Super Eagles captain, Joseph Yobo, will become the first ever Nigerian to join the illustrious centenary club of international players to have played a 100 games for their country when he files out with the Eagles against France on June 30, 2014 at the Estadio Nacional in Brasilia.
Yobo made his international debut for the senior national team on March 24, 2002 against Zambia in a Nations Cup qualifier.
Over time, lots of Nigerian soccer icons looked like creating the record, but never quite reached the Promised Land.
Muda Lawal had the most caps with his 86 games and it endured till Nwankwo Kanu overtook him with 87 caps before retiring after the 2010 World Cup. Then Joseph Yobo took over.
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In fact, there have been series of controversies over his record, as the player himself thought he had more caps, but below, TheCable serves you the game-by-game statistics of Yobo’s record international caps.
Born: 6- 9-1980
Country: Nigeria
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Caps: 99 (W53-D28-L18)
Goals: 7
Age at first cap: 20 years 2001 vs. Zambia 1-0
Age at last cap: 33 years 25- 6-2014 vs. Argentina 2-3
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National team career: 13 years
| Cap | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24- 3-01 | Chingola | Zambia | 1-1 | African Cup Qual. |
| 2 | 21- 4-01 | Freetown | Sierra Leone | 0-1 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 3 | 5- 5-01 | Port Harcourt | Liberia | 2-0 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 4 | 2- 6-01 | Benin | Madagascar | 1-0 | African Cup Qual. |
| 5 | 16- 6-01 | Windhoek | Namibia | 2-0 | African Cup Qual. |
| 6 | 1- 7-01 | Omdurman | Sudan | 4-0 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 7 | 29- 7-01 | Port Harcourt | Ghana | 2-0 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 8 | 12- 1-02 | Bouake | Ivory Coast | 1-1 | Friendly match |
| 9 | 21- 1-02 | Bamako | Algeria | 1-1 | African Nations Cup |
| 10 | 24- 1-02 | Bamako | Mali | 0-0 | African Nations Cup |
| 11 | 28- 1-02 | Mopti | Liberia | 1-0 | African Nations Cup |
| 12 | 3- 2-02 | Bamako | Ghana | 1-0 | African Nations Cup |
| 13 | 7- 2-02 | Bamako | Senegal | 1-2 | African Nations Cup |
| 14 | 9- 2-02 | Mopti | Mali | 1-0 | African Nations Cup |
| 15 | 17- 4-02 | Aberdeen | Scotland | 2-1 | Friendly match |
| 16 | 16- 5-02 | Dublin | Ireland | 2-1 | Friendly match |
| 17 | 2- 6-02 | Ibaraki | Argentina | 0-1 | World Cup |
| 18 | 7- 6-02 | Kobe | Sweden | 1-2 | World Cup |
| 19 | 12- 6-02 | Osaka | England | 0-0 | World Cup |
| 20 | 29- 3-03 | Blantyre | Malawi | 1-0 | African Cup Qual. |
| 21 | 30- 5-03 | Abuja | Ghana | 3-1 | LG Cup |
| 22 | 1- 6-03 | Lagos | Cameroon | 3-0 | LG Cup |
| 23 | 26- 7-03 | Watford | Venezuela | 1-0 | Friendly match |
| 24 | 27- 1-04 | Monastir | Morocco | 0-1 | African Nations Cup |
| 25 | 31- 1-04 | Monastir | South Africa | 4-0 | African Nations Cup |
| 26 | 4- 2-04 | Sfax | Benin | 2-1 | African Nations Cup |
| 27 | 8- 2-04 | Monastir | Cameroon | 2-1 | African Nations Cup |
| 28 | 11- 2-04 | Tunis | Tunisia | 1-1 | African Nations Cup |
| 29 | 13- 2-04 | Monastir | Mali | 2-1 | African Nations Cup |
| 30 | 5- 6-04 | Abuja | Rwanda | 2-0 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 31 | 20- 6-04 | Luanda | Angola | 0-1 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 32 | 3- 7-04 | Abuja | Algeria | 1-0 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 33 | 6-10-04 | Libreville | Gabon | 1-1 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 34 | 26- 3-05 | Port Harcourt | Gabon | 2-0 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 35 | 5- 6-05 | Kigali | Rwanda | 1-1 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 36 | 18- 6-05 | Kano | Angola | 1-1 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 37 | 17- 8-05 | Tripoli | Libya | 1-0 | Friendly match |
| 38 | 4- 9-05 | Oran | Algeria | 5-2 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 39 | 8-10-05 | Abuja | Zimbabwe | 5-1 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 40 | 23- 1-06 | Port Said | Ghana | 1-0 | African Nations Cup |
| 41 | 27- 1-06 | Port Said | Zimbabwe | 2-0 | African Nations Cup |
| 42 | 31- 1-06 | Port Said | Senegal | 2-1 | African Nations Cup |
| 43 | 3- 2-06 | Port Said | Tunisia | 1-1 | African Nations Cup |
| 44 | 7- 2-06 | Alexandria | Ivory Coast | 0-1 | African Nations Cup |
| 45 | 9- 2-06 | Cairo | Senegal | 1-0 | African Nations Cup |
| 46 | 2- 9-06 | Abuja | Niger | 2-0 | African Cup Qual. |
| 47 | 8-10-06 | Maseru | Lesotho | 1-0 | African Cup Qual. |
| 48 | 6- 2-07 | Brentford | Ghana | 1-4 | Friendly match |
| 49 | 24- 3-07 | Abeokuta | Uganda | 1-0 | African Cup Qual. |
| 50 | 2- 6-07 | Kampala | Uganda | 1-2 | African Cup Qual. |
| 51 | 21- 1-08 | Sekondi | Ivory Coast | 0-1 | African Nations Cup |
| 52 | 25- 1-08 | Sekondi | Mali | 0-0 | African Nations Cup |
| 53 | 29- 1-08 | Secondi | Benin | 2-0 | African Nations Cup |
| 54 | 3- 2-08 | Accra | Ghana | 1-2 | African Nations Cup |
| 55 | 27- 5-08 | Graz | Austria | 1-1 | Friendly match |
| 56 | 1- 6-08 | Abuja | South Africa | 2-0 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 57 | 7- 6-08 | Freetown | Sierra Leone | 1-0 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 58 | 15- 6-08 | Malabo | E/Guinea | 1-0 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 59 | 21- 6-08 | Abuja | E/Guinea | 2-0 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 60 | 11-10-08 | Abuja | Sierra Leone | 4-1 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 61 | 11- 2-09 | London | Jamaica | 0-0 | Friendly match |
| 62 | 20- 6-09 | Radès | Tunisia | 0-0 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 63 | 6- 9-09 | Abuja | Tunisia | 2-2 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 64 | 11-10-09 | Abuja | Mozambique | 1-0 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 65 | 14-11-09 | Nairobi | Kenya | 3-2 | World Cup Qualifier |
| 66 | 12- 1-10 | Benguela | Egypt | 1-3 | African Nations Cup |
| 67 | 16- 1-10 | Benguela | Benin | 1-0 | African Nations Cup |
| 68 | 25- 5-10 | Wattens | S/Arabia | 0-0 | Friendly match |
| 69 | 6- 6-10 | Tembisa | North Korea | 3-1 | Friendly match |
| 70 | 12- 6-10 | Johannesburg | Argentina | 0-1 | World Cup |
| 71 | 17- 6-10 | Bloemfontein | Greece | 1-2 | World Cup |
| 72 | 22- 6-10 | Durban | South Korea | 2-2 | World Cup |
| 73 | 5- 9-10 | Calabar | Madagascar | 2-0 | African Cup Qual. |
| 74 | 10-10-10 | Conakry | Guinea | 0-1 | African Cup Qual. |
| 75 | 9- 2-11 | Lagos | Sierra Leone | 2-1 | Friendly match |
| 76 | 27- 3-11 | Abuja | Ethiopia | 4-0 | African Cup Qual. |
| 77 | 29- 3-11 | Abuja | Kenya | 3-0 | Friendly match |
| 78 | 1- 6-11 | Abuja | Argentina | 4-1 | Friendly match |
| 79 | 5- 6-11 | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 2-2 | African Cup Qual. |
| 80 | 4- 9-11 | Antananarivo | Madagascar | 2-0 | African Cup Qual. |
| 81 | 6- 9-11 | Dhaka | Argentina | 1-3 | Friendly match |
| 82 | 8-10-11 | Abuja | Guinea | 2-2 | African Cup Qual. |
| 83 | 11-10-11 | Watford | Ghana | 0-0 | Friendly match |
| 84 | 12-11-11 | Benin | Botswana | 0-0 | Friendly match |
| 85 | 15-11-11 | Kaduna | Zambia | 2-0 | Friendly match |
| 86 | 29- 2-12 | Kigali | Rwanda | 0-0 | African Cup Qual. |
| 87 | 8- 9-12 | Paynesville | Liberia | 2-2 | African Cup Qual. |
| 88 | 9- 1-13 | Faro-Loulé | Cape Verde | 0-0 | African Nations Cup |
| 89 | 21- 1-13 | Nelspruit | Burkina Faso | 1-1 | African Nations Cup |
| 90 | 29- 1-13 | Nelspruit | Ethiopia | 2-0 | African Nations Cup |
| 91 | 3- 2-13 | Rustenburg | Ivory Coast | 2-1 | African Nations Cup |
| 92 | 6- 2-13 | Durban | Mali | 4-0 | African Nations Cup |
| 93 | 10- 2-13 | Johannesburg | Burkina Faso | 1-0 | African Nations Cup |
| 94 | 28- 5-14 | London | Scotland | 2-2 | Friendly match |
| 95 | 3- 6-14 | Chester | Greece | 0-0 | Friendly match |
| 96 | 7- 6-14 | Jacksonville | USA | 1-2 | Friendly match |
| 97 | 16-6-14 | Curitiba | Iran | 0-0 | World Cup |
| 98 | 21-6-14 | Cuiaba | Bosnia | 1-0 | World Cup |
| 99 | 25-6-14 | Porto Alegre | Argentina | 2-3 | World Cup |
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