Players · Best young Nigerian footballers
Nationality · NigeriaBest young Nigerian footballers
The ScoutChefAI radar has 180 young Nigerian players with at least 90 minutes in the last 12 months, dual nationals included. All of them play abroad. They play in 32 leagues, led by Czech First League (16 players), Belgian Pro League (12) and 2. Bundesliga (8). Ranked by ScoutChefAI score, the leaders are FC Basel 1893's Akpe Victory (78), RSCA Futures' Terry Van De Ven (78) and FC Dallas' Daniel Job (76).
FE
56
Friday Etim
Age 24 · Striker · FC Midtjylland 
A goal or assist every 126 minutes
18apps
1005mins
6+2G+A
€800Kvalue
56
Adedire Mebude 
Age 22 · Right Winger · Caykur Rizespor 
Value up 50% in 12 months
27apps
1347mins
3+4G+A
€1.5Mvalue
AO
56
Ademola Ola-Adebomi 
Age 23 · Striker · KSC Lokeren 
Value up 50% in 12 months
26apps
1317mins
5+3G+A
€450Kvalue
EV
56
Emmanuel van de Blaak 
Age 21 · Centre-Back · Almere City FC
Started 34 of 35 games
35apps
2927mins
34starts
€500Kvalue
HA
55
Hameed Aderoju
Age 21 · Right Winger · OFK Beograd 
Value up 4x since his first valuation
26apps
1605mins
0+6G+A
€300Kvalue
55
Umeh Emmanuel
Age 22 · Left Winger · FC Zürich 
3 goals, 2 assists in his last 5 games
34apps
1594mins
6+3G+A
€2Mvalue
II
55
Israel Isaac Ayuma
Age 21 · Central Midfielder · CS Marítimo 
Value doubled in 12 months
20apps
867mins
2+0G+A
€300Kvalue
FA
54
Friday Adams
Age 23 · Right-Back · FC Universitatea Cluj 
0.83 goals conceded per 90 with him on the pitch
26apps
1296mins
12starts
€450Kvalue
54
Alvin Okoro 
Age 21 · Striker · FC Südtirol
Senior debut at 17
33apps
1610mins
3+2G+A
€2Mvalue
NA
54
Nelson Abbey
Age 23 · Centre-Back · Rio Ave FC
Started 23 of 26 games
26apps
1999mins
23starts
€1.5Mvalue
AA
54
Adam Alabi
Age 20 · Left-Back · 1.FC Slovacko 
20-year-old Czech First League player
21apps
1374mins
16starts
€150Kvalue
TA
54
Tunde Akinsola
Age 23 · Left Winger · Cercle Brugge
Value up 88% in 12 months
36apps
2398mins
2+2G+A
€1.5Mvalue
IO
54
Ime Okon 
Age 22 · Centre-Back · Hannover 96 
Value doubled in 12 months
25apps
1362mins
14starts
€3Mvalue
LE
53
Lucky Ezeh
Age 22 · Striker · FC Zbrojovka Brno
22-year-old Czech First League player
29apps
1301mins
5+2G+A
€375Kvalue
SN
53
Samson Nwulu
Age 19 · Right-Back · FK Partizan Belgrade
19-year-old Serbian SuperLiga player
11apps
728mins
8starts
€400Kvalue
IO
53
Idris Odutayo
Age 23 · Left-Back · Dundee FC
Started 10 of 12 games
12apps
905mins
10starts
€400Kvalue
DK
53
Damian Kelvin
Age 24 · Centre-Back · FC Lugano
0.73 goals conceded per 90 with him on the pitch
26apps
1471mins
15starts
€800Kvalue
52
Uba Charles
Age 24 · Right-Back · Aalesunds FK 
1 goal, 2 assists in his last 5 games
24apps
1788mins
21starts
€900Kvalue
NO
52
Neville Ogidi Nwankwo
Age 24 · Centre-Back · FC Utrecht
Started 30 of 33 games
33apps
2624mins
30starts
€800Kvalue
IS
52
Imari Samuels
Age 23 · Left-Back · Dundee FC
Value doubled in 12 months
25apps
1583mins
15starts
€300Kvalue
EO
51
Emmanuel Okereke
Age 23 · Centre-Back · Vaasan Palloseura 
Started 25 of 26 games
26apps
2203mins
25starts
€200Kvalue
VO
50
Victor Orakpo
Age 20 · Left Winger · Genclerbirligi Ankara
194 cm tall
21apps
987mins
3+1G+A
€400Kvalue
SS
50
Shola Shoretire
Age 22 · Right Winger · PAOK Thessaloniki 
Senior debut at 17
27apps
1895mins
8+1G+A
€2Mvalue
KB
50
Kazeem Bolaji
Age 23 · Left-Back · MFK Dukla Banska Bystrica 
Started 15 of 17 games
17apps
1292mins
15starts
€100Kvalue
DE
50
David Ezeh
Age 20 · Striker · HJK Helsinki
A goal or assist every 89 minutes
14apps
709mins
3+5G+A
€150Kvalue
RI
50
Roland Idowu 
Age 24 · Central Midfielder · FC Botosani
24-year-old Romanian SuperLiga player
31apps
1467mins
3+1G+A
€150Kvalue
PK
50
Peter Kareem
Age 23 · Right-Back · Bohemians Prague 1905
Started 24 of 29 games
29apps
2258mins
24starts
€600Kvalue
SA
49
Sani Abdullahi
Age 22 · Striker · FK Macva Sabac
Value doubled in 12 months
24apps
1251mins
4+0G+A
€400Kvalue
VG
49
Victor Gidado
Age 22 · Attacking Midfielder · Gaziantep FK
Value up more than 2x in 12 months
30apps
1738mins
0+4G+A
€800Kvalue
PO
49
Philip Onyedika
Age 20 · Striker · MFK Skalica
3 goals, 1 assist in his last 5 games
10apps
649mins
3+1G+A
€250Kvalue
EC
49
Emmanuel Chukwu
Age 19 · Centre-Back · SC Austria Lustenau 
Value up more than 2x in 12 months
16apps
684mins
6starts
€500Kvalue
NO
49
Nelson Okeke
Age 24 · Central Midfielder · FK Jablonec
Value up 75% in 12 months
34apps
2084mins
2+0G+A
€700Kvalue
AY
48
Adam Yakubu
Age 21 · Defensive Midfielder · LNZ Cherkasy 
Value up more than 3x in 12 months
25apps
1828mins
0+1G+A
€700Kvalue
DT
48
Dele Thomas
Age 19 · Left Winger · NEC Nijmegen
Started 12 of 13 games
13apps
976mins
1+1G+A
€1Mvalue
CA
48
Colin Andrew
Age 22 · Goalkeeper · FC Zbrojovka Brno
198 cm tall
10apps
789mins
10starts
€225Kvalue
AO
48
Abraham Ojo
Age 19 · Defensive Midfielder · Raków Częstochowa 
Value up 5x in 12 months
16apps
894mins
0+1G+A
€250Kvalue
EC
48
Emmanuel Chigozie Owen
Age 19 · Right Winger · FC Utrecht U21
A goal or assist every 105 minutes
8apps
526mins
5+0G+A
€350Kvalue
SK
47
Shedrach Kaye
Age 20 · Striker · Debreceni VSC 
Value up 50% in 12 months
22apps
1138mins
2+1G+A
€150Kvalue
SP
47
Samad Popoola
Age 21 · Defensive Midfielder · CD Feirense
Value up more than 2x in 12 months
26apps
1640mins
0+1G+A
€250Kvalue
PE
46
Peter Edokpolor
Age 19 · Striker · SL Benfica B
192 cm tall
21apps
575mins
3+1G+A
€250Kvalue
KW
46
Kevin Wiethaup
Age 21 · Central Midfielder · Karlsruher SC
Value up more than 6x in 12 months
20apps
1330mins
0+1G+A
€800Kvalue
JM
45
Joshua Mukeh
Age 23 · Centre-Back · FC Emmen
Started 27 of 30 games
30apps
2347mins
27starts
€300Kvalue
KS
45
Kenneth Schmidt
Age 24 · Centre-Back · SG Dynamo Dresden
Started 13 of 15 games
15apps
1108mins
13starts
€800Kvalue
CV
45
Chike Van De Ven
Age 19 · Striker · Oud-Heverlee Leuven
A goal or assist every 70 minutes
12apps
491mins
7+0G+A
€150Kvalue
AU
44
Abdullahi Umar
Age 19 · Striker · FC Hradec Kralove
19-year-old Czech First League player
15apps
458mins
3+0G+A
€1.5Mvalue
PB
44
Precious Benjamin
Age 20 · Striker · SC Austria Lustenau
Value up more than 2x since his first valuation
20apps
578mins
2+1G+A
€250Kvalue
44
Umar Abubakar
Age 20 · Striker · FC Famalicão
Value up 67% in 12 months
25apps
522mins
3+1G+A
€1Mvalue
DB
44
David Benjamin
Age 18 · Striker · Hamarkameratene
Senior debut at 16
11apps
452mins
0+3G+A
€400Kvalue
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