John Obi Mikel

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Nigeria
10		Nigeria	Aug 17, 2005	89	6	Augustine Eguavoen	18 years 03 months 26 days
	Nigeria U20
-		Nigeria U20	-	7	2
	Nigeria U17
-		Nigeria U17	-	3	1
	Nigeria
-		Nigeria Olympic Team	Aug 5, 2016	6	1	Samson Siasia	29 years 03 months 14 days

Stats of John Obi Mikel

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			88	6	12	-	4	20	11	-	-	1	1.228'	7.368'
	Africa Cup of Nations	22	2	5	-	2	6	3	-	-	-	896'	1.792'
	International Friendlies	20	-	2	-	1	5	3	-	-	-	-	1.644'
	World Cup qualification	19	2	3	-	1	5	2	-	-	-	774'	1.548'
	Afrika-Cup Quali	17	1	2	-	-	3	1	-	-	1	1.486'	1.486'
	World Cup	7	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	628'
	Confederations Cup	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	270'	270'

Africa Cup of NationsInternational FriendliesWorld Cup qualificationAfrika-Cup QualiWorld CupConfederations Cup

Detailed stats

This overview shows all of a player's call-ups for the national team selected under "Stats". You can use a filter to limit the selection to major competitions (e.g. world cups), individual competitions (e.g. WC 2014) and to specific time periods. Under "Matches", you can also filter by actual number of matches played or by all matches with goals scored. Under the "Detailed" tab, you can view further details such as the venue and club for which the player was playing at the time of the match.

	Matchday	Club	Venue	Date	Home team		Away team		Result	Pos.
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 3		Abuja	Sep 2, 2006		Nigeria		Niger	2:0	on the bench
	Group 3		Rantsala	Oct 8, 2006		Lesotho		Nigeria	0:1	Not in squad
	Group 3		Abuja	Mar 24, 2007		Nigeria		Uganda	1:0	CM									90'
	Group 3		Kampala	Jun 2, 2007		Uganda		Nigeria	2:1	Not in squad
	Group 3		Niamey	Jun 17, 2007		Niger		Nigeria	1:3	Not in squad
	Group 3			Sep 8, 2007		Nigeria		Lesotho	2:0										90'
	Group B		Abuja	Sep 5, 2010		Nigeria		Madagascar	2:0	CM								75'	75'
	Group B			Oct 10, 2010		Guinea		Nigeria	1:0	Not in squad
	Group B		Abuja	Mar 27, 2011		Nigeria		Ethiopia	4:0	CM								88'	88'
	Group B			Jun 5, 2011		Ethiopia		Nigeria	2:2	DM									90'
	Group B		Antananarivo	Sep 4, 2011		Madagascar		Nigeria	0:2			1							90'
	Group B		Abuja	Oct 8, 2011		Nigeria		Guinea	2:2	CM									90'
	First Round 1st leg		Kigali	Feb 29, 2012		Rwanda		Nigeria	0:0	Not in squad
	First Round 2nd leg		Clabar	Jun 16, 2012		Nigeria		Rwanda	2:0	Not in squad
	Second Round 1st leg		Monrovia	Sep 8, 2012		Liberia		Nigeria	2:2	Not in squad
	Second Round 2nd leg		Abuja	Oct 13, 2012		Nigeria		Liberia	6:1	DM	1	1							90'
	Group A		Abuja	Sep 6, 2014		Nigeria		Congo	2:3	DM				62'					90'
	Group A		Kapstadt	Sep 10, 2014		South Africa		Nigeria	0:0	DM									90'
	Group A		Khartoum	Oct 11, 2014		Sudan		Nigeria	1:0	DM									90'
	Group A		Abuja	Oct 15, 2014		Nigeria		Sudan	3:1	DM									90'
	Group A			Nov 15, 2014		Congo		Nigeria	0:2	DM									90'
	Group A			Nov 19, 2014		Nigeria		South Africa	2:2	DM									90'
	Group G		Abuja	Jun 13, 2015		Nigeria		Chad	2:0	Not in squad
	Group G		Dar-es-Salaam	Sep 5, 2015		Tanzania		Nigeria	0:0	Not in squad
	Group G		Kaduna	Mar 25, 2016		Nigeria		Egypt	1:1	DM									90'
	Group G		Alexandria	Mar 29, 2016		Egypt		Nigeria	1:0	DM									90'
	Group G			Sep 3, 2016		Nigeria		Tanzania	1:0	DM								63'	63'
	Group E			Jun 10, 2017		Nigeria		South Africa	0:2	Abdominal problems
	Group E		Roche Caïman	Sep 8, 2018		Seychelles		Nigeria	0:3	Not in squad
	Group E			Oct 13, 2018		Nigeria		Libya	4:0	Not in squad
	Group E		Sfax	Oct 16, 2018		Libya		Nigeria	2:3	Not in squad
	Group E		Johannesburg	Nov 17, 2018		South Africa		Nigeria	1:1	Not in squad
	Group E			Mar 22, 2019		Nigeria		Seychelles	3:1	Not in squad
Squad: 18, Starting eleven: 17, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 1, Suspended: 0, Injured: 1,