🇳🇬😮👋🏾If you don’t respect NIGERIA, better start doing so after reading this:
🎖️First-ever African country to win the FIFA Men’s Under-17 World Cup: Nigeria (1985)
🎖️First-ever African country to win the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup: Nigeria (2026)
🎖️Global record winners of the FIFA Men’s Under-17 World Cup: Nigeria (5 times: 1985, 1993, 2007, 2013, 2015)
🎖️First-ever African country to win Olympic gold medal in football: Nigeria (1996)
🎖️Most finals reached in the FIFA Under-17 Men’s World Cup: Nigeria (8)
🎖️Most goals scored in a single FIFA Under-17 Men’s World Cup: Victor Osimhen of Nigeria (10)
🎖️Most different MVPs of the FIFA Under-17 Men’s World Cup: Nigeria (3: Sani Emmanuel [2009], Kelechi Iheanacho [2013] and Kelechi Nwakali [2015])
🎖️Only African country to win 3 football medals at the Olympics: Nigeria (Gold [1996], Silver [2008], and Bronze [2016])
🎖️Best ever FIFA world ranking for an African country: Nigeria (5th in April 1994)
🎖️Record winners of the Women’s AFCON: Nigeria (11 times)
Regarding the senior men’s team, I once said, and I’ll repeat, with proper management the Super Eagles will be a global force to reckon with. Still, 3 AFCONs and joint most podium finishes (17) in AFCON history is worth every ounce of respect.
Dr Ade Divine
