LIST OF PLAYERS IN EUROPE
Armenia
Adoeffe Efe Showboy - FC Ulysses Yerevan
Azerbaijan
Viktor Ibekoyi - FK Karabakh
Belarus
Sylvester Alexander Alumona - FC Neman Hrodna
Darlington Ihejene - FC Vitebsk
Belgium
Mozes Adams - KVC Westerlo
Joseph Akpala - R. Charleroi S.C.
Mohammed Aliyu Datti - R.A.E.C. Mons
Tosin Dosunmu - Germinal Beefschot
Razak Ekpoki - KAA Gent
Obiora Odita - KVC Westerlo
Azubuike Oliseh - K.S.V. Roeselare
Emmanuel Sarki - KVC Westerlo
Bulgaria
Deniran Ortega - Slavia Sofia
Shikoze Udoji - CSKA Sofia
Cyprus
Rasheed Alabi - AC Omonia
Lewis Aniweta - Alki Lamaca
Haruna Babangida - Apollon Limassol
Eric Ejiofor - Alki Larnarca
Andrew Esealuka - APEP Pitsilia
Joshua Izuchukwu - AEK Larnaca
Joseph Nwafor - AEK Larnaca
Waheed Akanni Oseni - Apollon Limassol
Denmark
Samuel Agba - Esbjerg fB
Yakubu Akilu - FC Midtjylland
Baba Collins - FC Midtjylland
Adeshina Lawal - Vejle Boldklub
Jude Nworuh - FC Midtjylland
Sekou Oliseh - FC Midtjylland
Adigun Salami - FC Midtjylland
England
Yakubu Aiyegbeni - Everton
Victor Anichebe - Everton
Dickson Etuhu - Sunderland
Nwankwo Kanu - Portsmouth
Obafemi Martins - Newcastle United
John Obi Mikel - Chelsea
John Utaka - Portsmouth
Joseph Yobo - Everton
Faroe Islands
Obele Okebe - Skála Ítróttarfelag
Finland
Dominic Chatto - FC Inter Turku
Philip Edeipo - RoPS
Raphael Edereho - VPS
Daniel Nwoke - Tampere United
Obinna Okafor - FC KooTeePee
Echiabhi Okodugha - KuPS
France
Rabiu Afolabi - FC Sochaux
Onyekachi Apam - OGC Nice
Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé - Rennes
Taye Taiwo - Marseille
Germany
Manasseh Ishiaku - 1. FC Köln
Chinedu "Edu" Obasi - 1899 Hoffenheim
Greece
Victor Agali - Skoda Xanthi
Patrick Ogunsoto - Ergotelis FC
Egutu Oliseh - Panthrakikos
Israel
Dele Aiyenugba - Bnei Yehuda
Yero Bello - Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Vincent Enyeama - Hapeol Tel Aviv
Blessing Kaku - Maccabi Petah Tikva FC
Felix Ogbuke - Hapoel Tel Aviv
Italy
Odion Jude Ighalo - Udinese
Victor Obinna - Chievo
Lithuania
Israel Awenayeri Douglas - FK Atlantas
Macedonia
Adekunle Lukmon - FK Rabotnicki
Malta
Ndubisi Chukenyere - Hibernians FC
Sunday Eboh - Birkirkara
Precious Onyeabor Monye - Hamrun Spartans FC
Edafe Uzeh - Hibernians FC
Moldova
Kennedy Chinwo - Sherrif Tiraspol
Netherlands
Dele Adeleye - Sparta Rotterdam
Oluwafemi "Femi" Ajilore - FC Groningen
Sani Kaita - Sparta Rotterdam
Norway
Oluwasegun Abiodun - HamKam
Peter Ijeh - Viking FK
Paul Obiefule - FC Lyn Oslo
Poland
Martins Ekwueme - Legia Warsaw
Ugo Ukah - Widzew Łódź
Romania
Abiodun Agunbiade - FC Timişoara
Ifeanyi Emeghara - Steaua Bucureşti
Dino Eze - Gloria Buzău
Kehinde Fatai - FC Farul Constanţa
Russia
Richard Eromoigbe - FC Khimki
Peter Odemwingie - Lokomotiv Moscow
Isaac Okoronkwo - FC Moscow
Slovenia
Sunday Ibeji - NK Koper
Jonathan Odiri - NK Drava
Eugene Obi Ohunta - NK Drava
John Ugochukwu - NK Drava
Spain
Barth Ogbeche - Real Valladolid
Ikechukwu Uche - Getafe CF
Kalu Uche - UD Almeria
Sweden
Kevin Amuneke - IFK Norrköping
Abiola Dauda - Kalmar FF
Prince Ikpe Ekong - Djurgårdens IF
Pascal Kondoponi - Ljungskile SK
Edward Ofere - Malmö FF
Akombo Ukeyima - GIF Sundsvall
Switzerland
Saidu Adeshina - FC Sion
Brown Ideye Aide - Neuchâtel Xamax
Obinna Nwaneri - FC Sion
Onyekachi Okonkwo - FC Zurich
Adewale Wahab - AC Bellinzona
Turkey
Julius Aghahowa - Kayserispor
Isaac Promise - Trabzonspor
Ukraine
Samson Godwin - Karpaty Lviv
Lucky Idahor - SC Tavriya Simferopol
Sunny Kingsley - Metalurh Donetsk
Onyekachi Nwoha - FC Zorya Luhansk
Emmanuel Okoduwa - Dynamo Kiev
Frank Temile - Dynamo Kiev
Ayila Yussuf - Dynamo Kiev

NOW YOU KNOW WHY AMODU WAS SACKED

@ semid4lyfe

Bros, as much as i respect your right to voice (or rather, write) ur opinion,pls answer me this: Did you write this letter for lagerback to read, or to make a late lobby to join the coaching crew ? All i've heard you do is lambast your team for this man!!!this sounds more like hate mail than a friendly welcome!! just chill

Well written article. But why the Shiitu praise? Shittu is too slow for a central defender1 He finds it difficult to turn, and he plays the kind of football that is called 'any where belle face'.

@jobig

Semid,bravo for your letter.mikel is a good player that need a good coach,all u said about him is right but u forget the aspect of him,but why so much attention on him.oh, u are a united supporter.okoro is very good if caution?nice letter.   

It is the likes of you that are killing Nigeria football, which okoro that is good?, are you not talking of the well over 32 years old stanley okoro that played U16 and  was so clueless and selfish with poor display at the just concluded U16 tournament?. Please dont insult people's intelligence here.

Very funny thread and it makes sense

@ jobig
Why don't you point out what aspect of my post about Mikel that you feel is untrue instead of labelling me a Man-U Fan. FYI, I don't support any football club. Btw. . .I don't think Okoro is good enough for Super Eagles. . . Moreover, he's too selfish and stuck in his selfish way to change, hence is omission.

@ SirVee
I'll rather have an effective, hard-working and no-nonsense 'anywhere belle face' defender like Shittu than a calamitous and lazy one like Yobo. Besides I don't think he's slow. . .I watched all his matches for the Super Eagles during the qualifiers and  in CAN 2008 and 2010 and I don't recall anyone beating him for pace. IMO, most people think he's slow cos of his physique

@ eddiebomba
It's not a hate mail but the truth the way I see it and it ain't a lobby to join the coaching crew, lol

@semid agree with your choice of captain and vice thought i was the only one that saw that. Hope Laars Lagerback invites Marculay Chrisantus and Sani Emmnuel to vie for a place in the team, Fifa individual award winners are supposed to be given that chance, God save the SE from the greed of the NFF

Nice letter but Mikel don suffa no be small also i wish Lagerback gets this,

nice note thou,but can NFF allow new coach to
to do his job?

haba, see how you dedicate most of this letter to the bashing of mikel , wetin the guy do you?

U must be a retard,in ur life never down talk Kanu D KING, we definatly need is HUGE experience in world cup; I will prefer mikel as a supporting striker his a great player he might ve had is bad days,but common if d dude is dat bad,Chelsea would ve flush him,i Dought if u VE Play football urself IDIOT.

okoro, his got great ball handling skill n confident,hi tip him 4 world cup,he reminds me of messi.

Not a fan of Chelsea or Mikel but the match with City was not about Mikel it was a bad day for the team and stop single out a player, did you see the penalty and a straight red cad to who? was it to Mikel? loose ball that cause a goal in the match was it just Mikel? If Mikel is that bad he will not wear the clubs jersey not to talk of warming the bench.
Note this ,  he is the only most active Nigerian player on planet earth, if any one else name it and lets face it.
I live in Sweden and i know this idiot Lagerbäck ,, who is completely a reject to the Swedish populace so if am to write some things about him on this forum you will take a second thinking and make a change in your content. So dont bring down Mikel it was about Chelsea and not about him.
He had his bad tackling and timing but was he to be blamed for silly goals and defensive errors caused by other team mates.
Lag is a racist and wondered why he took a job from race he hates.
Go ask Ibrahimovic he will give you full details about him and I actually had a chance to speak with Peter Ijeh and Ibrahimovic about this matter and we all know what a fool Lagerbäck is.
Sorry i used this contents but its the truth. He never used young players in Sweden how come suddenly he is interested in young players that made it to the Olympics finals in Beijing Tell me why, because he is scared of failing again.
Why choose Lagerbäck when Svenn Göran H is there with an integrated mind with no issues related to race and more? unlike stupid Lag.

Nicely documented letter. I hope Lars gets this information. These boys are tired and do not need to be considered for the WC. The one thing that the team lacks is the passion to win and this is what the young and local lads have got. I wish Lars the very best only if he sternly refuses to allow players be imposed on him. Anyways what are the terms of his contract?

my guy, so you know all this and you have not played for nigeria since, answer me? why do different coaches keep on using mikel?

you all 4get dat the atitude and tactics of the coach will change the player's game don't just blast players like dat. I hope you follow football not just look and talk. Mikel that u said all this things about was and still a good and learning player. He plays with the rules of the coach, thats why i called him and learning player. can u recall the junior world cup how he played fifa president had to personally, talk to him that loosing today is not the end of his game he is a great player. He moved to play for the bules. English man will not play you and leave his own once he is fit. The only place left for him was the wing that he is playing he learnt it the way the special one (like they call him) showed him. You can hardly get the ball form Mikel and if you do u will not go free. let me stop with MIkel.
i play and follow football so i know the GAME
she' ogbo

timmynaija:

Not a fan of Chelsea or Mikel but the match with City was not about Mikel it was a bad day for the team and stop single out a player, did you see the penalty and a straight red cad to who? was it to Mikel? loose ball that cause a goal in the match was it just Mikel? If Mikel is that bad he will not wear the clubs jersey not to talk of warming the bench.
Note this ,  he is the only most active Nigerian player on planet earth, if any one else name it and lets face it.
I live in Sweden and i know this idiot Lagerbäck ,, who is completely a reject to the Swedish populace so if am to write some things about him on this forum you will take a second thinking and make a change in your content. So dont bring down Mikel it was about Chelsea and not about him.
He had his bad tackling and timing but was he to be blamed for silly goals and defensive errors caused by other team mates.
Lag is a racist and wondered why he took a job from race he hates.
Go ask Ibrahimovic he will give you full details about him and I actually had a chance to speak with Peter Ijeh and Ibrahimovic about this matter and we all know what a fool Lagerbäck is.
Sorry i used this contents but its the truth. He never used young players in Sweden how come suddenly he is interested in young players that made it to the Olympics finals in Beijing Tell me why, because he is scared of failing again.
Why choose Lagerbäck when Svenn Göran H is there with an integrated mind with no issues related to race and more? unlike silly Lag.

Are you for real? Now this is something I never knew. Can you shed more light on this for us?
If he is, then. . .

Mr. Lager Beer, sorry Lagerback i mean - welcome to Nigeria! You may not understand me now, but you will later!

This is Act 1 Scene 1:
http://www.nigerianewspapersonline.net/nff-choose-assistant-without-consulting-new-coach

ha!! This is Too Long A Letter

Mikel is not so bad as portrayed but personally i do not believe Lars Lagerback will do any wonder in South Africa - first round and we are out.

Are you for real? Now this is something I never knew. Can you shed more light on this for us?
If he is, then. . .
Why did Lars Lagerbäck drop Ibrahimovoc from the Swedish team all the time? The answer is that he is the only player who doesn't accept nonsense from the so called Lars, including Ullof Melberg. This are the 2 players often dropped in the team just because they know Lars and thinks he is way back in time and not up to day.
Did Lagerbäck mentioned indiscipline attitude from Ibra and Ullof the answer is actually know because they refuse to eat his food of racist acts.
Sven Göran doesn't see color and he use you as long as you are made to be a talent to your team or country.
Lars even disagreed in feeding young players into the Swedish team in the last 5 years and was depending on the weak tired and aging legs calling back Henke Larsson, sorry oh I used the word Henke because its the name every one calls him as Henke stands for Henrik ,,,, Why does depend on old tired legs when there are alot blessed younger players that can fit into the team.
Some footballers left Sweden and had to go back to Switch nationality and earn a play in the country of where they originally came from just because of Lars race issue and more which led to many disruption among the Swedish media and football lovers.
Look at Denmark they don't use other nationals even if you are Danish nationality by papers and not by origin but you can see the team is well mixed and well organized and not like Lars system.
Can any one give a reason how a good coach will always keep Kim Källström on the bench and play Ellmander who cant even find the net for a whole year except you beg him to put the ball across the line after you finish dribbling the defenders and goal keeper.
Well its a lot that Nigerians have to learn about this man Lagerbäck, this is not a personal hate but I can tell you to ask any one you know in Sweden including friends and family or some one you know who lives in Sweden about him and I can give a 99% answer expected from them will be negative.
I might never come back to this topic because I have tried all I know to write and talk with his employers to choose Sven over him and gave the reasons and I hope they saw my mail or just ignored.
Am a Nigerian and I will not with a man man if I hate his race, I will only work with love and passion with people around me.

Nice letter actually. I'm a united fan and so automatically I hate Mikel but Chelsea's midfield actually collapsed after Mikel went out. The coach made a mistake taking him out and this is a fact that Chelsea fans will attest to.

otokx:

Mikel is not so bad as portrayed but personally i do not believe Lars Lagerback will do any wonder in South Africa - first round and we are out.

Guy wetin Mikel do you, are you envious of the guy, abeg leave him alone, is not easy to attain that height.

You are biased probaly because he is not from your tribe or you are anti chelsea. long live Mikel !, Long live Chelsea!! Long live Nigeria!!!

Thank you so much an intellignet and wonderful letters a man of honor shld write.
 with all  of issues you did mention i was highly impressed with the description and explanation of Mikel Obi or whateve is his name.
I dont know why chelsea make him a first team.

he is the like of Bathlomew OGBECHE of korea  japan2002 a highly rated players who has nothing to show for  their media rating.

pls tell the gentlemam not to even acknowledge the little Boy Mikel, he should be playing with akwa un ited not Super eagles of nigeria.
thank you.

You guys don't get the point. . .My issue(s) with Mikel
is not just a one-off or as a result of the Chelsea vs Man-C game. . .I have always felt this way about Mikel

FACT. . .Mikel is not effective as a DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER. . . He is not a GOOD MARKER, BALL WINNER, DOESN'T BREAK UP OPPOSING ATTACKS AND SHIELD THE BACK FOUR like a good DM should. . . . As an ATTACKING MIDFIELDER. . .I won't even mention his Deficiencies. . . .His only asset is his ability to hold on to the ball (which he does for too long most times when it should be released) and PASS (which he does backwards a lot). . . Essien does a better job as a DM and also as an AM. . .Mikel is simply a jack of Attacking Midfield & Defensive Midfield  and a master of none of the two positions. Prolific DM's and AM's like Gattuso, Sunday Oliseh & Zidane, Jay-Jay were/are masters of their primary positions.

9jauk:

U must be a retard,in your life never down talk Kanu D KING, we definatly need is HUGE experience in world cup; I will prefer mikel as a supporting striker his a great player he might ve had is bad days,but common if d dude is dat bad,Chelsea would ve flush him,i Dought if u VE  Play football urself IDIOT.

If experience is all we need at the world cup, I suggest we bring back Rashidi Yekini, Finidi, Jay-Jay & and all the better members of the USA 94 team after all, they've got lots of experience. . .shioor! The modern game is played at a fast pace with high intensity and you need very hard-working & fit players to do the job. I'm afraid Kanu doesn't have what it takes anymore. . .Kanu can't mark or close down space, is slow, sluggish, lazy, & tires out easily. If he's played in midfield, he'll simply be a burden & create more work for the defensive midfielder & back four AND he can't do the dribbling, running etc that is expected of a (support) striker and hence he'll be dispossesed of the ball even before he can do anything with it. Need I add that he ain't a good/prolific scorer too? Kanu is just a One-minute magician who may or may not be able to conjure up magic in a game. . .I'll rather have a fit, agile, fast and hard-working player who can give me 100% for 90 minutes than a 2-minutes 'noodles' player. kanu the KING ko, kanu the SLAVE ni.Kanu is DEAD & FINISHED. . .EOD!

It's funny how you call me a RETARD and  then go on to suggest Mikel should be played as a support striker. . .How Pathetic and Laughable! You clearly know nothing about FOOTBALL. . .Please go to Sexuality sub-board and join the likes of Walestar and Dr Sidondo. . .Blockhead Oshi!

what a letter!.

guy, you try wella, too bad nff people won't even see this nor lager beer, anyways sha, i go dey here dey watch wetin happen to us at the worldcup and after the worldcup.

@ semid4lyfe, don't mind that 9ja4uk guy, i bet he's a critic who doesn't see from all sides. A nice letter too. I've been one of those who've been looking forward to a brand new SE. I hope Largerback will do this well. And hope the NFF will keep to themselves too.