Nigeria Players in the 2002 Soccer World Cup

Information about the complete roster of Nigeria National Soccer Team in the Korea / Japan 2002 World Cup with players, jersey numbers, position on the field, DOB, club and coach

Complete list of players from Nigeria roster in the 2002 FIFA Soccer World Cup:

Goalkeepers

Jersey Player
DOB
Height
Club
(DOB/Height/Club)
1 Ike Shorunmu
Oct 16, 1967
6' 1" / 1.86 m
Lucerne (SUI)
12 Austin Ejide
Apr 08, 1984
6' 1" / 1.86 m
Etoile Sportive du Sahel (TUN)
22 Vincent Enyeama
Aug 29, 1982
6' 0" / 1.85 m
Hapoel Tel-Aviv (ISR)

Defenders

Jersey Player
DOB
Height
Club
(DOB/Height/Club)
3 Celestine Babayaro
Aug 29, 1978
5' 7" / 1.72 m
Chelsea (ENG)
5 Isaac Okoronkwo
May 01, 1978
5' 11" / 1.82 m
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
6 Taribo West
Mar 26, 1974
6' 1" / 1.86 m
Kaiserslautern (GER)
13 Rabiu Afolabi
Apr 18, 1980
6' 0" / 1.83 m
Standard Liege (BEL)
14 Ifeanyi Udeze
Jul 21, 1980
5' 10" / 1.79 m
PAOK (GRE)
16 Efetobore Sodje
Oct 05, 1972
6' 0" / 1.85 m
Crewe (ENG)
19 Eric Ejiofor
Jul 21, 1979
6' 0" / 1.85 m
Maccabi Haifa (ISR)

Midfielders

Jersey Player
DOB
Height
Club
(DOB/Height/Club)
2 Joseph Yobo
Sep 06, 1980
6' 0" / 1.85 m
Everton (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 Justice Christopher
Dec 24, 1981
5' 10" / 1.78 m
Antwerp (BEL)
20 James Obiorah
Aug 24, 1978
5' 10" / 1.79 m
Lokomotiv Moscow (RUS)

Forwards

Jersey Player
DOB
Height
Club
(DOB/Height/Club)
4 Nwankwo Kanu
Aug 01, 1976
6' 5" / 1.97 m
Arsenal (ENG)
7 Pius Ikedia
Jul 11, 1980
5' 5" / 1.66 m
Ajax (NED)
9 Bartholomew Ogbeche
Oct 01, 1984
5' 9" / 1.77 m
Bastia (FRA)
17 Julius Aghahowa
Feb 12, 1982
5' 10" / 1.78 m
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
18 Benedict Akwuegbu
Nov 03, 1974
6' 2" / 1.90 m
Shenyang Haishi (CHN)
21 John Utaka
Jan 08, 1982
5' 10" / 1.79 m
Rennes (FRA)
23 Femi Opabunmi
Mar 03, 1985
5' 6" / 1.70 m
Chamois Niortais (FRA)

Coach

Adegboye Onigbinde

Total Players in Nigeria Roster: 23