Revealed!!! 5 Super Eagles Strikers That Bear The Name Victor

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1 Victor Nosa Ikpeba

The gangling striker played for the Super Eagles 31 times and scoring 7 goals while donning the green and white jersey. He represented Nigeria 3 times at the African Cup of Nations 1994, 2000 and 2002 not to mention 2 World Cup appearances, USA 94 and France 98 where he scored the only goal against Bulgaria not to mention the first ever Olympic gold for Nigeria at Atlanta with a breathtaking goal against Brazil. In 1997, he was crowned the African Footballer of the Year for his exploits in the round leather game.

2 Victor Obinna Nsofor

Say hello to the lanky striker who began representing the Super Eagles at the African Cup of Nations in 2006 scoring 3 times in the tournament. Though not as big in name as his predecessor yet is a force to reckon with scoring crucial goals at crucial moments one of them was his crucial goal against the Mambas of Mozambique at the last minute that qualified Nigeria for the 2010 FIFA World Cup on African soil

3 Victor Chinedu Anichebe

The Victor who had the shortest stint with the Super Eagles after narrowly missing out of the squad who represented Nigeria in South Africa though scoring a year later in a match against Kenya. Anichebe decided to call it quits with the national side after being left of the squad that represented Nigeria in the African Cup of Nations in the same country that hosted the World Cup three years earlier, South Africa.

4 Victor Okechukwu Agali

This leggy striker stamped his authority as a force to be reckoned with in the national team as he scored a seemingly impossible goal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 against Australia and donning the green and white jersey at the African Cup of Nations in 2002 and 2004 respectively

5 Victor Moses

The most ‘victorious’ of the Victors shot himself into the limelight of Nigerian fans whom have come to admire him in the African Cup of Nations which was his first ever major tournament for the Super Eagles, at the end Victor lifted his hands in victory at the tournament in 2013 hosted by South Africa when the Super Eagles beat all odds stacked against them to lift the trophy for the third time since 1994. Moses was given the Fair Play Award for the tournament because of his sportsman like behaviour on and off the pitch.

Five players, five strikers who played for the Super Eagles who go by the name Victor. What do you think of this article? Leave your comments no matter what they are.