William Troost-Ekong was happy to make his 5Oth appearance for the Super Eagles in Friday night’s 2-0 win against the Lone Star of Liberia, Completesports.com reports.
The Watford defender was in action for 90 minutes as Super Eagles started their qualifying campaign on a winning note at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos.
Troost-Ekong is now the 26th player to win a 50th cap for the three African champions.
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The 28-year-old took to the social media to show his hapinness on the team’s victory and his 50th appearance.
“+3! First step towards Qatar 2022!
Well done to all the boys. On a personal note very special to play my 5️⃣0️⃣th Cap for the Super Eagles. Onwards and upwards from here! 🇳🇬 🦅 #NaijaBoy #DreamsToReality,” he tweeted.
The centre-back made his debut for the Super Eagles on June 13, 2015 against Chad in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.
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Kudos to our vice captain for reaching this unique milestone of 50th cap but why was it not celebrated or mentioned by the NFF as a way of recognising and motivating him and other upcoming players?
The NFF should not let occasions like this pass bye in the near future.
I was there for Troost-Ekong when it started all the way from the Chad game where he played alongside his solid rock partner Leon Balogun under Stephen Keshi’s reign as the Super Eagles boss. Congrats @50 Caps for Ekong.Hope he reaches 100 Caps at most for such a fine player whose involvement at the 2016 Rio Olympic games was helpful to Samson Siasia led Dream Team side which also has Oghenekaro Etebo and the likes in the mix.God Bless Ekong, God Bless Nigeria, God Bless Super Eagles.Bravo Big Brother who is serving his fatherland.