Player · Nigeria · Midfielder

Jay-Jay Okocha

Goals from 3 Jul 1993 to 18 Jun 2005

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Caps: 19
Starts: 16
Minutes: 1,512
Win % when playing: 52.6%
Goals: 13
Matches scored in: 12
Penalties: 3
Hat-tricks: 0
For their side: 6th of 159
Yellow cards: 3
Sent off: 0
Longest gap: 6.6 yrs
Minutes per goal: 378

Goals by year

FinalsQualifiersFriendlies

1993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005

Tallest: 4 · Year

When they scored

By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.

1–15′16–30′31–45′46–60′61–75′76–90′ET

Tallest: 4 · Minute

What the goals did

Equaliser4

Opening goal4

Winning goal3

Go-ahead goal1

Extended lead1

Nigeria with and without them

Nigeria's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.


With them	19	10	2	7	26	21	52.6%
Without them	6	4	1	1	10	5	66.7%

Played most alongside10


Joseph Yobo	13
Garba Lawal	10
Isaac Okoronkwo	10
Kanu	10
Pius Ikedia	10
John Utaka	9
Julius Aghahowa	9
Vincent Enyeama	9
Mutiu Adepoju	7
Celestine Babayaro	6

Faced most10


Diego Simeone	Argentina	2
Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina	2
Aaron Mokoena	South Africa	1
Abdelkarim Kissi	Morocco	1
Abdeslam Ouaddou	Morocco	1
Abdoulaye Faye	Senegal	1
Abdoulaye Méité	Ivory Coast	1
Abel Balbo	Argentina	1
Adama Coulibaly	Mali	1
Adel Chedli	Tunisia	1

Against10


Tunisia	3	2
Cameroon	2	2
Algeria	1	1
Angola	1	1
Mali	1	1
Paraguay	1	1
Sierra Leone	1	1
South Africa	1	1
Sudan	1	1
Venezuela	1	1

At tournaments6

Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.


FIFA World Cup qualification 2005	1	1
African Cup of Nations 2004	4	4
FIFA World Cup qualification 2001	1	1
FIFA World Cup qualification 2000	1	1
African Cup of Nations 2000	3	2
FIFA World Cup qualification 1993	1	1

Every goal13


18 Jun 2005	v Angola	1–1	5′	—	Opening goal	1–0	FIFA World Cup qualification 2005
13 Feb 2004	v Mali	2–1	16′	—	Opening goal	1–0	African Cup of Nations 2004 · Third-place play-off
11 Feb 2004	v Tunisia	1–1	67′	pen	Opening goal	1–0	African Cup of Nations 2004 · Semi-final
8 Feb 2004	v Cameroon	2–1	45′	—	Equaliser	1–1	African Cup of Nations 2004 · Quarter-final
31 Jan 2004	v South Africa	4–0	64′	pen	Extended lead	2–0	African Cup of Nations 2004 · Group stage
26 Jul 2003	v Venezuela	1–0	8′	—	Winning goal	1–0	Friendly
26 Mar 2002	v Paraguay	1–1	83′	pen	Equaliser	1–1	Friendly
1 Jul 2001	v Sudan	4–0	40′	—	Winning goal	1–0	FIFA World Cup qualification 2001
17 Jun 2000	v Sierra Leone	2–0	12′	—	Winning goal	1–0	FIFA World Cup qualification 2000
13 Feb 2000	v Cameroon	2–2	47′	—	Equaliser	2–2	African Cup of Nations 2000 · Final
23 Jan 2000	v Tunisia	4–2	58′	—	Go-ahead goal	2–1	African Cup of Nations 2000 · Group stage
23 Jan 2000	v Tunisia	4–2	28′	—	Opening goal	1–0	African Cup of Nations 2000 · Group stage
3 Jul 1993	v Algeria	4–1	12′	—	Equaliser	1–1	FIFA World Cup qualification 1993

Every match on record27

In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.


9 Feb 2006	v Senegal	1–0	started, off 67′	67	—	—	African Cup of Nations 2006 · Third-place play-off
7 Feb 2006	v Ivory Coast	0–1	came on 54′	36	—	—	African Cup of Nations 2006 · Semi-final
18 Jun 2005	v Angola	1–1	—	—	1	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2005
13 Feb 2004	v Mali	2–1	started	90	1	—	African Cup of Nations 2004 · Third-place play-off
11 Feb 2004	v Tunisia	1–1	started	120	1	Yellow	African Cup of Nations 2004 · Semi-final
8 Feb 2004	v Cameroon	2–1	started	90	1	—	African Cup of Nations 2004 · Quarter-final
4 Feb 2004	v Benin	2–1	started	90	—	—	African Cup of Nations 2004 · Group stage
31 Jan 2004	v South Africa	4–0	started	90	1	—	African Cup of Nations 2004 · Group stage
27 Jan 2004	v Morocco	0–1	started	90	—	—	African Cup of Nations 2004 · Group stage
26 Jul 2003	v Venezuela	1–0	—	—	1	—	Friendly
12 Jun 2002	v England	0–0	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage
7 Jun 2002	v Sweden	1–2	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage
2 Jun 2002	v Argentina	0–1	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage
16 May 2002	v Republic of Ireland	2–1	started, off 66′	66	—	—	Friendly
17 Apr 2002	v Scotland	2–1	started	90	—	—	Friendly
26 Mar 2002	v Paraguay	1–1	—	—	1	—	Friendly
1 Jul 2001	v Sudan	4–0	—	—	1	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2001
17 Jun 2000	v Sierra Leone	2–0	—	—	1	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2000
13 Feb 2000	v Cameroon	2–2	—	—	1	—	African Cup of Nations 2000 · Final
23 Jan 2000	v Tunisia	4–2	—	—	2	—	African Cup of Nations 2000 · Group stage
28 Jun 1998	v Denmark	1–4	started	90	—	Yellow	FIFA World Cup 1998 · Round of 16
19 Jun 1998	v Bulgaria	1–0	started	90	—	Yellow	FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage
13 Jun 1998	v Spain	3–2	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage
5 Jul 1994	v Italy	1–2	started	120	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1994 · Round of 16
30 Jun 1994	v Greece	2–0	came on 69′	21	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1994 · Group stage
25 Jun 1994	v Argentina	1–2	came on 88′	2	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1994 · Group stage
3 Jul 1993	v Algeria	4–1	—	—	1	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 1993

Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.