Nwankwo Kanu - International Appearances (original) (raw)

The outstanding Nigerian player obtained 86 international caps with his National Team and was record holder for his country until Joseph Yobosurpassed his total on February 29, 2012. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born: 1- 8-1976
Country: Nigeria Caps: 86 (W47-D18-L21�GF123-GA75-%65.12) Goals: 13 Age First Cap: 17 yr 277 d 5- 5-1994 vs. Sweden 1-3
Age Last Cap: 34 yr 240 d 29- 3-2011 vs. Kenya 3-0 National Team Career: 16 yr 328 d

Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Competition 1 5- 5-1994 Stockholm Sweden 1-3 2 25- 5-1994 Bucuresti Romania 0-2
3 16-11-1994 London England 0-1
4 21-10-1995 Tashkent Uzbekistan 3-2 Afro-Asian Cup
5 10-11-1995 Lagos Uzbekistan 1-0 Afro-Asian Cup 6 17- 8-1997 Conakry Guinea 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 7 22- 4-1998 K�ln Germany 0-1 8 5- 6-1998 Amsterdam Netherlands 1-5
9 19- 6-1998 Paris Bulgaria 1-0 World Cup 10 24- 6-1998 Toulouse Paraguay 1-3 World Cup 11 28- 6-1998 Saint-Denis Denmark 1-4 World Cup 12 23- 1-2000 Lagos Tunisia 4-2 African Nations Cup
13 28- 1-2000 Lagos Congo 0-0 African Nations Cup 14 3- 2-2000 Lagos Morocco 2-0 African Nations Cup 15 7- 2-2000 Lagos Senegal 2-1 African Nations Cup 16 10- 2-2000 Lagos South Africa 2-0 African Nations Cup 17 13- 2-2000 Lagos Cameroon 2-2 [1] African Nations Cup 18 9- 4-2000 Asmara Eritrea 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 19 22- 4-2000 Lagos Eritrea 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 20 17- 6-2000 Lagos Sierra Leone 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
21 9- 7-2000 Monrovia Liberia 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
22 27- 1-2001 Port Harcourt Sudan 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 23 11- 3-2001 Accra Ghana 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 24 21- 4-2001 Freetown Sierra Leone 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
25 5- 5-2001 Port Harcourt Liberia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 26 1- 7-2001 Omdurman Sudan 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 27 29- 7-2001 Port Harcourt Ghana 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 28 21- 1-2002 Bamako Algeria 1-0 African Nations Cup 29 24- 1-2002 Bamako Mali 0-0 African Nations Cup 30 28- 1-2002 Mopti Liberia 1-0 African Nations Cup 31 3- 2-2002 Bamako Ghana 1-0 African Nations Cup 32 7- 2-2002 Bamako Senegal 1-2 African Nations Cup 33 9- 2-2002 Mopti Mali 1-0 African Nations Cup 34 26- 3-2002 London Paraguay 1-1
35 17- 4-2002 Aberdeen Scotland 2-1
36 16- 5-2002 Dublin Ireland 2-1 37 2- 6-2002 Ibaraki Argentina 0-1 World Cup 38 7- 6-2002 Kobe Sweden 1-2 World Cup 39 25- 5-2003 Kingston Jamaica 2-3
40 7- 6-2003 Abuja Malawi 4-1 African Nations Cup Qualifier
41 11- 6-2003 Abuja Brazil 0-3 42 26- 7-2003 Watford Venezuela 1-0 43 27- 1-2004 Monastir Morocco 0-1 African Nations Cup 44 31- 1-2004 Monastir South Africa 4-0 African Nations Cup
45 4- 2-2004 Sfax Benin 2-1 African Nations Cup 46 8- 2-2004 Monastir Cameroon 2-1 African Nations Cup
47 11- 2-2004 Tunis Tunisia 1-1 [2] African Nations Cup
48 13- 2-2004 Monastir Mali 2-1 African Nations Cup
49 8-10-2004 Libreville Gabon 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
50 26- 3-2005 Port Harcourt Gabon 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 51 5- 6-2005 Kigali Rwanda 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 52 18- 6-2005 Kano Angola 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 53 17- 8-2005 Tripoli Libya 1-0 54 4- 9-2005 Oran Algeria 5-2 World Cup Qualifier 55 8-10-2005 Abuja Zimbabwe 5-1 World Cup Qualifier
56 23- 1-2006 Port Said Ghana 1-0 African Nations Cup
57 27- 1-2006 Port Said Zimbabwe 2-0 African Nations Cup 58 31- 1-2006 Port Said Senegal 2-1 African Nations Cup
59 3- 2-2006 Port Said Tunisia 1-1 [3] African Nations Cup 60 7- 2-2006 Alexandria Ivory Coast 0-1 African Nations Cup
61 9- 2-2006 Cairo Senegal 1-0 African Nations Cup 62 2- 9-2006 Abuja Niger 2-0 African Nations Cup Qualifier 63 8-10-2006 Maseru Lesotho 1-0 African Nations Cup Qualifier
64 24- 3-2007 Abeokuta Uganda 1-0 African Nations Cup Qualifier
65 27- 5-2007 Nairobi Kenya 1-0
66 2- 6-2007 Kampala Uganda 2-1 African Nations Cup Qualifier
67 17- 6-2007 Niamey Niger 3-1 African Nations Cup Qualifier 68 22- 8-2007 Skopje Macedonia 0-0
69 8- 9-2007 Warri Lesotho 2-0 African Nations Cup Qualifier
70 21- 1-2008 Sekondi Ivory Coast 0-1 African Nations Cup
71 27- 5-2008 Graz Austria 1-1
72 1- 6-2008 Abuja South Africa 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 73 7- 6-2008 Freetown Sierra Leone 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 74 21- 6-2008 Abuja Equat. Guinea 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
75 19-11-2008 Cali Colombia 0-1
76 11- 2-2009 London Jamaica 0-0 77 2- 6-2009 Saint-Etienne France 1-0 78 6- 6-2009 Abuja Kenya 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
79 20- 6-2009 Rad�s Tunisia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
80 6- 9-2009 Abuja Tunisia 2-2 World Cup Qualifier

6- 1-2010 Durban (SA) Zambia 0-0 [*]

81 12- 1-2010 Benguela Egypt 1-3 African Nations Cup 82 30- 1-2010 Benguela Algeria 1-0 African Nations Cup
83 25- 5-2010 London Saudi Arabia 0-0 84 6- 6-2010 Johannesburg North Korea 3-1 85 22- 6-2010 Durban South Korea 2-2 World Cup 86 29- 3-2011 Abuja Kenya 3-0

[1] Nigeria lost 3-4 on penalties.
[2] Nigeria lost 3-5 on penalties. [3] Nigeria won 6-5 on penalties.

[*] unofficial training match played over 2x40 minutes behind closed doors and with many substitutions

NB: for the match against Romania (25- 5-1994) no evidence was found that Nwankwo Kanu played.

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 86 47 18 21 123- 75 112 65.12

Types of Matches

African Nations Cup 27 World Cup Qualifier 23 Friendlies 21
African Cup Qualifier 7 World Cup 6
Afro-Asian Cup 2

Total caps: 86

Goals:

Cap 4 1 goal Cap 8 1 goal Cap 19 1 goal
Cap 21 1 goal Cap 22 1 goal Cap 25 1 goal Cap 39 1 goal Cap 40 2 goals Cap 50 1 goal
Cap 55 1 goal Cap 64 1 goal
Cap 67 1 goal

Total 13 goals

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Author: Luis Fernando Passo Alpuin Last updated: 3 Dec 2015