The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has congratulated Super Eagles midfielder Alex Iwobi after he turned the joint-second most-capped African participant in English Premier League historical past, drawing degree with Egyptian ahead Mohamed Salah.
Iwobi reached the milestone after that includes for Fulham of their 1-0 victory over Coventry City on Saturday, taking his Premier League appearances to 328.
According to an announcement from the NFF Communications Department, the 30-year-old Nigerian now wants 25 extra appearances to match the all-time African document held by former Ivory Coast worldwide Kolo Toure, who performed 353 matches within the competitors.
The NFF’s Acting General Secretary, Dr Emmanuel Ikpeme, congratulated Iwobi on the achievement and expressed hope that he would go on to set a brand new document.
“The NFF celebrates Alex Iwobi for this new achievement and we wish him even greater glory. We will be very happy to see him become the African with the most appearances in the Premier League in the near future,” Ikpeme mentioned.
Iwobi, who has additionally earned 100 caps for Nigeria, celebrated the worldwide milestone in the course of the Super Eagles’ pleasant towards Portugal this summer time on the Estádio Dr Magalhães Pessoa in Leiria.
The midfielder has received silver and two bronze medals with Nigeria on the Africa Cup of Nations.
His newest look for Fulham noticed him characteristic for 73 minutes towards Coventry City, recording 60 touches, finishing 51 passes and attaining a passing accuracy of 86.3 per cent.
Iwobi’s achievement locations him alongside Salah, with each gamers now inside attain of Toure’s document for essentially the most Premier League appearances by an African footballer.
With 25 appearances separating him from the document, Iwobi has the chance to change into the African participant with essentially the most appearances within the historical past of the English prime flight.
Faridah Abdulkadiri
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