Alex Iwobi is in contention to make his 60th appearance for the Super Eagles in the international friendly against the Desert Foxes of Algeria, reports Completesports.com.
The Super Eagles will be up against the Desert Foxes at the Miloud Hadefi Stadium, Oran on Tuesday (today).
Iwobi started as a youth international for England, with whom he won the 2011 Victory Shield.
The 26-year-old earned 11 caps for England at underage level, but went on to declare for Nigeria in 2015.
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The versatile midfielder made his debut for the Super Eagles in October 2015, replacing Ahmed Musa in the 2-0 friendly defeat to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Iwobi scored the crucial goal that qualified the Super Eagles for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
The former Arsenal player was part of the squad to the mundial where the Super Eagles were eliminated in the group stage.
He has represented Nigeria at two Africa Cup of Nations finals.
By Adeboye Amosu
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Wow 60th appearance amassed!Congratulations big boy!Amazing footballer Iwobi has turned out to be for Nigeria,at the moment he and Osimhen are the best players in our team,I wish Iwobi was available for the world cup double header against our age long rivals Ghana.Apparently,in that game our midfield needed this bloke just like duck to water..
I shall be looking forward to his combo tonight hopefully,with Onyedika whose unofficial debut was not shown live but tonight the searchlight will beam on Raphael and the right winger from the Portuguese league who had a great game against the Algerian B side,another player to look out for is the Hoffenheim of Germany defender Akpoguma,we would love to see how he combines with hard tackling and energetic Ajax central defender,it shall be an entertaining game of football against two very good African sides.
Wishing the super eagles nothing short of victory tonight.