John Michael Nchekwube Obinna "John Mikel Obi" (original) (raw)

John Michael Nchekwube Obinna "John Mikel Obi" - International Appearances

The outstanding Nigerian player obtained 90 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born: 22- 4-1987 Country: Nigeria Caps: 90 (W42-D26-L22 � GF129-GA78 � %61.11) Goals: 6 Age First Cap: 18 yr 117 d 17- 8-2005 vs. Libya 1-0 Age Last Cap: 32 yr 69 d 30- 6-2019 vs. Madagascar 0-2 National Team Career: 13 yr 317 d

Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 17- 8-05 Tripoli Libya 1-0 2 27- 1-06 Port Said Zimbabwe 2-0 African Nations Cup 3 31- 1-06 Port Said Senegal 2-1 African Nations Cup 4 3- 2-06 Port Said Tunisia 1-1 [1] African Nations Cup 5 7- 2-06 Alexandria Ivory Coast 0-1 African Nations Cup 6 2- 9-06 Abuja Niger 2-0 African Cup Qual. 7 6- 2-07 Brentford Ghana 1-4 8 24- 3-07 Abeokuta Uganda 1-0 African Cup Qual. 9 8- 9-07 Warri Lesotho 2-0 African Cup Qual. 10 14-10-07 Ciudad Ju�rez Mexico 2-2 11 21- 1-08 Sekondi Ivory Coast 0-1 African Nations Cup 12 25- 1-08 Sekondi Mali 0-0 African Nations Cup 13 29- 1-08 Sekondi Benin 2-0 African Nations Cup 14 3- 2-08 Accra Ghana 1-2 African Nations Cup 15 27- 5-08 Graz Austria 1-1 16 1- 6-08 Abuja South Africa 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 17 7- 6-08 Freetown Sierra Leone 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 18 21- 6-08 Abuja Equat. Guinea 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 19 11- 2-09 London Jamaica 0-0 20 28- 3-09 Maputo Mozambique 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 21 20- 6-09 Rad�s Tunisia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 22 6- 9-09 Abuja Tunisia 2-2 World Cup Qualifier 23 14-11-09 Nairobi Kenya 3-2 World Cup Qualifier 24 12- 1-10 Benguela Egypt 1-3 African Nations Cup 25 16- 1-10 Benguela Benin 1-0 African Nations Cup 26 20- 1-10 Lubango Mozambique 3-0 African Nations Cup 27 25- 1-10 Lubango Zambia 0-0 [2] African Nations Cup 28 28- 1-10 Luanda Ghana 0-1 African Nations Cup 29 30- 1-10 Benguela Algeria 1-0 African Nations Cup 30 5- 9-10 Calabar Madagascar 2-0 African Cup Qual. 31 27- 3-11 Abuja Ethiopia 4-0 African Cup Qual. 32 29- 3-11 Abuja Kenya 3-0 33 1- 6-11 Abuja Argentina 4-1 34 5- 6-11 Addis Abeba Ethiopia 2-2 African Cup Qual. 35 4- 9-11 Antananarivo Madagascar 2-0 African Cup Qual. 36 6- 9-11 Dhaka Argentina 1-3 37 8-10-11 Abuja Guinea 2-2 African Cup Qual. 38 11-10-11 Watford Ghana 0-0 39 13-10-12 Calabar Liberia 6-1 African Cup Qual. 40 9- 1-13 Faro-Loul� Cape Verde Isl. 0-0 41 21- 1-13 Nelspruit Burkina Faso 1-1 African Nations Cup 42 25- 1-13 Nelspruit Zambia 1-1 African Nations Cup 43 29- 1-13 Nelspruit Ethiopia 2-0 African Nations Cup 44 3- 2-13 Rustenburg Ivory Coast 2-1 African Nations Cup 45 6- 2-13 Durban Mali 4-1 African Nations Cup 46 10- 2-13 Johannesburg Burkina Faso 1-0 African Nations Cup 47 23- 3-13 Calabar Kenya 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 48 5- 6-13 Nairobi Kenya 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 49 12- 6-13 Windhoek Namibia 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 50 17- 6-13 Belo Horizonte Tahiti 6-1 Confederations Cup 51 20- 6-13 Salvador Uruguay 1-2 Confederations Cup 52 23- 6-13 Fortaleza Spain 0-3 Confederations Cup 53 7- 9-13 Calabar Malawi 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 54 13-10-13 Addis Adaba Ethiopia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 55 16-11-13 Calabar Ethiopia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 56 18-11-13 London Italy 2-2 57 5- 3-14 Atlanta Mexico 0-0 58 3- 6-14 Chester Greece 0-0 59 7- 6-14 Jacksonville United States 1-2 60 16- 6-14 Curitiba Iran 0-0 World Cup 61 21- 6-14 Cuiab� Bosnia-Herzeg. 1-0 World Cup 62 25- 6-14 Porto Alegre Argentina 2-3 World Cup 63 30- 6-14 Bras�lia France 0-2 World Cup 64 6- 9-14 Calabar Congo 2-3 African Cup Qual. 65 10- 9-14 Cape Town South Africa 0-0 African Cup Qual. 66 11-10-14 Khartoum Sudan 0-1 African Cup Qual. 67 15-10-14 Abuja Sudan 3-1 African Cup Qual. 68 15-11-14 Pointe Noire Congo 2-0 African Cup Qual. 69 19-11-14 Uyo South Africa 2-2 African Cup Qual. 70 8-10-15 Vis� Congo-Kinshasa 0-2 71 11-10-15 Brussel Cameroon 3-0 72 17-11-15 Port Harcourt Swaziland 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 73 25- 3-16 Kaduna Egypt 1-1 African Cup Qual. 74 29- 3-16 Borg El Arab Egypt 0-1 African Cup Qual. 75 3- 9-16 Uyo Tanzania 1-0 African Cup Qual. 76 9-10-16 Ndola Zambia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 77 12-11-16 Uyo Algeria 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 78 1- 9-17 Uyo Cameroon 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 79 5- 9-17 Yaound� Cameroon 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 80 7-10-17 Uyo Zambia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 81 14-11-17 Krasnodar Argentina 4-2 82 2- 6-18 London England 1-2 83 6- 6-18 Schwechat Czech Republic 0-1 84 16- 6-18 Kaliningrad Croatia 0-2 World Cup 85 22- 6-18 Volgograd Iceland 2-0 World Cup 86 26- 6-18 St. Peterburg Argentina 1-2 World Cup 87 8- 6-19 Asaba Zimbabwe 0-0 88 16- 6-19 Isma�lia Senegal 0-1 89 22- 6-19 Alexandria Burundi 1-0 African Nations Cup 90 30- 6-19 Alexandria Madagascar 0-2 African Nations Cup

[1] Nigeria won 6-5 on penalty kicks. [2] Nigeria won 5-4 on penalty kicks.

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 90 42 26 22 129- 78 110 61.11

Types of Matches: African Nations Cup 22 Friendlies 21 World Cup Qualifier 19 African Cup Qualifier 18 World Cup 7 Confederations Cup 3

Total: 90

Goals:

Cap 2 1 goal Cap 13 1 goal Cap 39 1 goal Cap 51 1 goal Cap 77 1 goal Cap 78 1 goal

Total 6 goals

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Author: Roberto Mamrud (roberto.mamrud@gmail.com) Last updated: 21 Aug 2019