Joseph Phillip Yobo - Century of International Appearances (original) (raw)


The outstanding Nigerian player, who obtained 101 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Competition 1 24- 3-01 Chingola Zambia 1-1 African Cup Qual. 2 21- 4-01 Freetown Sierra Leone 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 3 5- 5-01 Port Harcourt Liberia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 4 2- 6-01 Benin Madagascar 1-0 African Cup Qual. 5 16- 6-01 Windhoek Namibia 2-0 African Cup Qual. 6 1- 7-01 Ombdurman Sudan 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 7 29- 7-01 Port Harcourt Ghana 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 8 12- 1-02 Bouak� Ivory Coast 1-1 9 21- 1-02 Bamako Algeria 1-1 African Nations Cup 10 24- 1-02 Bamako Mali 0-0 African Nations Cup 11 28- 1-02 Mopti Liberia 1-0 African Nations Cup 12 3- 2-02 Bamako Ghana 1-0 African Nations Cup 13 7- 2-02 Bamako Senegal 1-2 African Nations Cup 14 9- 2-02 Mopti Mali 1-0 African Nations Cup 15 17- 4-02 Aberdeen Scotland 2-1 16 16- 5-02 Dublin Ireland 2-1 17 2- 6-02 Ibaraki Argentina 0-1 World Cup 18 7- 6-02 Kobe Sweden 1-2 World Cup 19 12- 6-02 Osaka England 0-0 World Cup 20 29- 3-03 Blantyre Malawi 1-0 African Cup Qual. 21 30- 5-03 Abuja Ghana 3-1 LG Cup 22 1- 6-03 Lagos Cameroon U-23 3-0 [!] LG Cup 23 26- 7-03 Watford Venezuela 1-0 24 27- 1-04 Monastir Morocco 0-1 African Nations Cup 25 31- 1-04 Monastir South Africa 4-0 African Nations Cup 26 4- 2-04 Sfax Benin 2-1 African Nations Cup 27 8- 2-04 Monastir Cameroon 2-1 African Nations Cup 28 11- 2-04 Tunis Tunisia 1-1 [1] African Nations Cup 29 13- 2-04 Monastir Mali 2-1 African Nations Cup 30 5- 6-04 Abuja Rwanda 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 31 20- 6-04 Luanda Angola 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 32 3- 7-04 Abuja Algeria 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 33 6-10-04 Libreville Gabon 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 34 26- 3-05 Port Harcourt Gabon 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 35 5- 6-05 Kigali Rwanda 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 36 18- 6-05 Kano Angola 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 37 17- 8-05 Tripoli Libya 1-0 38 4- 9-05 Oran Algeria 5-2 World Cup Qualifier 39 8-10-05 Abuja Zimbabwe 5-1 World Cup Qualifier 40 23- 1-06 Port Said Ghana 1-0 African Nations Cup 41 27- 1-06 Port Said Zimbabwe 2-0 African Nations Cup 42 31- 1-06 Port Said Senegal 2-1 African Nations Cup 43 3- 2-06 Port Said Tunisia 1-1 [2] African Nations Cup 44 7- 2-06 Alexandria Ivory Coast 0-1 African Nations Cup 45 9- 2-06 Cairo Senegal 1-0 African Nations Cup 46 2- 9-06 Abuja Niger 2-0 African Cup Qual. 47 8-10-06 Maseru Lesotho 1-0 African Cup Qual. 48 6- 2-07 Brentford Ghana 1-4 49 24- 3-07 Abeokuta Uganda 1-0 African Cup Qual. 50 2- 6-07 Kampala Uganda 1-2 African Cup Qual. 51 8- 9-07 Warri Lesotho 2-0 African Cup Qual. 52 21- 1-08 Sekondi Ivory Coast 0-1 African Nations Cup 53 25- 1-08 Sekondi Mali 0-0 African Nations Cup 54 29- 1-08 Sekondi Benin 2-0 African Nations Cup 55 3- 2-08 Accra Ghana 1-2 African Nations Cup 56 27- 5-08 Graz Austria 1-1 57 1- 6-08 Abuja South Africa 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 58 7- 6-08 Freetown Sierra Leone 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 59 15- 6-08 Malabo Equat. Guinea 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 60 21- 6-08 Abuja Equat. Guinea 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 61 11-10-08 Abuja Sierra Leone 4-1 World Cup Qualifier 62 11- 2-09 London Jamaica 0-0 63 20- 6-09 Rad�s Tunisia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 64 6- 9-09 Abuja Tunisia 2-2 World Cup Qualifier 65 11-10-09 Abuja Mozambique 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 66 14-11-09 Nairobi Kenya 3-2 World Cup Qualifier - 6- 1-10 Durban Zambia 0-0 [*] 67 12- 1-10 Benguela Egypt 1-3 African Nations Cup 68 16- 1-10 Benguela Benin 1-0 African Nations Cup 69 25- 5-10 Wattens (AUT) Saudi Arabia 0-0 70 6- 6-10 Tembisa, SA North Korea 3-1 71 12- 6-10 Johannesburg Argentina 0-1 World Cup 72 17- 6-10 Bloemfontein Greece 1-2 World Cup 73 22- 6-10 Durban South Korea 2-2 World Cup 74 5- 9-10 Calabar Madagascar 2-0 African Cup Qual. 75 10-10-10 Conakry Guinea 0-1 African Cup Qual. 76 9- 2-11 Lagos Sierra Leone 2-1 77 27- 3-11 Abuja Ethiopia 4-0 African Cup Qual. 78 29- 3-11 Abuja Kenya 3-0 79 1- 6-11 Abuja Argentina 4-1 80 5- 6-11 Addis Abeba Ethiopia 2-2 African Cup Qual. 81 4- 9-11 Antananarivo Madagascar 2-0 African Cup Qual. 82 6- 9-11 Dhaka Argentina 1-3 83 8-10-11 Abuja Guinea 2-2 African Cup Qual. 84 11-10-11 Watford Ghana 0-0 85 12-11-11 Benin Botswana 0-0 86 15-11-11 Kaduna Zambia 2-0 87 29- 2-12 Kigali Rwanda 0-0 African Cup Qual. 88 8- 9-12 Paynesville Liberia 2-2 African Cup Qual. 89 9- 1-13 Faro-Loul� Cape Verde 0-0 90 21- 1-13 Nelspruit Burkina Faso 1-1 African Nations Cup 91 29- 1-13 Nelspruit Ethiopia 2-0 African Nations Cup 92 3- 2-13 Rustenburg Ivory Coast 2-1 African Nations Cup 93 6- 2-13 Durban Mali 4-0 African Nations Cup 94 10- 2-13 Johannesburg Burkina Faso 1-0 African Nations Cup 95 28- 5-14 London Scotland 2-2 96 3- 6-14 Chester Greece 0-0 97 7- 6-14 Jacksonville United States 1-2 98 16- 6-14 Curitiba Iran 0-0 World Cup 99 21- 6-14 Cuiab� Bosnia-Herzeg. 1-0 World Cup 100 25- 6-14 Porto Alegre Argentina 2-3 World Cup 101 30- 6-14 Bras�lia France 0-2 World Cup

[1] Nigeria lost 3-5 on penalty kicks. [2] Nigeria won 6-5 on penalty kicks.

[!] match not full for FIFA but it is for the Nigerian FA [*] unofficial training match played over 2x40 minutes behind closed doors while Nigeria made 10 substitutions

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 101 54 28 19 147- 74 136 67.33

Types of Matches

Friendlies 21 World Cup 10 World Cup Qualifier 22 African Nations Cup 29 African Cup Qualifier 17 Other Tournaments 2

Total caps: 101

Goals: Cap 22 1 goal Cap 25 1 goal Cap 32 1 goal Cap 58 1 goal Cap 59 1 goal Cap 80 1 goal Cap 81 1 goal

Total 7 goals


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