Browsing: Ahmed Musa

The Super Eagles are to dwell with the Blue Sharks of Cape Verde at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos on Tuesday.

The Napoli striker scored from the spot in the 15 minute of the tie against the Lone Star of Liberia, who are rock-bottom of Group C in Tangier, Morocco on Saturday

The Fatih Karagümrük of Turkey striker made his 101st cap against the Central African Republic national football team.

The Fatih Karagumruk star was named in Gernot Rohr’s starting XI as the Super Eagles hope to avenge their defeat to the Wild Beasts as well as boost their chances of qualifying for Qatar 2022.

“We defer to FIFA in this regard, so Ahmed Musa has 98 caps. If he features, as expected, in the home-and-away matches against Central African Republic in October, he will clock the tally of 100 and the celebrations will follow in full flow,” NFF’s Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire, said on Wednesday.

The former Leicester City forward, 28, could now go on to surpass the 102 caps record currently held by goalkeeper Enyeama

Tuesday’s encounter in the Group C qualifier is scheduled for the 5,000-capactiy Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena.

The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying tie against Liberia at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos kicks off at 5pm Nigeria time

The Istanbul-based club reportedly beat Galatasaray and Besiktas to the signing of the former Leicester City attacker.

The Kano Pillars returnee got married in a low-key ceremony to a Shuwa woman identified as Maryam at the weekend.

“We are not happy to have created so many chances and fail to score. We will approach the game differently on Tuesday.

Andre Zambo Anguissa caught goalkeeper Maduka Okoye napping with a ferocious grounder after latching on to William Ekong’s interception nine minutes before the break at the Stadion Wiener Neustadt.

On Tuesday, 18 players were on hand to limber up at the training pitch of the Stadion Wiener Neustadt in Vienna, where both fierce rivals will do battle in what is their first clash in two years.

The list also has goalkeepers Maduka Okoye and Francis Uzoho, defenders Ola Aina and Chidozie Awaziem, midfielders Wilfred Ndidi and Abdullahi Shehu, and forwards Victor Osimhen, Kelechi Iheanacho, Moses Simon and Simy Nwankwo,

Rilwan Malikawa, Media Officer, Kano Pillars Football Club, said in a statement in Kano that the donation was for the construction of a mosque in the school premises.

Musa trained for the first time with his new teammates, the majority of whom were not yet at Pillars when he played for the club almost a decade ago

Musa penned the contract at the club’s secretariat in Kano on Thursday evening.

Owolabi, a former player of IICC Shooting Stars, now known as Ibadan Shooting Stars, told the News Agency of Nigeria of Nigeria that Musa’s move will further boost the Nigeria Professional Football League,

Musa has been a free agent since parting ways with Saudi Pro League side Al Nassr on October 25, 2020.

Since leaving the Saudi Arabian League in October 2020, the forward has not joined another club despite being linked with a return to the Premier League.