Using the following criteria:
1) Performance at national team level (super Eagles only)

2) performance at club level

3) individual accolades won

Comply a list of the 5 greatest Nigerian players of all time...

I'll go first

1) Nwankwo Kanu
2) Jay Jay Okocha
3) Rashid Yekini
4) John Mikel Obi
5) Vincent Enyeama.

Let's go there... Safarigirl, Andrewbaba444, icon4s darkelf/blueelf tbaba1234 Odunayaw Thesupernerd Chriskels Enomakos Bascovanveli Chrisooblog do4luv14, Joebi Komekn Thegoodjoe daveP and other distinguished members of the thread....

Austine1212:


What's Nigeria's highest grossing film?

You turned a football comparison to this because you couldn't prove what was said is a lie? Smh...

Anyways Okocha > Mikel for SE and at Club level.
Okocha won more individual awards than Mikel.

do4luv14:

Oya do the maths, 1milla dollar, no bi southie dollar oo, USA dollar is how many rands?

16 Rands

Danielnino00:
Using the following criteria:
1) Performance at national team level (super Eagles only)

2) performance at club level

3) individual accolades won

Comply a list of the 5 greatest Nigerian players of all time...

I'll go first

1) Nwankwo Kanu
2) Jay Jay Okocha
3) Rashid Yekini
4) John Mikel Obi
5) Vincent Enyeama.

Let's go there... Safarigirl, Andrewbaba444, icon4s darkelf/blueelf tbaba1234 Odunayaw Thesupernerd Chriskels Enomakos Bascovanveli Chrisooblog do4luv14, Joebi Komekn Thegoodjoe daveP and other distinguished members of the thread....

1. Rashidi yekini
2. Finidi George
3. Jay Jay Okocha
4. John Mikel Obi
5. Kanu nwankwo

Honorable mentions to Stephen Keshi and Sunday oliseh who just missed out

Danielnino00:


Having a high poverty rate and being the poorest country on earth aren't exactly the same,at least in economics terms...

GDP per capita is used to measure how poor a country's economy is..and Nigeria is no where near the top 10 poorest in Africa...

The poverty rate has to do with the numbers of people who live below the poverty line...

So Nigeria is simply a rich country with a lot of poor people

A country with the highest number of poor people can't claim to be rich.

Please pick up your economic book or ask any economist around for further information.

I rest my case.

I always fail to understand the braggadocious attitude of Black South Africans.

What have black South Africans produced? What have they accomplished for their nation?

Their cricket team is dominated by South Asians and English Afrikaaners.

Their field hockey teams are dominated by Afrikaaners.

Their mighty springboks’ is dominated by their fellow Dutch Afrikaaners and coloured countrymen.

Their various multinational companies and industries are controlled by Whites.

Indians control commerce in Durban and JoBurg.

And finally, their modern infrastructural development is due to the work of their Afrikaaner slave masters during the Apartheid years (and still to this day!!!)

So my fellow Black South Africans, I ask you a simple question: What have you contributed to the successes of your nation?

fabyom:

Are you poor? Cos I don't know what you are trying to prove!
Northern Nigeria is the reason for that statistic but they are not complaining.
They are not as materialistic as the south who kill their brothers for position and material gain.
I have never heard of any political assassination in Northern Nigeria which is very common in so called educated South West.

so I must be poor to want to talk about the poor in the society and what recession can do?

smh

you have a poor mindset bro

BascoVanVeli:


Oga u try. After he said Nigeria is poorer than Syria I lost hope.

the statistics I posted did that, I don't know how hard it is for you to grab

we are talking about the country with the highest number of poor people, how's that so hard to grab?

what's my business with syria that is fighting a civil war?

LaMujer:


Na wetin plenty of us dey forget be this.
Mikel deserves to be there......

apart from being a good dribbler.,okocha can't be said to be our best

Bolowolowo:
I always fail to understand the braggadocious attitude of Black South Africans.

What have black South Africans produced? What have they accomplished for their nation?

Their cricket team is dominated by South Asians and English Afrikaaners.

Their field hockey teams are dominated by Afrikaaners.

Their mighty springboks’ is dominated by their fellow Dutch Afrikaaners and coloured countrymen.

Their various multinational companies and industries are controlled by Whites.

Indians control commerce in Durban and JoBurg.

And finally, their modern infrastructural development is due to the work of their Afrikaaner slave masters during the Apartheid years (and still to this day!!!)

So my fellow Black South Africans, I ask you a simple question: What have you contributed to the successes of your nation?

Bro you shouldn't have done this. The reason the SAns left early was because nobody replied them. When they got tired they left. It's not as if there were no adequate response to their tirades yesterday. It was just to keep the sanity of thread

Amedino99:



Bro you shouldn't have done this. The reason the SAns left early was because nobody replied them. When they got tired they left. It's not as if there were no adequate response to their tirades yesterday. It was just to keep the sanity of thread

My bad. I haven't been on this thread in a hot minute

somehow:


apart from being a good dribbler.,okocha can't be said to be our best

The okocha hype is much ,this guy didn’t even win anything reasonable in football ,yet we make him look like maradona ,my guy no even play for better club self ,am not sure psg was a big club then when he was there ,he could not even win African player of the year ,yet some people will put him ahead of Kanu and even Mikel

andrewbaba44:


The okocha hype is much ,this guy didn’t even win anything reasonable in football ,yet we make him look like maradona ,my guy no even play for better club self ,am not sure psg was a big club then when he was there ,he could not even win African player of the year ,yet some people will put him ahead of Kanu and even Mikel

Its because we Nigerians like showboating and flashy stuffs, so anyone that can dribble becomes our fave!

Bolowolowo:
I always fail to understand the braggadocious attitude of Black South Africans.

What have black South Africans produced? What have they accomplished for their nation?

Their cricket team is dominated by South Asians and English Afrikaaners.

Their field hockey teams are dominated by Afrikaaners.

Their mighty springboks’ is dominated by their fellow Dutch Afrikaaners and coloured countrymen.

Their various multinational companies and industries are controlled by Whites.

Indians control commerce in Durban and JoBurg.

And finally, their modern infrastructural development is due to the work of their Afrikaaner slave masters during the Apartheid years (and still to this day!!!)

So my fellow Black South Africans, I ask you a simple question: What have you contributed to the successes of your nation?

Like Nigerians are in the position to ask that?

andrewbaba44:


The okocha hype is much ,this guy didn’t even win anything reasonable in football ,yet we make him look like maradona ,my guy no even play for better club self ,am not sure psg was a big club then when he was there ,he could not even win African player of the year ,yet some people will put him ahead of Kanu and even Mikel

What did Mikel win individually other than a few youth awards?
How many times was Mikel nominated for player of the year?
Okocha not only won Afcon, but he was joint top goal scorer and player of the tournament.
Dude even got a PFA player of the year nomination at Bolton. Mikel didn't even win player of the month throughout his time at Chelsea.
Respect Okocha abeg.

somehow:


Its because we Nigerians like showboating and flashy stuffs, so anyone that can dribble becomes our fave!

Reason why some people here wants us to dispose an experienced and efficient Iwobi for an inexperienced Eze because he can dribble everyone on the pitch. Forgetting that there's more to football than aimless unproductive dribbles.

somehow:


the statistics I posted did that, I don't know how hard it is for you to grab

we are talking about the country with the highest number of poor people, how's that so hard to grab?

what's my business with syria that is fighting a civil war?

So economies thrive during war time ba? That's common sense na.

Yes we have the most poor people in number but when u combine that with our total population it is irresponsible to say that Nigeria is a poverty capital. In that same article u posted, it showed south Sudan has an over 90% rate of poverty. I think u made ur whole opinion off of simply that headline.

edi287:

Like Nigerians are in the position to ask that?

That's not the point.

I think we can all agree that Nigerians themselves are the harshest critics when it comes to assessing the state of our nation - take a stroll through any political thread on this website and you'll see that.

What I'm trying to get at is I find it very disingenuous for others to boast about the accolades of their nation when they themselves have not contributed in any considerable way.

BascoVanVeli:

So economies thrive during war time ba? That's common sense na.

Yes we have the most poor people in number but when u combine that with our total population it is irresponsible to say that Nigeria is a poverty capital. In that same article u posted, it showed south Sudan has an over 90% rate of poverty. I think u made ur whole opinion off of simply that headline.

reread what you quoted and what you typed again

timay:


Reason why some people here wants us to dispose an experienced and efficient Iwobi for an inexperienced Eze because he can dribble everyone on the pitch. Forgetting that there's more to football than aimless unproductive dribbles.

na our way, anything flashy entice us

more reason alot do not know how important Mr Garba.lawal was to the SE then, thereby calling him a quota system!

Osimhen now a priority transfer

edi287:

What did Mikel win individually other than a few youth awards?
How many times was Mikel nominated for player of the year?
Okocha not only won Afcon, but he was joint top goal scorer and player of the tournament.
Dude even got a PFA player of the year nomination at Bolton. Mikel didn't even win player of the month throughout his time at Chelsea.
Respect Okocha abeg.

Mikel doesn’t score goals

Your okocha could not play for big club

Okocha didn’t win anything in football ,why can’t you deal with that ?

Yes okocha is good but the hype from you guys is too much ,okocha is no maradona

Okocha will be praying to get what Mikel has achieved

Mikel was playing for a star studded Chelsea team ,even as great as Sergio Busquets I doubt he has even won Barcelona player of the month

Mikel was not playing for below average Bolton,he would have won player of the month there

Stop the okocha hype Abeg ,even at 31/32 dude can’t even play at the top anymore

somehow:


Its because we Nigerians like showboating and flashy stuffs, so anyone that can dribble becomes our fave!

Lol

Okocha this okocha that ,to play for better club e no fit play ,some even Dey compare am with Ronaldinho

Someone is saying he won player of the month at Bolton and Mikel could not do so at Chelsea ,can you help me tell them that playing for Bolton and Chelsea should not be in the same sentence ?

A defensive midfielder will hardly win player of the month in a start studded team

somehow:


na our way, anything flashy entice us

more reason alot do not know how important Mr Garba.lawal was to the SE then, thereby calling him a quota system!

Moses Simon looks like our garba lawal now ,I don’t know if I am right thou

andrewbaba44:


Lol

Okocha this okocha that ,to play for better club e no fit play ,some even Dey compare am with Ronaldinho

Someone is saying he won player of the month at Bolton and Mikel could not do so at Chelsea ,can you help me tell them that playing for Bolton and Chelsea should not be in the same sentence ?

A defensive midfielder will hardly win player of the month in a start studded team

I won't take anything u say seriously abt okocha cos u Neva watched him live in a football for d national team....I could remember u once said y started watching eagles game after 2006

Whats your definition of a big club during Okocha playing time?

andrewbaba44:


Mikel doesn’t score goals

Your okocha could not play for big club

Okocha didn’t win anything in football ,why can’t you deal with that ?

Yes okocha is good but the hype from you guys is too much ,okocha is no maradona

Okocha will be praying to get what Mikel has achieved

Mikel was playing for a star studded Chelsea team ,even as great as Sergio Busquets I doubt he has even won Barcelona player of the month

Mikel was not playing for below average Bolton,he would have won player of the month there

Stop the okocha hype Abeg ,even at 31/32 dude can’t even play at the top anymore

do4luv14:



Whats your definition of a big club during Okocha playing time?

Why can’t you tell me your own definition ,because am not sure you are going with what I said

andrewbaba44:


Mikel doesn’t score goals

Your okocha could not play for big club

Okocha didn’t win anything in football ,why can’t you deal with that ?

Yes okocha is good but the hype from you guys is too much ,okocha is no maradona

Okocha will be praying to get what Mikel has achieved

Mikel was playing for a star studded Chelsea team ,even as great as Sergio Busquets I doubt he has even won Barcelona player of the month

Mikel was not playing for below average Bolton,he would have won player of the month there

Stop the okocha hype Abeg ,even at 31/32 dude can’t even play at the top anymore

I don't think Okocha is on Maradona level but to put Mikel ahead of him is disrespectful.
Okocha was the most expensive African player during his time(£14m at 98 is a big deal).
Dude had a better WC than Mikel did.
What stopped Mikel from playing for "average" teams when he wasn't a cemented first 11 player?
Did being a DM stop Kante from getting nominated and winning PFA player of the year? I repeat Okocha had a better career than Mikel.
The only reason id even put Kanu ahead of Okocha is because he was great in his first season at Arsenal.
If not, how many seasons was Kanu a regular first 11 player for Arsenal?

elyte89:



I won't take anything u say seriously abt okocha cos u Neva watched him live in a football for d national team....I could remember u once said y started watching eagles game after 2006

lol when you have nothing to say you suddenly say you won’t take me serious ,who even want you to take me serious?

When did I say I started watching eagles 2006 ,maybe Barcelona is now eagles ,I even started watching my barca before then ,same me that watch the Ghana Nigeria afcon

Bring your points and stop judging

Your okocha didn’t achieve any reasonable thing ,ordinary African player of the year e no win

Speak of club football and not just national team ogbeni

Deal with that

Bolowolowo:


That's not the point.

I think we can all agree that Nigerians themselves are the harshest critics when it comes to assessing the state of our nation - take a stroll through any political thread on this website and you'll see that.

What I'm trying to get at is I find it very disingenuous for others to boast about the accolades of their nation when they themselves have not contributed in any considerable way.

Thabo Mbeki was a better president than anything we've had in naija(you could argue obj but I don't think so).