Showing posts with label AFCON. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AFCON. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

HOW MANY GOALS DID EMMANUEL SCORED TO LEAD THE SCORING CHART FOR THE JOINT GERMANY 2006 FIFA WORLD CUP AND EGYPT 2006 AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS QUALIFIERS?

Emmanuel Adebayor

Under Nigeria's Stephen Keshi, Emmanuel Adebayor scored 11 goals to finish TopScorer in the Germany 2006 FIFA World Cup and Egypt 2006 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) joint qualifiers for the Hawks of Togo. On February 10, 2009, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) picked Adebayor as the African Footballer of the Year for 2008 at an awards ceremony held in Lagos, Nigeria.




Wednesday, November 16, 2011

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY HEAD COACHES JOSEPH YOBO HAS PLAYED UNDER SINCE HE MADE HIS DEBUT FOR THE SUPER EAGLES OF NIGERIA?

Joseph Yobo doing his thing for the  Super Eagles
Joseph Yobo made his debut for the Super Eagles of Nigeria against the Chipolopolo of Zambia on March 24th, 2001 in a Mali 2002 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier. He has earned over 86 caps for his country which makes him the most capped. He equalled the 86 caps barrier held by Muda Lawal and Nwankwo Kanu against the same Chipolopolo of Zambia on November 15th, 2011 at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna in an international friendly. 

So far, he has played under 10 managers with seven of them Nigerians and the remaining three foreigners. These are the following managers Yobo has played under:





Jo Bonfrere (1999–2001)
Shaibu Amodu (2001–2002)
Adegboyega Onigbinde (2002)
Christian Chukwu (2002–2005)
Augustine Eguavoen (2005–2007)
Berti Vogts (2007–2008)
James Peters (2008)
Shaibu Amodu (2008–2010)
Lars Lagerbäck (2010)
Augustine Eguavoen (2010)
Samson Siasia (2010–2011)
Stephen Keshi (2011–)