Nigerians Abroad

Raphael Onyedika has added a sixth major trophy to his career collection after Club Brugge clinched the 2025-26 Belgian Pro League title on Thursday night, sealing their 20th national championship in one of the most dramatic title races in recent Belgian football history. Brugge secured the title with a 2-2 draw away to KV Mechelen,

Super Eagles goalkeeper Maduka Okoye came as close as any Nigerian has ever come to winning the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year award, finishing as runner up to AS Roma’s Mile Svilar after a season that firmly established the Udinese shot stopper as one of the best goalkeepers in Italian football. Serie A confirmed

Paul Onuachu silenced seven games of frustration with a moment of instinct and a nerves of steel penalty as Trabzonspor defeated Konyaspor 2-1 in Friday’s Turkish Cup final to claim the club’s 10th title in the competition. Trabzonspor 2 – 1 Konyaspor Turkish Cup Final, Friday 22 May 2026 The Super Eagles striker had gone

Shukurat Oladipo has capped one of the most remarkable breakthrough seasons by a Nigerian player in European women’s football, winning the Serie A Femminile Best Defender award and a league title with AS Roma, just 15 months after leaving FC Robo Queens in Lagos. The 21 year old centre-back made 18 league appearances for Roma

Nigerian winger David Akintola has been cleared by the English Football League to feature in Hull City’s Sky Bet Championship playoff final against Middlesbrough at Wembley Stadium this Saturday. Hull City applied for special dispensation to register Akintola after midfielder Eliot Matazo suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury last month, leaving the club short of

Three Super Eagles players will be in action when Trabzonspor take on Konyaspor in Friday’s Turkish Cup final, with Paul Onuachu and Chibuike Nwaiwu chasing their first medal with the Black Sea Storm and Anthony Nwakaeme set to play his last-ever game for the club. Trabzonspor head into the final with serious Nigerian firepower at

Nottingham Forest boss Vitor Pereira has confirmed that Super Eagles full-back Ola Aina returned to pitch training on Thursday, but the Portuguese coach stopped short of guaranteeing the Nigerian will play any part when Bournemouth visit the City Ground on Sunday. Ola Aina has not featured for Nottingham Forest since April 30, when he hobbled

Taiwo Awoniyi says the night he went home from the City Ground and collapsed in pain the beginning of a sequence that would lead to emergency surgery and a medically induced coma had to happen, because it is the source of a self belief that now runs deeper than anything football alone could have given

Celtic legend Stiliyan Petrov has called on the club to pursue a more powerful, consistent striking option this summer and let Kelechi Iheanacho go even after the Nigerian scored the 99th minute penalty that kept the title race alive and played a key role in their dramatic final day comeback against Hearts. Kelechi Iheanacho helped