Nigerian Players in the La Liga: Full List (43)

43 Nigerian footballers have played for La Liga clubs according to Wikidata, most often at Atlético Madrid (6), FC Barcelona (6), Málaga CF (4). 5 are in the league now: Ademola Lookman, Arnaut Danjuma, Sadiq Umar, Tani Oluwaseyi, Kelechi Nwakali.

Player	Club(s)	Years	Apps	Goals
Obafemi Martins	Levante UD	2012–2013	21	7
Ademola Lookman now	Atlético Madrid	2026–now	12	4
Victor Obinna	Málaga CF	2009–2010	26	4
Victor Ikpeba	Real Betis Balompié	2001–2002	3	0
Emmanuel Amunike	FC Barcelona	1996–2000	19	1
Kalu Uche	Levante UD, RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	2000–2015	31	11
Arnaut Danjuma now	Valencia CF, Villarreal CF	2021–now	66	17
Sadiq Umar now	Valencia CF, Real Sociedad	2022–now	–	–
Finidi George	Real Betis Balompié	1996–2000	130	38
Samu Aghehowa	Deportivo Alavés, Atlético Madrid	2023–2024	34	8
Moses Simon	Levante UD	2018–2020	23	1
Francis Uzoho	Deportivo de A Coruña, Elche CF	?–	–	–
Mutiu Adepoju	Racing de Santander, Real Sociedad, Real Madrid Club de Fútbol	1992–	213	33
Tani Oluwaseyi now	Villarreal CF	2025–now	27	2
Ikechukwu Uche	Getafe CF, Villarreal CF, Málaga CF	2007–	140	44
Peter Rufai	Deportivo de A Coruña	1997–1999	9	0
Wilfred Agbonavbare	Rayo Vallecano	1990–1996	177	0
Bartholomew Ogbeche	Deportivo Alavés	2006–2007	29	5
Akor Adams	Sevilla FC	2025–2026	36	10
Benedict Iroha	Elche CF	1997–1998	1	0
Rasheedat Ajibade	Atlético Madrid	2021–2025	54	16
Haruna Babangida	FC Barcelona	?–	–	–
Nosa Igiebor	Real Betis Balompié	2012–2014	26	2
Stephen Sunday	Club Atlético Osasuna, Valencia CF, Real Betis Balompié	2007–2011	21	0
Toni Payne	Sevilla FC	2018–2024	136	24
Elohor Godswill	FC Barcelona	?–	–	–
Kelechi Nwakali now	Sociedad Deportiva Huesca	2019–now	–	–
Samuel Okunowo	FC Barcelona	1998–2001	14	0
Yusuf Otubanjo	Atlético Madrid	2011–2012	10	5
Christopher Kanu	Deportivo Alavés	2001–2001	5	0
Charity Ogbenyealu Adule	Deportivo de A Coruña	?–	–	–
Chidiebere Nwakali	Málaga CF	2015–2015	–	–
Bobsam Elejiko	Málaga CF	1999–2000	–	–
Abass Lawall	Atlético Madrid	2000–2001	6	0
Samson Kayode	Atlético Madrid	2011–2011	0	0
Ezekiel Bassey	FC Barcelona	?–	–	–
Emeka Ifejiagwa	Club Atlético Osasuna	1999–2000	4	0
Esther Onyenezide	Real Madrid Club de Fútbol	?–	–	–
Mohammed Goyi Aliyu	Villarreal CF	2010–2011	–	–
Elvis Onyema	FC Barcelona	?–	–	–
Henry Makinwa	Rayo Vallecano	1997–1997	0	0
Musa Yahaya	RC Celta de Vigo	?–	–	–
Daniel Miracle	Athletic Club	2022–2023	–	–

Nigerian players in the La Liga