Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Olympics
No Pos Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Daniel Akpeyi * ( 1986-08-03 ) 3 August 1986 ( aged 30 ) 3 0 Chippa United
2 2 DF Seth Sincere ( 1998-04-28 ) 28 April 1998 ( aged 18 ) 25 0 Rhapsody
3 2 DF Kingsley Madu ( 1995-12-12 ) 12 December 1995 ( aged 20 ) 3 0 AS Trenčín
4 2 DF Shehu Abdullahi ( 1993-03-12 ) 12 March 1993 ( aged 23 ) 9 0 União da Madeira
5 2 DF Saturday Erimuya ( 1998-01-10 ) 10 January 1998 ( aged 18 ) 6 1 Kayseri Erciyesspor
6 2 DF William Troost-Ekong ( 1993-09-01 ) 1 September 1993 ( aged 22 ) 6 0 Haugesund
7 4 FW Aminu Umar ( 1995-03-06 ) 6 March 1995 ( aged 21 ) 9 2 Osmanlıspor
8 3 MF Peter Etebo ( 1995-11-09 ) 9 November 1995 ( aged 20 ) 19 11 Feirense
9 4 FW Imoh Ezekiel ( c ) ( 1993-10-24 ) 24 October 1993 ( aged 22 ) 6 0 Anderlecht
10 3 MF John Obi Mikel * ( 1987-04-22 ) 22 April 1987 ( aged 29 ) 6 1 Chelsea
11 4 FW Junior Ajayi ( 1996-01-29 ) 29 January 1996 ( aged 20 ) 19 10 Al Ahly
12 3 MF Saliu Popoola ( 1994-08-07 ) 7 August 1994 ( aged 21 ) 8 0 Seraing United
13 4 FW Umar Sadiq ( 1997-02-02 ) 2 February 1997 ( aged 19 ) 6 4 Roma
14 3 MF Azubuike Okechukwu ( 1997-04-19 ) 19 April 1997 ( aged 19 ) 24 1 Yeni Malatyaspor
15 2 DF Ndifreke Udo ( 1998-08-15 ) 15 August 1998 ( aged 17 ) 18 0 Abia Warriors
16 2 DF Stanley Amuzie ( 1996-02-28 ) 28 February 1996 ( aged 20 ) 18 0 Olhanense
17 3 MF Mohammed Usman ( 1994-03-02 ) 2 March 1994 ( aged 22 ) 19 1 União da Madeira
18 1 GK Emmanuel Daniel ( 1993-12-17 ) 17 December 1993 ( aged 22 ) 25 0 Enugu Rangers
Football -- Men 's tournament
Main articles : Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men 's tournament and Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men 's qualification Nigeria men 's football team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top two finish at the 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal . [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Team roster The following is the Nigerian squad in the men 's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics . [ 19 ] viewtalk Head coach : Samson Siasia .mw-parser-output .nat-fs-player th { background-color : inherit ; border:0 } .mw-parser-output .nat-fs-player td { text-align : center ; border:0 }
Nigeria competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from August 5 to 21, 2016. Since the nation made its debut in 1952, Nigerian athletes had appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal because of the African boycott. Nigeria Olympic Committee fielded a squad of 77 athletes, 51 men and 26 women, to compete in ten sports at the Games. It was the nation's largest delegation sent to the Olympics since 2000, increasing by a third of its full roster size at London 2012. Among the sports represented by the nation's athletes, Nigeria marked its Olympic debut in rowing, as well as its return to swimming and men's football after an eight-year hiatus. Apart from the men's football squad, Nigeria also returned to the Olympic scene in men's basketball for the second consecutive time. Topping the list of most experienced athletes on the Nigerian roster were table tennis players Segun Toriola, who set a record as Africa's first ever athlete to feature in seven Olympics, and Olufunke Oshonaike, who became the first female from her country to compete at her sixth consecutive Games. Other notable Nigerian competitors also included sprinter and 2008 bronze medalist Blessing Okagbare, British-born slalom kayaker Jonathan Akinyemi, basketball players Chamberlain Oguchi and Alade Aminu, and weightlifting veteran Mariam Usman (women's +75 kg). Football midfielder John Obi Mikel was named the captain of the Nigerian squad, while Oshonaike acted as both his assistant and the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Nigeria left Rio de Janeiro with only a bronze medal won by the men's football squad (captained by Mikel), scoring a 3-2 triumph over the Hondurans.