Former Nigeria U17 forward Umar Abubakar scored his first goal at professional level as his Portuguese side Famalicao in their 3-1 win over AVS. Umar Abubakar scores his first goal for Famalicao in a victory over AVS Abubakar joined the team in the summer from the youth side of Belgium top level side Gent, after the club declined to give him an extension to his deal despite his impressive goal scoring record for their B team Jong KAA Gent. Famalicao beat all comers to reach a

Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has made plans to reach out to five players born abroad and eligible to play for other countries to pledge their allegiance to his team. Carney Chukwuemeka amongst those in talks to play for Nigeria The coach has already started plans for the second phase of his rebuilding process of the Nigerian team, after leading them to a third place finish at the last AFCON with an impressive brand of football admired by all.

Osimhen was Nigeria’s top marksman at the tournament but got injured in the semi final defeat against Morocco forcing him to miss the third place playoff against Egypt. Eric Chelle alongside Osimhen, celebrating a Super Eagles goal Chelle revealed that while preparing for the game against Egypt, he spoke with Osimhen on the need to go all out and win the game, even though he can clearly see that the 27 year old is Injured and won’t be available for the game. “I had a discussi

Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has revealed what happened that led to a bust up between Victor Osimhen and his teammate Ademola Lookman during the Super Eagles round of 16 game against Mozambique at the AFCON. Victor Osimhen confronted Ademola Lookman in a 4-0 victory over Mozambique Both players had a go at each other with Osimhen the aggressor seemingly angry at a teammate in Bruno Onyemaechi for not passing the ball to him, while he was in a

Serbian side FK Vojvodina have completed all formalities for the signing of former Nigeria U20 defender Abel Ogwuche from Swedish side Trelleborg. Abel Ogwuche representing Nigeria in an U20 world cup game against Argentina He signed on a deal that will run till the summer of 2028 with the option of another year. His signing is seen as a major coup by the third placed team in the Serbian League. The 22 year old spent close to four years in Sweden following his transfer from N

Talented teenage players from football talent hub of Mavlon FC of Lagos, have continued to make waves in the transfer window in Europe after another Spanish club, Malaga CF signed Wahab Musa. Wahab Musa, who hails from Kogi state has completed a move to Malaga CF Academy from Mavlon FC of Lagos Musa, a modern day left full back, has been described as an ideal player perfectly fitted to the future ambition of the club in the Spanish Segunda. Despite his physicial presence, Mu

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Casemiro will go down in history as one of the best defensive midfielders of his time, surprisingly, the Brazilian Captain only became a defensive midfielder because he figured that was the way he could get into the Sao Paulo Academy. Casemiro scored 11 goals in 111 appearances for Sao Paulo Casemiro was born in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil. He began trials with Sao Paulo Youth System when he was 8 years old. When it was time for selection, Casemiro found himself am

Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has made contact with the camp of on loan Arsenal midfielder Ethan Nwaneri to speak on convincing the 18 year old to play for the Nigerian team. Born in England to parents of Nigerian descent, Nwaneri is yet to represent England at senior level keeping him eligible for Nigeria despite his current status as a youth international for England. Ethan Nwaneri(on loan from Arsenal) made a remarkable start to his Marseill

Atalanta defender Honest Ahanor is not eligible to play for Italy despite the fact that he was born and raised in Italy. Honest Ahanor has kept 6 clean sheets at Atalanta, making him one of the best teenage young defenders in Europe Ahanor who has emerged as the best young defender in the Italian top division this season playing a leading role in the team’s six clean sheets this season, when he has played alongside 22 year old Giorgio Scalvini. Born in the Italian city of Ave

The first choice goalkeeper of the senior national team of Nigeria Stanley Nwabali is studying offers from teams in two African countries following his decision to mutually terminate his contract with Chippa United. Stanley Nwabali impressed in AFCON 2025, saving 2 crucial penalties in the third place game to help Nigeria to their 9th bronze Nwabali who was once again impressive between the sticks for Nigeria at the recently concluded AFCON, saw an offer from Tanzanian side S

The news of little known David Oguejiofor moving from Kaduna based Academy Simoiben owned by the wife of Nigeria international Moses Simon, Mrs Ibukun Simon to Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia came as a surprise to many. Oguejiofor was top scorer in the NLO playoff and the Kaduna State FA Cup playing for Simoiben FC Oguejiofor joined the Saudi team on an initial six months loan deal. Starting with the U21 where his progress will be monitored for promotion to the main team and also a

Alex Iwobi says the Super Eagles of Nigeria can still make it to the 2026 World Cup in the light of the protest against DR Congo for fielding ineligible players in the world cup qualifiers playoff. Alex Iwobi is one of few Nigerian players, left in the squad, who played in the 2018 World Cup held in Russia Nigeria were beaten 2-4 on penalties by DR Congo in the world cup qualifiers playoff, effectively ending their hope of picking the remaining two available tickets via the i

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has postponed its Annual General Assembly (AGA) earlier scheduled to hold on February 14, 2026, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The NFF Annual General Assembly has been postponed to Next Month In a notice circulated to members of Congress, the federation announced that the assembly has now been rescheduled for March 26, 2026. Letters informing congressmen of the change have been dispatched accordingly. Confirming the development, NFF General S

George Ilenikhena has etched his name into Nigerian football history after completing a record-breaking transfer to Saudi Arabian club Al-Ittihad, becoming the most expensive Nigerian teenager ever. Ilenikhena recently broke the record for Monaco's youngest Champions League goalscorer, a record previously held by Kylian Mbappe. The 19-year-old forward’s move from AS Monaco is reportedly worth €30 million, surpassing the long-standing benchmark set by John Mikel Obi, whose €2

CD Castellón, a Spanish clubside has signed highly talented teenage Nigerian attacker, Elisha Ephraim, a product of Mavlon FC. Elisha Ephraim has completed a switch to CD Castellon Ephraim can function effectively as a winger or a striker. He is endowed with rich football inteligence, skills and natural instinct to score goals and to create assists, depending on the occassion. Mavlon FC in Europe The management of CD Castellón are pleased to offer him his first professional

18 year old forward David Oguejiofor has joined Saudi Arabia side Al Nassr from Kaduna based Nigerian football academy Simoiben Football Academy. Oguejiofor trained alongside players he was watching on television two weeks ago in the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane, Joao Felix, Inigo Martinez among others . The deal was completed before the close of the January transfer window with Oguejiofor joining the team on a six months initial loan deal, with the option of making

The January transfer window around major leagues in Europe came to a close yesterday with so many Nigerian players taking advantage of it by moving to new teams. It was a good window for Nigerian players; with high profile transfers, career step ups and several other headline deals taking place We pick ten top transfers made by Nigerian players during the course of the window, which lasted for a month. Ademola Lookman to Atletico Madrid – The best move of the window by a mile

Nigeria international defender Calvin Bassey snubbed a big money offer to move to Saudi Arabia in the recently concluded January transfer window. Calvin Bassey made the tournament’s best XI at the recently concluded AFCON where Nigeria finished third Bassey has a year left on his deal at Fulham but the club hold an option of extending it for another year. An offer from Saudi Arabia which is said to be four times what he currently earns in England was lodged for his services b

The January transfer window came to a close yesterday for major European Leagues with so many players of the senior national team of Nigeria using the window to switch teams. Following their heroics at the AFCON, the Nigerian Senior National team players were heavily linked with moves all around Europe However there were some who were not able to switch teams despite their desire. We take a look at five of them. 1. Wilfred Ndidi to Ajax – Besiktas turned down a bid of around