Nigeria Players in the 1998 Soccer World Cup

Information about the complete roster of Nigeria National Soccer Team in the France 1998 World Cup with players, jersey numbers, position on the field, DOB, club and coach

Complete list of players from Nigeria roster in the 1998 FIFA Soccer World Cup:

Goalkeepers

Jersey Player
DOB
Height
Club
(DOB/Height/Club)
1 Peter Rufai
Aug 24, 1963
12 Willy Okpara
May 07, 1968
Orlando Pirates (RSA)
22 Abiodun Baruwa
Nov 16, 1974

Defenders

Jersey Player
DOB
Height
Club
(DOB/Height/Club)
2 Mobi Oparaku
Dec 01, 1976
Capellen (BEL)
3 Celestine Babayaro
Aug 29, 1978
5' 7" / 1.72 m
Chelsea (ENG)
5 Uche Okechukwu
Sep 27, 1967
6 Taribo West
Mar 26, 1974
6' 1" / 1.86 m
Kaiserslautern (GER)
16 Uche Okafor
Aug 08, 1967
Kansas City Wizards (USA)
17 Augustine Eguavoen
Aug 19, 1965
Torpedo Moscow (RUS)
19 Ben Iroha
Nov 29, 1969

Midfielders

Jersey Player
DOB
Height
Club
(DOB/Height/Club)
7 Finidi George
Apr 15, 1971
6' 1" / 1.87 m
Ipswich Town (ENG)
8 Mutiu Adepoju
Dec 22, 1970
5' 10" / 1.80 m
Salamanca (ESP)
10 Jay Jay Okocha
Aug 14, 1973
5' 8" / 1.75 m
Bolton Wanderers (ENG)
11 Garba Lawal
May 22, 1974
6' 0" / 1.83 m
Elfsborg (SWE)
15 Sunday Oliseh
Sep 14, 1974
6' 0" / 1.83 m
Borussia Dortmund (GER)
18 Wilson Oruma
Dec 30, 1976
Lens (FRA)
21 Godwin Okpara
Sep 20, 1972
5' 9" / 1.77 m
Standard Liege (BEL)

Forwards

Jersey Player
DOB
Height
Club
(DOB/Height/Club)
4 Nwankwo Kanu
Aug 01, 1976
6' 5" / 1.97 m
Arsenal (ENG)
9 Rasheed Yekini
Oct 23, 1963
13 Tijani Babangida
Sep 25, 1973
5' 6" / 1.69 m
Vitesse Arnhem (NED)
14 Daniel Amokachi
Dec 30, 1972
Besiktas (TUR)
20 Victor Ikpeba
Jun 12, 1973
5' 8" / 1.74 m

Coach

Bora Milutinovic

Total Players in Nigeria Roster: 22