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Nigeria has been giving FIFA players their favourite cards for over fifteen years. From a pace-abusing striker at Newcastle to a Napoli forward who made entire squad-building strategies collapse, here are the cards that defined generations. Long before the conversation shifted to chemistry links and evolution paths, Nigerian players were quietly becoming the most coveted […]

When Abdullahi Bewene pulled on the green and white of the Super Eagles against Poland in Warsaw on Wednesday, he became the latest name in a long and remarkable list of senior Nigerian internationals who learned the game on the streets and pitches of Jos, Plateau State. Abdullahi Ibrahim Bewene, known in football circles as

Twenty-two goals. Twenty-eight assists. Best passer in the Bundesliga and the Champions League. Michael Olise has just beaten Kylian Mbappe to be named the best French player playing abroad. And Nigeria has a quiet claim on him. Michael Olise has been voted the best French player playing abroad after an extraordinary debut season at Bayern

FC Midtjylland have confirmed the return of Nigerian goalkeeper Mark Ugboh, who was re-signed from Portuguese second-tier side CD Mafra. Ugboh had earlier made the move to Mafra from Midtjylland but is now back in Denmark after the clubs agreed on a contract buyout. The 20 year old shot-stopper had joined Mafra in 2023, and