Nigeria’s squad for AFCON 2025 is not yet final (the deadline is December 15), but the provisional squad has already been announced. A total of four players come from the Nigerian league. The average age of the Nigerian squad is 26.3 years. The youngest player in the squad is 16-year-old goalkeeper Ebenezer Harcourt from Sporting Lagos, while the oldest is 32-year-old Semi Ajayi from Hull City.
Clubs
There is no real main supplier for Nigeria’s AFCON 2025 squad, but English clubs clearly leave their mark on the selection. Fulham and Nottingham Forrest each contribute two players, while Hull City, Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers, Brentford, Crystal Palace and Wolverhampton Wanderers each supply one player. Nigeria’s internationals therefore play at the highest European level.
Most Valuable Players
The most valuable player in Nigeria AFCON 2025 squad is undoubtedly Victor Osimhen, with a market value of € 75,000,000. In second place is Ademola Lookman with € 40,000,000. Other notable players inclube Calvin Bassey and Alex Iwobi (both around € 28,000,000), followed by forwards Tolu Arokodare (€ 25,000,000) and Victor Boniface (€ 20,000,000).
Nigeria Squad
Keepers:
- Stanley Nwabali (Chippa United
) - Maduka Okoye (Udinese
) - Amas Obasogie (Singida Black Star
) - Francis Uzoho (Omonia Nicosia)
- Ebenezer Harcourt (Sporting Lagos
) - Adebayo Adeleye (Volos NPS
)
Defenders:
- Semi Ajayi (Hull City
) - Calvin Bassey (Fulham )
- Bruno Onyemaechi (Olympiakos )
- Chidozie Awaziem (Nantes
) - Ola Aina (Nottingham Forrest )
- Igoh Ogbu (SK Slavia Prague
) - Zaidu Sanusi (FC Porto
) - Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham City )
- Ryan Alebiosu (Blackburn Rovers )
- Emmanuel Michael (LASK
) - Felix Agu (Werder Bremen
) - Adeleke Adekunle (Abia Warriors )
Midfielders:
- Wilfred Ndidi (Besiktas
) - Frank Onyeka (Brentford )
- Christantus Uche (Crystal Palace )
- Raphael Onyedika (Club Brugge
) - Alex Iwobi (Fulham )
- Fisayo Dele-Bashiru (Lazio Roma )
- Tom Dele-Bashiru (Genclerbirligi )
- Alhassan Yusuf (New England Revolution)
- Usman Mohammed (Ironi Tiberias
) - Peter Agba (Maccabi Haifa )
- Tochukwu Nnadi (Zulte Waregem )
- Ebenezer Akinsanmiro (Pisa )
Attackers:
- Ademola Lookman (Atalanta )
- Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray )
- Tolu Arokodare (Wolverhampton Wanderers )
- Samuel Chukwueze (Fulham )
- Moses Simon (Paris FC )
- Akor Adams (Sevilla
) - Chidera Ejuke (Sevilla )
- Olakunle Olusegun (Pari NN
) - Umar Sadiq (Real Sociedad )
- Kelechi Iheanacho (Celtic
) - Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forrest )
- Victor Boniface (Werder Bremen )
- Paul Onuachu (Trabzonspor )
- Terem Moffi (OGC Nice )
- Nathan Tella (Bayer Leverkusen )
- Cyriel Dessers (Panathinaikos )
- Abdulrasheed Shehu (Niger Tornadoes )
- Rafiu Durosinmi (Viktoria Pilsen )
- Ekeson Okorie (Nasarawa United )
- Chisom Orji (Warri Wolves FC )
- Philip Otele (FC Base
l) - Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi (OH Leuven )
- Salim Fago (NK Istra
)
More about AFCON 2025
- Read more about Nigeria’s AFCON 2025 campaign
- Discover all the AFCON 2025 squads