DO YOU KNOW THE FIRST PLAYER TO CAPTAIN THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM?

Etim Henshaw

Richard Etim Henshaw who played for the defunct Marine FC of Lagos is the first player to captain the Nigeria national team. He led the first ever assembled Nigeria national team (that is now the Super Eagles) for the tour of UK in 1949. The team toured the United Kingdom and impressed in seven friendly matches which they played bare–footed. 

After the tour of UK, the Nigerian team returned to Africa and played its first international match against Serra Leone in Freetown on October 8, 1949 and it was Henshaw that also captained the Nigeria squad to a 2-0 victory. He died in his home in Calabar at the age of 89 on November 18, 2009.

DO YOU KNOW THE PERUVIAN PLAYER THAT RETIRED AGAINST THE SUPER EAGLES OF NIGERIA WITH THE MOST CAPPED RECORD?

Roberto Palacios of Peru

Roberto Palacios who played as a midfielder mostly for Sporting Cristal, which was the club he started his career won the most caps for the La Blanquirroja (The White and Red) National Football Team of Peru with 128 caps from 1992, scoring 19 goals in the process.

He retired from the Peruvian team on May 25, 2012 against the Super Eagles of Nigeria in Lima in an international friendly they won 1-0.

DO YOU KNOW THE ENGLAND GOALKEEPER IN THEIR INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY MATCH AGAINST THE SUPER EAGLES OF NIGERIA IN NOVEMBER 1994?

Tim Flowers

When Nigeria's Super Eagles played England in an international friendly at the Wembley Stadium, London in November 1994, Tim Flowers was in goal for the Three Lions. He earned 11 caps for England from 1993 to 1998. 

He was in the squads for both UEFA Euro 96 in England and the France 1998 FIFA World Cup where he played as cover for David Seaman all through. He retired following the 2002/2003 season.

 

DO YOU KNOW WHEN NDUKA UGBADE SCORED HIS FIRST INTERNATIONAL GOAL FOR THE SUPER EAGLES OF NIGERIA?

Nduka Ugbade who captained Nigeria to the first FIFA U-17 World Cup in China 1985, scored his first international goal for the Super Eagles of Nigeria in a Tunisia 1994 CAF African Cup of Nations qualifiers against Ethiopia played in 1993 at the National Stadium Surulere, Lagos in a 7-1 routing.

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–)

DID YOU KNOW WHEN STEPHEN KESHI MADE HIS DEBUT FOR THE SUPER EAGLES?

Stephen Keshi

Former Super Eagles skipper, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi fondly called The Big Boss made his debut for the then Green Eagles of Nigeria as a substitute for Christian Chukwu in a Espana 82 FIFA World Cup qualifier against the Desert Warriors of Algeria in 1981 which ended in a 0-2 home defeat at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.