988Lagos Nigeria
Dimaku Fidelis1989Lagos Nigeria
Emanuel Oletu1983Lagos Nigeria
Echiabhi Okodugha1988Lagos Nigeria
Emilio John1950Lagos Nigeria
Emmanuel Baba1985Nigeria Nigeria6
Francis Kumbur1979Lagos Nigeria1
Felix Chimaokwu1985Nigeria Nigeria
Felix Orode1990Lagos Nigeria
Ernest Jeremiah Chukwuma1985Nigeria Nigeria
Ernest Simon1985Nigeria Nigeria
Godwin Abadaki1993Kwara State Nigeria
Waheed Oseni1988Nigeria Nigeria
Henry Ekubo1982Jos Nigeria2
Jeremiah Ani1985Kaduna Nigeria6
Jerome Ogbuefi1991Nigeria Nigeria
John Chiedozie1960Owerri Nigeria
John Olufemi1984Lagos Nigeria
Ojo Olorunleke1995Kabba Nigeria
Joseph Nwafor1983Lagos Nigeria
Josiah Maduabuchi1988Lagos Nigeria
Kennedy Eriba1990Jos Nigeria
Kennedy Ihenacho1990Owerri Nigeria
Kenneth Olayombo1947Calabar Nigeria
John Junior Igbarumah1992Nigeria Nigeria
Kingsley Akpososo1990Brass Nigeria
Jacob Adebanjo1993Lagos Nigeria
Manny Motajo1970Nigeria Nigeria
Michael Augustine1992Kano Nigeria
Michael Onwatuegwu1987Onitsha Nigeria
Michael Tayo1987Nigeria Nigeria
Emmanuel Iwe2000Lagos Nigeria
Obi Emmanuel Moneke1983Nigeria Nigeria
Ojembe Olatuga1988Lagos Nigeria
Okechukwu Odita1983Nigeria Nigeria1
Osa Guobadia1987Benin City Nigeria
Peter Nieketien1968Port Harcourt Nigeria
Oladipupo Martins1983Lagos Nigeria
Prince Abedi1984Port Harcourt Nigeria
Salas Okechukwu1989Nigeria Nigeria
Raphael Udah1989Nigeria Nigeria
Prince Ihekwoaba1988Lagos Nigeria
Prince Olomu1986Maiduguri Nigeria
Samson Omeruah1943Zaria Nigeria
Sibi Gwar1987Gboko Nigeria
Segun Oluwaniyi1982Oyo State Nigeria
Segun Ikudehinbu1989Lagos Nigeria
Sunday Patrick Okoro1986Abuja Nigeria
Sunday Rotimi1980Nigeria Nigeria
Uga Okpara1982Nigeria Nigeria
Josephine Mathias1999Kaduna Nigeria
Waidi Akanni1968Surulere Nigeria
Michael Ohanu1998Kano Nigeria
Umar Bala Mohammed1998Kaduna Nigeria
Minusu Buba1984Nigeria Nigeria
Samson Iyede1998Delta State Nigeria
Oluwatobiloba Alagbe2000Nigeria Nigeria
Tosin Otubajo1984Ajegunle Nigeria
Solomon Oladele1990Lagos Nigeria
Mohammed Usman1980Okene Nigeria
Ike Udeh1973Nigeria Nigeria
Joshua Izuchukwu1984Onitsha Nigeria
Badmus Babatunde1986Nigeria Nigeria
Ayotunde Ikuepamitan1996Ondo Nigeria
Idris Nuradeen2002Kaduna Nigeria
Korede Adedoyin2000Lagos Nigeria
Ibrahim Tomiwa1998Lagos Nigeria
Sanni Issa1991Nigeria Nigeria
Stephen Famewo1983Lagos Nigeria
Johnbosco Kalu1997Nigeria Nigeria
Chukwuma Eze2003Lagos Nigeria
Ibraheem Mahfus Ajasa2005Lagos Nigeria
Linda Jiwuaku2006Nigeria Nigeria
Seimeyeha Akekoromowei2007Ese Odo Nigeria
Elijah Odede2007Ogbomosho Nigeria
Kelvin Ajuluchukwu Igwe1987Enugu Nigeria
Chukwudi Chukwuma1994Benin City Nigeria
Isaac Oliseh1993Nigeria Nigeria
Osita Henry Chikere1991Mbaise Nigeria
Solomonson Izuchukwuka1988Ekwulobia Nigeria
Efe Jerry Obode1989Nigeria Nigeria
Ifeanyi Edeh1990Nigeria Nigeria
Nnadozie Ugonna Ezenwaka1994Nigeria Nigeria
Joseph Ladipo1941Ibadan Nigeria
Ikenna Hilary1991Nigeria Nigeria
Ikechukwu GabrielNigeria Nigeria
Kelechi Francis Ibekwe1984Lagos Nigeria
Ganiyu Owolabi1973Ilorin Nigeria
George Oyebode Oyedepo1985Lagos Nigeria
Loveday Enyinnaya1989Warri Nigeria
Mohammed Aliyu1995Orlu Nigeria
Daniel Odafin1989Lagos Nigeria
Oghogho Oduokpe1992Oleh Nigeria
Qudus Lawal1995Nigeria Nigeria
Hoàng Vissai1985Nigeria Nigeria
Lucky Omeruo1995Abuja Nigeria
Gabriel Steven1994Lagos Nigeria
Francis Chibuike1993Ajegunle Nigeria
Kareem Omolaja1990Lagos Nigeria
Gerald Diyoke1996Kaduna Nigeria
Uchenna Uzo1993Lagos Nigeria
Ikechukwu Okorie1993Nigeria Nigeria
Joel Sunday1988Lagos Nigeria
Nansel Selbol1997Jos Nigeria
Victor Igbekoi1986Aba Nigeria
Maxwell Chimezie Egwuatu1991Lagos Nigeria
Kelechi Harrison1999Akwa Ibom State Nigeria
Halilu Obadaki1993Nigeria Nigeria
Ekele Udojoh1989Lagos Nigeria
Ezenwa Otorogu1987Owerri Nigeria3
Echendu Osita1987Kano Nigeria
Samuel Ogunsania1980Lagos Nigeria2
Abdulkareem Elemosho1977Kwara State Nigeria
Bimbo Fatokun Lanre1978Nigeria Nigeria
Joseph Chukwudi Obidiaso1992Orlu Nigeria
Adolphus Ofodile1979Nigeria Nigeria
Ajebitimi Gideon1981Lagos Nigeria
Andrew Esealuka1985Nigeria Nigeria
Andy Atuegbu1952Jos Nigeria
Bello Razaq1984Nigeria Nigeria
Boniface Okafor1966Nigeria Nigeria
Timothy Danladi1996Katsina Nigeria
Emeka Atuloma1992Nigeria Nigeria
Emmanuel Ariwachukwu1993Owerri Nigeria
Clement Bissong1983Calabar Nigeria
Chigozie Christopher1992Bauchi Nigeria
Chijioke Ejiogu1984Imo State Nigeria