Peter Rufai - International Appearances (original) (raw)

The outstanding Nigerian 'keeper obtained 66 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born: 24- 8-1963 Country: Nigeria Caps: 66 (W27-D22-L17 � GF83-GA53 � %57.57) Goals received: 53 (%0.80 per match) Goals converted: 1 Age First Cap: 17 yr 328 d 18- 7-1981 vs. Upper Volta 1-0 Age Last Cap: 34 yr 308 d 28- 6-1998 vs. Denmark 1-4 National Team Career: 16 yr 345 d

Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 18- 7-81 Lagos Upper Volta 1-0 2 3-10-81 Calabar Liberia 3-0 3 18- 2-83 Lagos Egypt 0-0 4 20- 2-83 Kaduna Egypt 1-1 5 9- 4-83 Lagos Angola 2-0 African Cup Qual. 6 24- 4-83 Luanda Angola 0-1 African Cup Qual. 7 28- 8-83 Rabat Morocco 0-0 [1] African Cup Qual. 8 15-10-83 Kaduna Ghana 0-0 Olympic Games Q. 9 30-10-83 Accra Ghana 2-1 Olympic Games Q. 10 5-11-83 Lagos Senegal 1-0 CEDEAO Cup Qual. 11 19-11-83 Dakar Senegal 1-0 CEDEAO Cup Qual. 12 18-12-83 Abidjan Mali 0-0 [2] CEDEAO Cup 13 11- 2-84 Lagos Morocco 0-0 Olympic Games Q. 14 11- 3-84 Bouak� Algeria 0-0 African Nations Cup 15 14- 3-84 Abidjan Egypt 2-2 [3] African Nations Cup 16 29- 9-84 Tunis Tunisia 0-5 17 30-10-84 Lagos Liberia 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 18 4-11-84 Monrovia Liberia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 19 20- 4-85 Lagos Kenya 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 20 16- 6-85 Benin City Ivory Coast 0-0 21 19- 6-85 Kano Ivory Coast 2-0 22 23- 6-85 Abidjan Ivory Coast 1-1 23 26- 6-85 Bouak� Ivory Coast 1-1 24 6- 7-85 Lagos Tunisia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 25 20- 7-85 Tunis Tunisia 0-2 World Cup Qualifier 26 10- 8-85 Lagos Zambia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 27 18- 8-85 Lusaka Zambia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 28 4- 7-87 Lagos Sierra Leone 3-0 African Cup Qual. 29 11- 7-87 Lagos Liberia 4-1 Olympic Games Q. 30 18- 7-87 Freetown Sierra Leone 0-2 African Cup Qual. 31 4-10-87 Harare Zimbabwe 0-0 Olympic Games Q. 32 15- 1-88 Annaba Algeria 0-1 Olympic Games Q. 33 30- 1-88 Enugu Algeria 2-0 Olympic Games Q. 34 14- 3-88 Rabat Kenya 3-0 African Nations Cup 35 17- 3-88 Rabat Cameroon 1-1 African Nations Cup 36 20- 3-88 Rabat Egypt 0-0 African Nations Cup 37 23- 3-88 Rabat Algeria 1-1 [4] African Nations Cup 38 27- 3-88 Casablanca Cameroon 0-1 African Nations Cup 39 10- 6-89 Ibadan Cameroon 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 40 27- 2-93 Enugu Congo-Brazz. 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 41 17- 7-93 Kampala Uganda 0-0 African Cup Qual. 42 24- 7-93 Lagos Ethiopia 6-0 African Cup Qual. 43 11- 1-94 Bangkok Thailand 0-0 44 26- 3-94 Tunis Gabon 3-0 African Nations Cup 45 30- 3-94 Tunis Egypt 0-0 African Nations Cup 46 2- 4-94 Tunis Zaire 2-0 African Nations Cup 47 6- 4-94 Tunis Ivory Coast 2-2 [5] African Nations Cup 48 10- 4-94 Tunis Zambia 2-1 African Nations Cup 49 25- 5-94 Bucuresti Romania 0-2 50 11- 6-94 Ibadan Georgia 5-0 51 21- 6-94 Dallas Bulgaria 3-0 World Cup 52 25- 6-94 Boston Argentina 1-2 World Cup 53 30- 6-94 Boston Greece 2-0 World Cup 54 5- 7-94 Boston Italy 1-2 World Cup 55 16-11-94 London England 0-1 56 6- 1-95 Riyadh Japan 3-0 Intercontinental Cup 57 10- 1-95 Riyadh Argentina 0-0 Intercontinental Cup 58 13- 1-95 Riyadh Mexico 1-1 [6] Intercontinental Cup 59 11- 6-95 Boston United States 2-3 CONCACAF Cup 60 17- 6-95 Piscataway Colombia 0-1 CONCACAF Cup 61 17- 8-97 Conakry Guinea 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 62 5- 6-98 Amsterdam Netherlands 1-5 63 13- 6-98 Nantes Spain 3-2 World Cup 64 19- 6-98 Paris Bulgaria 1-0 World Cup 65 24- 6-98 Toulouse Paraguay 1-3 World Cup 66 28- 6-98 Saint-Denis Denmark 1-4 World Cup

[1] Nigeria won 4-3 on penalty kicks. [2] Nigeria lost 4-5 on penalty kicks. [3] Nigeria won 8-7 on penalty kicks. [4] Nigeria won 9-8 on penalty kicks. [5] Nigeria won 4-2 on penalty kicks. [6] Nigeria lost 4-5 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 66 27 22 17 83- 53 76 57.57

Types of Matches: Friendlies 14 World Cup Qualifier 10 World Cup 8 African Nations Cup 12 African Cup Qualifier 7 Intercontinental Cup 3 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2 Olympic G. Qualifier 7 Other Tournaments 3

Total: 66

Goals:

Cap 42 1 goal

Total 1 goal

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Prepared and maintained by _Roberto Mamrud_for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Roberto Mamrud (roberto.mamrud@gmail.com) Last updated: 12 Mar 2015