Calvin Bassey

AFCON 2023: Why South Africa game is Peseiro’s biggest test as Nigeria coach

2026 World Cup Qualifiers: Finidi names Osimhen, Lookman & 21 others for South Africa and Benin clashes

24 May 2024

Super Eagles head coach, Finidi George, on Friday, announced his 23-man star-studded list for Nigeria's upcoming matches against South Africa and Benin Republic in Group C of the African qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The 53-year-old former Nigeria international has called upon Eagles' leading marksman Victor Osimhen, Atalanta’s UEFA Europa League final hat-trick hero Ademola Lookman, newly-crowned German Bundesliga champion Victor Boniface, as well...

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Iwobi, Aina, Awoniyi: Ranking Nigeria players in the Premier League

by Taiye Taiwo

19 May 2024

Seven Nigeria players featured in the 2023-24 Premier League season for four clubs. Taiwo Awoniyi and Ola Aina played for Nottingham Forest, Gabriel Osho and Femi Onyedinma are in the books of Luton Town, Calvin Bassey and Alex Iwobi featured for Fulham and Frank Onyeka impressed at Brentford. Afrosport ranks the performances of each player ahead of their final league games of the campaign. 1. Alex...

Nwabali, Iwobi and eight others arrive Super Eagles camp ahead of friendlies

by Ibikunle Salako

19 March 2024

Chippa United goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali, England-based midfielder Alex Iwobi, and eight other players arrived at the Super Eagles camp in Marrakech, Morocco, which opened on Tuesday. Iwobi’s Fulham teammate Calvin Bassey, Semi Ajayi, Nantes midfielder Moses Simon, and fullbacks Jamilu Collins and Bruno Onyemaechi have all touched down in the Eagles camp. Other players in camp are Rangers’ forward Cyriel Dessers, Hatayspor’s midfielder Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, and...

Iwobi & Bassey: Nigeria duo shock Man Utd with goals in Fulham win

by Kunle Fayiga

24 February 2024

Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey made the difference as they found the back of the net in Fulham's shock 2-1 Premier League win over Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon. The Nigerian duo were making their first start for the Cottagers since returning from the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations where the Super Eagles reached the final but lost to hosts Ivory Coast. Fulham...

AFCON 2023: Fulham coach Marco Silva drums support for Super Eagles duo ahead of final

by Kunle Fayiga

9 February 2024

Fulham manager Marco Silva has drummed his support for Nigeria ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final on Sunday. Two Cottagers, Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey, have been ever-present in the Ivory Coast, playing every game, and will be gearing up once again as they prepare to face the tournament hosts whom they defeated in the group stage. Silva revealed he has monitoring the...

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