NIGERIA NATIONAL TEAM


Olympic Games “SYDNEY 2000”


Nigeria vs Italy


Match Worn Shirt


Aghahowa Julius

Did you Know?

He was known for his pace and his back-flips when he scored goals. Aghahowa became the first foreign national outside of the former Soviet Union who was among the best scorers in the Ukrainian Premier League (2000-01). Aghahowa played for Nigeria at four Africa Cup of Nations, the 2002 World Cup and the 2000 Olympics, as well as playing top-flight football in Tunisia, Ukraine, England and Turkey.  Aghahowa played 32 matches and scored 14 goals for the Nigerian national team, including their only goal at the 2002 World Cup against Sweden. He became Nigeria’s top goalscorer at the 2002 African Nations Cup. He also played at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

NIGERIA NATIONAL TEAM


Fifa World Cup “KOREA & JAPAN 2002”


Match Worn Shirt


Babayaro Celestine

Things to Know:

This style of shirt with white numbers was only used by the team during the first game against Argentina. After that match FIFA made the Nigerian Federation changing the name set and numbers in to a black color as the white ones were not visible on TV. So the team played the game against England with black numbers and names.