Here is a comprehensive list of every Nigerian player who has scored or recorded a goal for a club side in the English Premier League.
Nigerian players have continued to show their relevance as well as their dominance across different leagues in Europe most especially in the English Premier League, with this in mind here is a list of every Nigerian player who has recorded a goal in a league often categorized as the most competitive league in the world.
Who is the Nigerian with the highest number of goals in the Premier League?
The Nigerian player with the highest number of goals in the Premier League to date is Yakubu Aiyegbeni who scored 95 goals in all his appearances in 10 seasons for different clubs in the EPL.
Games/Goals
Portsmouth: 67/28
Middlesbrough: 73/25
Everton: 82/25
Blackburn Rovers: 30/17
Who was the first Nigerian to score in the Premier League?
The Premier League saw its first Nigerian player to play and score in the league through the efforts of Efangwu Goziem Ekoku, who became a part of Norwich City. Ekoku made 38 appearances for the club from 1993 to 1994, scoring a total of 18 goals for the team before he transferred to Wimbledon (now known as MK Dons) in 1994, which was also in the Premier League. He played 123 games and scored 37 goals for the team before leaving the top division in 1999.
How many Nigerians have scored in the Premier League?
A total of 40 Nigerian players have recorded goals for Nigeria across different clubs in the English Premier League history and here is the full list below:
- Kanu Nwankwo (Arsenal, West Brom, Portsmouth)
- Austine ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha (Bolton, Hull City)
- Mikel Obi (Chelsea)
- Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Everton, Leicester City, Blackburn Rovers, Reading)
- Joseph Yobo (Everton)
- Daniel Amokachi – (Everton)
- Celestine Babayaro (Chelsea, Newcastle United)
- Victor Moses – (Wigan, Stoke, Liverpool, Chelsea)
- Osaze Odemwingie – (West Brom, Cardiff City, Stoke City)
- Odion Ighalo (Manchester United)
- Taye Taiwo (QPR)
- Danny Shittu (Bolton, Watford)
- Kelvin Etuhu (Manchester City, Portsmouth)
- Leon Balogun (Brighton)
- Isaac Success (Watford)
- Ahmed Musa (Leicester City)
- Sone Aluko (Hull City)
- Semi Ajayi (West Brom)
- Joe Aribo (Southampton)
- Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forest)
- Ola Aina (Chelsea, Fulham, Nottingham Forest)
- Seye Olofinjana (Stoke City)
- Josh Maja (Stoke City)
- Ideye Brown (West Brom)
- Dickson Etuhu (Sunderland, Fulham)
- Finidi George (Ipswich Town)
- John Utaka (Portsmouth)
- Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City)
- Emmanuel Dennis (Watford, Nottingham Forest)
- Ademola Lookman (Leicester City)
- Ade Akinbiyi (Leicester City)
- Alexander Iwobi (Arsenal, Everton, Fulham)
- Victor Anichebe (Everton, West Brom, Sunderland)
- Obafemi Martins (Newcastle United)
- Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City, Leicester City)
- Shola Ameobi (Newcastle United)
- Efan Ekoku (Norwich City, Wimbledon)
- Gabriel Osho (Luton Town)
- Calvin Bassey (Fulham)
- Frank Onyeka (Brentford)
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