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Nigeria U17

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ShirtEboboritse Uwejamomere (since 2026)

Africa U17 Cup of Nations

2023Knockout stage
Cuartos de finalBurkina Faso U171-2

Group stage: 2.° of Group B · 3 J · 2 G · 4-3 · 6 pts

Grupo B · Africa U17 Cup of Nations

2022/23
2.°
Position
3
Played
2
Won
4
Goals for
3
Goals against
6
Points
Goals scored per match · 6 of 11 in the competitionGoals1.25Shots on target per match · 1 of 11 in the competitionShots on target7.75Goals per 100 shots · 9 of 11 in the competitionConversion7%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 4 of 11 in the competitionClean sheets25%Average share of the ball · 2 of 11 in the competitionPossession59%Duels won over duels contested · 7 of 11 in the competitionDuels won48%

Compared with the 11 teams in Africa U17 Cup of Nations in 2022/23.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 11 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

Small sample so far: few matches played.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.256.º
Shots on target7.751.º
Conversion7%9.º
Clean sheets25%4.º
Possession59%2.º
Duels won48%7.º

Grupo B · FIFA U17 World Cup

2019/20
1.°
Position
3
Played
2
Won
8
Goals for
6
Goals against
6
Points
Goals scored per match · 4 of 24 in the competitionGoals2.25Shots on target per match · 3 of 24 in the competitionShots on target7.25Goals per 100 shots · 15 of 23 in the competitionConversion13%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 14 of 24 in the competitionClean sheets0%Average share of the ball · 9 of 24 in the competitionPossession53%Duels won over duels contested · 12 of 24 in the competitionDuels won50%

Compared with the 24 teams in FIFA U17 World Cup in 2019/20.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 24 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

Small sample so far: few matches played.

MetricValueRank
Goals2.254.º
Shots on target7.253.º
Conversion13%15.º
Clean sheets0%14.º
Possession53%9.º
Duels won50%12.º

Grupo A · Africa U17 Cup of Nations

2018/19
1.°
Position
3
Played
2
Won
7
Goals for
5
Goals against
7
Points
Goals scored per match · 2 of 8 in the competitionGoals1.60Shots on target per match · 1 of 8 in the competitionShots on target7.20Goals per 100 shots · 4 of 8 in the competitionConversion10%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 3 of 8 in the competitionClean sheets40%Average share of the ball · 2 of 8 in the competitionPossession55%Duels won over duels contested · 1 of 8 in the competitionDuels won55%

Compared with the 8 teams in Africa U17 Cup of Nations in 2018/19.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 8 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.602.º
Shots on target7.201.º
Conversion10%4.º
Clean sheets40%3.º
Possession55%2.º
Duels won55%1.º

Squad

2022/23

Goalkeepers

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
16Temiloluwa AdelakinGoalkeeperNigeria20---2023
23Gift AdieGoalkeeperNigeria19---2023
1Richard OdohGoalkeeperNigeria19---2023

Defenders

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
22Quadri AdewaleDefenderNigeria19---2023
2Yahaya LawaliDefenderNigeria20---2023
21Chijioke LinusDefenderNigeria20---2023
41Emmanuel MichaelDefenderNigeria20---2025
5Tochukwu OgbojiDefenderNigeria19---2023
6Jeremiah OlalekeDefenderNigeria20---2023
33Israel UsulorDefenderNigeria19---2026

Midfielders

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
14Anongu AondoakaaMidfielderNigeria19---2023
3Simon CletusMidfielderNigeria18---2026
26Matthew KingsleyMidfielderNigeria19---2023
53Hope LinusMidfielderNigeria20---2024
-Ifeoluwa OlowoporokuMidfielderNigeria18---2026
25Usman OwoyemiMidfielderNigeria20---2023

Forwards

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
61Abubakar AbdullahiForwardNigeria20---2026
9Umar AbubakarStrikerNigeria201.90 m-Right2025
19Charles AgadaForwardNigeria201.70 m65 kgRight2025
13Jubril AzeezForwardNigeria20---2023
20Favour DanielForwardNigeria20---2023
9Light EkeForwardNigeria20---2026
18Tochukwu OgbadiboForwardNigeria19---2023
22Precious WilliamsForwardNigeria19---2025