Joseph Yobo Set for Glory as Nigeria Tackles France for Quarter Final Ticket

June 30, 2014 – The Nigerian Football Federation(NFF) on Monday released a list of 99 matches that the Super Eagles Captain Joseph Yobo has played from March 24, 2001 to date.

He is also listed to feature in the Super Eagles’ encounter with France later today to make it into the record of players who have made 100 appearance for their various home teams.

Yobo was born September 6th, 1980. Yobo is likely to celebrate his new status quietly following report that FIFA refused to accede to request to honour the player on the field of play before the encounter between France and Nigeria by 5 PM Nigerian time.

JOSEPH YOBO – Senior International Appearances
Born: 6- 9-1980
Goals: 7
Age @ 1st Cap: 20 years

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1st (24-03-01) – Chingola – Vs Zambia – Africa Cup of Nations Qual. (1-1)
2nd (21-04-01) – Freetown – Vs Sierra Leone – FIFA World Cup Qual. (0-1)
3rd (05-05-01) – P –Harcourt – Vs Liberia – FIFA World Cup Qual. (2-0)
4th (02-06-01) – Benin – Vs Madagascar – Africa Cup of Nations Qual. (1-0)
5th (16-06-01) – Windhoek – Vs Namibia – Africa Cup of Nations Qual. (2-0)
6th (01-07-01) – Omdurman – Vs Sudan – FIFA World Cup Qual. (4-0)
7th (29-07-01) – Port Harcourt – Vs Ghana – FIFA World Cup Qual. (3-0)
8th (12-01-02) – Bouaké – Vs Ivory Coast – Friendly (1-1)
9th (21-01-02) – Bamako – Vs Algeria – Africa Cup of Nations (1-0)
10th (24-01-02) – Bamako – Vs Mali – Africa Cup of Nations (0-0)
11th (28-01-02) – Mopti – Vs Liberia – Africa Cup of Nations (1-0)
12th (03-02-02) – Bamako – Vs Ghana – Africa Cup of Nations (1-0)
13th (07-02-02) – Bamako – Vs Senegal – Africa Cup of Nations (1-2)
14th (09- 02-02) – Mopti – Vs Mali – Africa Cup of Nations (1-0)
15th (17-04-02) – Aberdeen – Vs Scotland – Friendly (2-1)
16th (16-05-02) – Dublin –Vs Republic of Ireland – Friendly (2-1)
17th (02-06-02) – Ibaraki – Vs Argentina – FIFA World Cup (0-1)
18th (07-06-02) – Kobe – Vs Sweden – FIFA World Cup (1-2)
19th (12-06-02) – Osaka – Vs England – FIFA World Cup (0-0)
20th (29-03-03) – Blantyre – Vs Malawi – Africa Cup of Nations Qual. (1-0)
21st (30-05-03) – Abuja – Vs Ghana – LG Cup (3-1)
22nd (01-06-03) – Lagos – Vs Cameroon – LG Cup (3-0)
23rd (26-07-03) – Watford – Vs Venezuela – Friendly (1-0)
24th (27-01-04) – Monastir – Vs Morocco – Africa Cup of Nations (0-1)
25th (31-01-04) – Monastir – Vs S/Africa – Africa Cup of Nations (4-0)
26th (04-02-04) – Sfax – Vs Benin – Africa Cup of Nations (2-1)
27th (08-02-04) – Monastir – Vs Cameroon – Africa Cup of Nations (2-1)
28th (11-02-04) – Tunis – Vs Tunisia – Africa Cup Nations (1-1, 3-5 pen)
29th (13-02-04) – Monastir – Vs Mali – Africa Cup of Nations (2-1)
30th (05-06-04) – Abuja – Vs Rwanda – FIFA World Cup Qual. (2-0)
31st (20-06-04) – Luanda Vs Angola – FIFA World Cup Qual. (0-1)
32nd (03-07-04) – Abuja – Vs Algeria – FIFA World Cup Qual. (1-0)
33rd (06-10-04) – Libreville – Vs Gabon – FIFA World Cup Qual. (1-1)
34th (26-03-05) – P- Harcourt – Vs Gabon – FIFA World Cup Qual. (2-0)
35th (05-06-05) – Kigali – Vs Rwanda – FIFA World Cup Qual. (1-1)
36th (18-06-05) – Kano – Vs Angola – FIFA World Cup Qual. (1-1)
37th (17-08-05) – Tripoli – Vs Libya – Friendly (1-0)
38th (04-09-05) – Oran – Vs Algeria – FIFA World Cup Qual. (5-2)
39th (08-10-05) – Abuja – Vs Zimbabwe – FIFA World Cup Qual. (5-2)
40th (23- 01-06) – Port Said – Vs Ghana – Africa Cup of Nations (1-0)
41st (27-01-06) – Port Said – Vs Zimbabwe – Africa Cup of Nations (2-0)
42nd (31-01-06) – Port Said – Vs Senegal – Africa Cup of Nations (2-1)
43rd (03-02-06) – Port Said – VsTunisia – Africa Cup of Nations (1-1, 4-3pen)
44th (07-02-06) – Alexandria – Vs Ivory Coast – Africa Cup of Nations (0-1)
45th (09-02-06) – Cairo – Vs Senegal – Africa Cup of Nations (1-0)
46th (02-09-06) – Abuja – Vs Niger – Africa Cup of Nations Qual. (2-0)
47th (08-10-06) – Maseru – Vs Lesotho – Africa Cup of Nations Qual. (1-0)
48th (06-02-07) – London – Vs Ghana – Friendly (1-4)
49th (24-03-07) – Abeokuta – Vs Uganda – Africa Cup of Nations Qual. (1-0)
50th (02- 06-07) – Kampala – Vs Uganda – Africa Cup of Nations Qual. (1-2)
51st (21-01-08) – Sekondi – Vs Cote d’Ivoire – Africa Cup of Nations (0-1)
52nd (25-01-08) – Sekondi – Vs Mali – Africa Cup of Nations (0-0)
53rd (29-01-08) – Sekondi – Vs Benin Rep – Africa Cup of Nations (2-0)
54th (03-02-08) – Accra – Vs Ghana – Africa Cup of Nations (1-2)
55th ( 27-05-08) – Graz – Vs Austria – Friendly (1-1)
56th (01-06-08) – Abuja – Vs South Africa – FIFA World Cup Qual. (2-0)
57th (07-06-08) – Freetown – Vs Sierra Leone – FIFA World Cup Qual. (1-0)
58th (15-06-08) – Malabo – Vs E/Guinea – FIFA World Cup Qual. (1-0)
59th (21-06-08) – Abuja – Vs E/Guinea – FIFA World Cup Qual. (2-0)
60th (11-10-08) – Abuja – Vs Sierra Leone – FIFA World Cup Qual. (4-0)
61st (11-02-09) – London – Vs Jamaica – Friendly (0-0)
62nd (20-06-09) – Radès – Vs Tunisia – FIFA World Cup Qual. (0-0)
63rd (06-09-09) – Abuja – Vs Tunisia – FIFA World Cup Qual. (2-2)
64th (11-10-09) – Abuja Vs Mozambique – FIFA World Cup Qual. (1-0)
65th (14-11-09) – Nairobi – Vs Kenya – FIFA World Cup Qual. (3-2)
66th (12-01-10) – Benguela – Vs Egypt – Africa Cup of Nations (1-3)
67th (16-01-10) – Benguela – Vs Benin Rep – Africa Cup of Nations (2-0)
68th (25-05-10) – Wattens – Vs Saudi Arabia – Friendly (0-0)
69th (06-06-10) – Tembisa – Vs North Korea – Friendly (3-1)
70th (12-06-10) – Johannesburg – Vs Argentina – FIFA World Cup (0-1)
71st (17-06-10) – Bloemfontein – Vs Greece – FIFA World Cup (1-2)
72nd (22-06-10) – Durban – Vs Korea Rep – FIFA World Cup (2-2)
73rd (05-09-10) – Calabar – Vs Madagascar – Africa Cup of Nations Qual. (2-0)
74th (10-10-10) – Conakry – Vs Guinea – Africa Cup of Nations Qual. (0-1)
75th (09-02-11) – Lagos – Vs Sierra Leone – Friendly (2-1)
76th (27-03-11) – Abuja – Vs Ethiopia – Africa Cup of Nations Qual. (4-0)
77th (29-03-11) – Abuja – Vs Kenya – Friendly (3-0)
78th (01- 06-11) – Abuja – Vs Argentina – Friendly (4-1)
79th (05-06-11) – Addis Ababa – Vs Ethiopia – Africa Cup of Nations Qual. (2-2)
80th (04-09-11) – Antananarivo – Vs Madagascar – Africa Cup of Nations Qual. (2-0)
81st (06-09-11) – Dhaka – Vs Argentina – Friendly (1-3)
82nd (08-10-11) – Abuja – Vs Guinea – Africa Cup of Nations Qual. (2-2)
83rd (11-10-11) – London – Vs Ghana – Friendly (0-0)
84th (12-11-11) – Benin City – Vs Botswana – Friendly (0-0)
85th (15-11-11) – Kaduna – Vs Zambia – Friendly (2-0)
86th (29-02-12) – Kigali – Vs Rwanda – Africa Cup of Nations Qual. (0-0)
87th (08-09-12) – Monrovia – Vs Liberia – Africa Cup of Nations Qual. (2-2)
88th (09-01-13) – Faro – Vs Cape Verde – Friendly (0-0)
89th (21-01-13) – Nelspruit – Vs Burkina Faso – Africa Cup of Nations (1-1)
90th (29-01-13) – Nelspruit – Vs Ethiopia – Africa Cup of Nations (2-0)
91st (03-02-13) – Rustenburg – Vs Cote d’Ivoire – Africa Cup of Nations (2-1)
92nd (06-02-13) – Durban – Vs Mali – Africa Cup of Nations (4-0)
93rd (10-02-13) – Johannesburg – Vs Burkina Faso – Africa Cup of Nations (1-0)
94th (28-05-14) – London – Vs Scotland – Friendly (2-2)
95th (03-06-14) – Philadelphia – Vs Greece – Friendly (0-0)
96th (07-06-14) – Jacksonville – Vs USA – Friendly (1-2)
97th (16-06-14) – Curitiba – Vs Iran – FIFA World Cup (0-0)
98th (21-06-14) – Cuiaba – Vs Bosnia-Herzegovina – FIFA World Cup (1-0)
99th (25-06-14) – Porto Alegre – Vs Argentina – FIFA World Cup (2-3)
100th?(30 -06-14) – Brasilia – Vs France – FIFA World Cup (?)