Finidi George - International Appearances (original) (raw)

The outstanding Nigerian player obtained 62 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born: 15- 4-1971 Country: Nigeria Caps: 62 (W36-D12-L14 � GF106-GA54 � %67.74) Goals: 6 Age First Cap: 20 yr 103 d 27- 7-1991 vs. Burkina Faso 7-1 Age Last Cap: 30 yr 300 d 9- 2-2002 vs. Mali 1-0 National Team Career: 10 yr 197 d

Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 27- 7-91 Lagos Burkina Faso 7-1 African Cup Qual. 2 12- 1-92 Dakar Senegal 2-1 African Nations Cup 3 14- 1-92 Dakar Kenya 2-1 African Nations Cup 4 19- 1-92 Ziguinchor Zaire 1-0 African Nations Cup 5 23- 1-92 Dakar Ghana 1-2 African Nations Cup 6 25- 1-92 Dakar Cameroon 2-1 African Nations Cup 7 16- 8-92 Khartoum Sudan 0-0 African Cup Qual. 8 10-10-92 Lagos South Africa 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 9 20-12-92 Pointe-Noire Congo-Brazz. 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 10 16- 1-93 Johannesburg South Africa 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 11 27- 2-93 Enugu Congo-Brazz. 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 12 11- 4-93 Addis Adaba Ethiopia 0-1 African Cup Qual. 13 25- 4-93 Lagos Sudan 4-0 African Cup Qual. 14 24- 7-93 Lagos Ethiopia 6-0 African Cup Qual. 15 25- 9-93 Lagos Ivory Coast 4-1 World Cup Qualifier 16 8-10-93 Alger Algeria 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 17 9- 3-94 Lagos Ghana 0-0 18 2- 4-94 Tunis Zaire 2-0 African Nations Cup 19 6- 4-94 Tunis Ivory Coast 2-2 [1] African Nations Cup 20 10- 4-94 Tunis Zambia 2-1 African Nations Cup 21 5- 5-94 Stockholm Sweden 1-3 22 25- 5-94 Bucuresti Romania 0-2 23 11- 6-94 Ibadan Georgia 5-0 24 21- 6-94 Dallas Bulgaria 3-0 World Cup 25 25- 6-94 Boston Argentina 1-2 World Cup 26 30- 6-94 Boston Greece 2-0 World Cup 27 5- 7-94 Boston Italy 1-2 World Cup 28 16-11-94 London England 0-1 29 10-11-95 Lagos Uzbekistan 1-0 Afro-Asian Cup 30 9-11-96 Lagos Burkina Faso 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 31 12- 1-97 Nairobi Kenya 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 32 5- 4-97 Lagos Guinea 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 33 27- 4-97 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 34 22- 4-98 K�ln Germany 0-1 35 29- 5-98 Beograd Yugoslavia 0-3 36 5- 6-98 Amsterdam Netherlands 1-5 37 13- 6-98 Nantes Spain 3-2 World Cup 38 19- 6-98 Paris Bulgaria 1-0 World Cup 39 24- 6-98 Toulouse Paraguay 1-3 World Cup 40 28- 6-98 Saint-Denis Denmark 1-4 World Cup 41 23- 1-99 Abeokuta Burundi 2-0 African Cup Qual. 42 23- 1-00 Lagos Tunisia 4-2 African Nations Cup 43 28- 1-00 Lagos Congo-Brazz. 0-0 African Nations Cup 44 3- 2-00 Lagos Morocco 2-0 African Nations Cup 45 7- 2-00 Lagos Senegal 2-1 African Nations Cup 46 10- 2-00 Lagos South Africa 2-0 African Nations Cup 47 13- 2-00 Lagos Cameroon 2-2 [2] African Nations Cup 48 13- 1-01 Lagos Zambia 1-0 African Cup Qual. 49 27- 1-01 Port Harcourt Sudan 3-0 African Cup Qual. 50 11- 3-01 Accra Ghana 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 51 21- 4-01 Freetown Sierra Leone 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 52 5- 5-01 Port Harcourt Liberia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 53 1- 7-01 Omdurman Sudan 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 54 29- 7-01 Port Harcourt Ghana 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 55 6-10-01 Southampton Japan 2-2 56 12- 1-02 Bouak� Ivory Coast 1-1 57 21- 1-02 Bamako Algeria 1-0 African Nations Cup 58 24- 1-02 Bamako Mali 0-0 African Nations Cup 59 28- 1-02 Mopti Liberia 1-0 African Nations Cup 60 3- 2-02 Bamako Ghana 1-0 African Nations Cup 61 7- 2-02 Bamako Senegal 1-2 African Nations Cup 62 9- 2-02 Mopti Mali 1-0 African Nations Cup

[1] Nigeria won 4-2 on penalty kicks. [2] Nigeria lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.

Remark: the match against Surinam Pro XI (2-1, 15- 5-94 at Rotterdam) was not a full international and is therefore not included here; Surinam Pro XI (Suriprofs) was a selection of professional players from the Dutch league with Surinam roots.

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 62 36 12 14 106- 54 84 67.74

Types of Matches: Friendlies 10 World Cup Qualifier 15 World Cup 8 African Nations Cup 20 African Cup Qualifier 8 Other Tournaments 1

Total: 62

Goals:

Cap 1 1 goal Cap 11 1 goal Cap 16 1 goal Cap 26 1 goal Cap 41 1 goal Cap 44 1 goal

Total 6 goals

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Author: Roberto Mamrud (roberto.mamrud@gmail.com) Last updated: 10 Apr 2014