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Nigeria is a blessed country filled with raw talents and prospects especially in Nigeria
football and many of these talented footballers who are of Nigeria descents chose to play
for other countries.

We present 10 talented Nigerian footballers who have never played for the Nigerian
national team.

1. Oguchi Onyewu

Oguchialu Chijioke Oguchi Onyewu is an American central defender who is currently a

free agent. Onyewus parents moved to the United States from Nigeria to study in
Washington, D.C. They are from the Igbo ethnic people of Nigeria. He made his first
appearance for the senior national team on October 13, 2004, against Panama.

2. Angelo Ogbonna
Nigerian-born Angelo Obinze Ogbonna is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a
centre-back for West Ham United and the Italian national team.

Ogbonna was born to Nigerian parents who emigrated to Italy from Nigeria in 1983.

3.Emmanuel Adebayor
Emmanuel Adebayor is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish
club stanbul Baakehir. He previously played for English clubs Arsenal, Manchester City,
Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace, as well as French sides Metz and Monaco and
Spanish team Real Madrid. He was voted African Footballer of the Year for 2008.

4. Dennis Aogo:
Born to a German mother and a Nigerian father, Dennis Aogo is a German professional
footballer who plays as a left back and left wing-back or midfielder for Schalke 04. The 30-
year old footballer once revealed in an interview that Nigeria once invited him to play for the
national team which he turned down
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5. David Alaba:
David Olatokunbo Alaba was born in Vienna to a Filipino mother (a nurse) and a Nigerian
father, (a DJ and former rapper). He is an Austrian professional footballer who plays for
German club Bayern Munich and the Austria national team. He holds Austrias record as the
youngest player to play for their senior national team, debuting for them in 2009 as a 17-year-
old. He has played in a multitude of roles, including central midfield, central defence, right
and left wing, but has since blossomed as a left-back.

7. Gabriel Agbonlahor
Gabriel Imuetinyan Gabby Agbonlahor was born 13 October 1986. Agbonlahor was one of
four children born to a Nigerian father and a Scottish mother in Birmingham. The English
professional footballer plays as a striker for Championship club Aston Villa.

Gabriel is another player of Nigerian descent who opted to the English side.

8. Patrick Olukayode Owomoyela

Patrick Owomoyela was born to a German mother and a Nigerian father. Owomoyela plays
as a right-sided defender/midfielder.He has been capped by Germany at international level
and was a member of the squad at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup.

9. Nedum Onuoah:
Chinedum Nedum Onuoha is footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers. He is a
defender, typically a centre back, but he can also play at right back or left back. Born in
Warri, Nigeria, Onuoha was brought up in Manchester, England.
In March 2007, Onuoha received an international call up from Nigeria, but announced he
would like to play for England at full international level. Onuoha has never been capped by
England at international level.

10. Chuba Akpom

Chuba Amechi Akpom, 21, is an English professional footballer of Nigerian descent who
plays as a striker and centre forward for Brighton & Hove Albion on loan from Arsenal.

He has represented England at youth international levels. There were rumours that several
distinguished Nigerian football stakeholders, including ex-Arsenal hero Nwankwo Kanu and
Amaju Pinnick,the president of Nigeria Football Fede