Nigeria 1980s squad
Every player who appeared for Nigeria in the 1980s — 48 in all, with their career international caps and goals.
Mudashiru Lawal racked up the most caps of anyone here — 86 in all. Rashidi Yekini leads the scoring with 37. The squad breaks down as 6 goalkeepers, 14 defenders, 15 midfielders and 13 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rashidi Yekini | FW | 58 | 37 | 83 |
| Mudashiru Lawal | MF | 86 | 11 | 83 |
| Henry Nwosu | MF | 60 | 8 | 80 |
| Segun Odegbami | FW | 47 | 22 | 80 |
| Peter Rufai | GK | 65 | — | 79 |
| Samson Siasia | FW | 51 | 16 | 78 |
| Christian Chukwu | DF | 54 | 5 | 77 |
| Augustine Eguavoen | DF | 53 | 0 | 77 |
| Emmanuel Okala | GK | 51 | — | 77 |
| Sylvanus Okpala | MF | 45 | 5 | 76 |
| Yisa Sofoluwe | DF | 42 | 1 | 74 |
| Uche Okafor | DF | 34 | 0 | 71 |
| Thompson Oliha | MF | 31 | 2 | 70 |
| Alloysius Agu | GK | 28 | — | 69 |
| Oladipupo Babalola | DF | 22 | — | 65 |
| Richard Daddy Owubokiri | FW | 23 | 1 | 64 |
| Chidi Nwanu | DF | 20 | 0 | 63 |
| Okey Isima | DF | 20 | 3 | 63 |
| Wilfred Agbonavbare | GK | 15 | — | 63 |
| Michael Emenalo | DF | 14 | 0 | 59 |
| Tunde Bamidele | DF | 10 | 0 | 56 |
| Samuel Okwaraji | MF | 8 | 1 | 55 |
| Bala Ali | MF | 6 | 2 | 53 |
| Michael Obiku | FW | 5 | 1 | 53 |
| Adokiye Amiesimaka | MF | 6 | 0 | 52 |
| Felix Owolabi | MF | 5 | 1 | 51 |
| Dominic Iorfa | FW | 4 | 0 | 49 |
| David Adiele | DF | 3 | 0 | 47 |
| Abubakar Balarabe | FW | 2 | 2 | 47 |
| David Adekola | FW | 2 | 1 | 47 |
| Shefiu Mohammed | MF | 1 | 0 | 42 |
| Etim Esin | FW | — | — | 40 |
| Aloysius Atuegbu | FW | — | — | 40 |
| Benji Nzeakor | FW | — | — | 40 |
| Thompson Usiyan | FW | — | — | 40 |
| Wole Odegbami | FW | — | — | 40 |
| Best Ogedegbe | GK | — | — | 40 |
| Peter Fregene | GK | — | — | 40 |
| Ademola Adeshina | MF | — | — | 40 |
| Moses Kpakor | MF | — | — | 40 |
| Tunji Banjo | MF | — | — | 40 |
| John Chiedozie | MF | — | — | 40 |
| Kadiri Ikhana | MF | — | — | 40 |
| Ndubuisi Okosieme | MF | — | — | 40 |
| Stephen Keshi | DF | — | — | 39 |
| John Orlando | DF | — | — | 39 |
| Andrew Uwe | DF | — | — | 39 |
| Godwin Odiye | DF | — | — | 39 |
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