Nigeria vs Liberia: Ahmed Musa closes in on Yobo, Enyeama record

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Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, is on the verge of breaking the national team record of appearances set by Vincent Enyeama and Joseph Yobo.

Musa earned his 99th international cap on Friday, as Nigeria beat Liberia 2-0 in a World Cup qualifying game.

The match was played at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos.

Musa replaced the match winner Kelechi Iheanacho in the 84th minute, with the Leicester City forward’s brace having given the Eagles a two-goal lead.


The Kano Pillars legend went into the game on 98 caps, eight more than former skipper, John Obi Mikel.

Now, Musa is two matches short of Yobo and Enyeama’s mark of 101 appearances.

He could match their feat if he features in Nigeria’s next two features against Cape Verde and Central African Republic.

Musa shot into international limelight after helping Nigeria U23 win the 2010 WAFU Nations Cup where he scored goals against Benin Republic and Burkina Faso.

He made his senior debut on August 5, 2010, in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification versus Madagascar.

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LIST OF MOST CAPPED SUPER EAGLES PLAYERS

# Player Caps Goals Career
1 Vincent Enyeama 101 0 2002–2015

2 Joseph Yobo. 101 7 2001–2014

3 Ahmed Musa 99. 15 2010–present

4 John Obi Mikel 91 6 2006–2019

5 Nwankwo Kanu 87 12 1994–2011

6 Mudashiru Lawal 86 11 1975–1985

7 Jay-Jay Okocha 73 14 1993–2006

8 Peter Rufai 66 1 1983–1998

9 Peter Odemwingie 65 11 2002–2014

10 Finidi George 62 6 1991–2002

Kanu actually spent the longest time with the national team - 17 years of service yet no ceremonials for his retirement

I see him breaking dt cap appearance..

How it's taking Musa 11 yrs to do that ?

Who counted it , cos I know Nigeria can't play in average 10 matches a year

bigtt76:
Kanu actually spent the longest time with the national team - 17 years of service yet no ceremonials for his retirement

ceremonials because him wife born pikin?? guy naija no send any of them jhare

majamajic:
How it's taking Musa 11 yrs to do that ?

Who counted it , cos I know Nigeria can't play in average 10 matches a year

You have to remember, it was only when Rohr took over that we started to play regular friendlies each international break and qualified for AFCON. Before Rohr, we did not play friendlies regularly and failed to qualify for 2015 and 2017 AFCONs. As a result, our players had much less Caps over that period of time.

His humility has him brought this far. He's still going forward...well done boy

musa is overrated and Nigeria coaches often overlook unpopular good players for all this star but poor players that don't even start matches in their club.

we continue picking musa as captain even that time when he has no club.

should I call that loyalty

The Governor!!!Ahmed Musa, a truly great Nigerian. Prolific footballer.Greater than all current Nigerian politicians combined.

His speed remains a great tool. That's why he's still relevant

gabazin080:
musa is overrated and Nigeria coaches often overlook unpopular good players for all this star but poor players that don't even start matches in their club.

we continue picking musa as captain even that time when he has no club.

should I call that loyalty

There's a lot to being a captain. It's one thing to be the best player on the pitch, it's another thing to have leadership qualities.

Look back at your secondary school days. Was the most brilliant student always the class captain or Head boy? Definitely No.

Some people are best left out of leadership irrespective of their qualities because maybe they aren't capable of leadership or they're not ripe yet.

Imagine making someone like Kels the captain when there are many of his seniors or age mates around. Envy and jealousy will destroy the whole team. But over time, when his seniors leave the team and his superior playing and leadership skills become more pronounced, it'll be easy for his mates to accept him as their leader.

I'm smelling tribalism in all these anti-Musa talks. I sincerely hope I'm wrong.

robosky02:
LIST OF MOST CAPPED SUPER EAGLES PLAYERS

# Player Caps Goals Career
1 Vincent Enyeama 101 0 2002–2015

2 Joseph Yobo. 101 7 2001–2014

3 Ahmed Musa 99. 15 2010–present

4 John Obi Mikel 91 6 2006–2019

5 Nwankwo Kanu 87 12 1994–2011

6 Mudashiru Lawal 86 11 1975–1985

7 Jay-Jay Okocha 73 14 1993–2006

8 Peter Rufai 66 1 1983–1998

9 Peter Odemwingie 65 11 2002–2014

10 Finidi George 62 6 1991–2002

99 appearances and 15 goals?? We're yet to get a super goal scorer

Not bad.

Dirty player

Those days Yobo dey all super eagle games

Nice one

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bigtt76:
Kanu actually spent the longest time with the national team - 17 years of service yet no ceremonials for his retirement

He was a fringe player until 97-1998

gabazin080:
musa is overrated and Nigeria coaches often overlook unpopular good players for all this star but poor players that don't even start matches in their club.

we continue picking musa as captain even that time when he has no club.

should I call that loyalty

There is more to being a captain. JT remained Chelsea's captain even when he was no longer making the starting 11.

For the record, Musa is Nigerian's highest goal scorer (4goals) at the world cup till date

Na federal character make am still dey d ream and may also last a while there which other FULANI player do we have aside MUSA!!!

99APPEARANCES with how many goals?? no be one person born ronaldo and messi? plz who dey post dis kind rubbish here?