How Does Nigeria Produce So Much Talent?! | Explained

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  • Опубликовано: 26 июн 2024
  • Hello and welcome back to our latest in our series of EFD Explained videos profiling the talent production of nation's around the world. This week... Nigeria.
    The land of Kanu, Okocha, Obi Mikel, Yakubu has long produced top talents adored by fans around the world but with Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman tearing up Serie A, Gift Orban and Victor Boniface making a name for themselves and stars like Alex Iwobi and Kelechi Iheanacho continuing to star in the Premier League we ask... how does Nigeria produce so much talent?
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  • @Naty5HD
    @Naty5HD Год назад +196

    The better question is how does Nigeria produce so much talent and yet our national team is so unsuccessful internationally.

    • @osclips2561
      @osclips2561 Год назад +37

      We don’t have a good federation

    • @APOLO-oq3ce
      @APOLO-oq3ce Год назад +4

      To produce a nation winner players have to spend alot of time together, as much as i want our African teams to do well they still need to need to feed their families.

    • @MajorrBison
      @MajorrBison Год назад +12

      ​@@osclips2561 Our federation is filled with unserious fellows, they know nothing about football, they don't study other federations.

    • @chulzerlazer-zi1kq
      @chulzerlazer-zi1kq Год назад

      Corruption everything wrong with our country

    • @aidan2849
      @aidan2849 Год назад +7

      Also alot of people who could've played for Nigeria decided to play elsewhere

  • @stephenpuls8839
    @stephenpuls8839 Год назад +71

    I don't have any Nigerian heritage (I'm British) but I'm a big fan of their national team and hope to visit Nigeria itself one day

    • @Danorous
      @Danorous Год назад +3

      Thank you boss ❤

  • @freshandoriginalname
    @freshandoriginalname Год назад +111

    Don’t forget chukwueze scored 2 against Real Madrid this gameweek

  • @Not_Sal
    @Not_Sal Год назад +37

    I still predict Nigeria will win a World Cup before I die

    • @rubens4318
      @rubens4318 Год назад +1

      Do you also believe in Santa claus?

    • @Not_Sal
      @Not_Sal Год назад +5

      @@rubens4318 around 2070 or so Nigeria will at least be contending for the World Cup

    • @kitoTacWard1521
      @kitoTacWard1521 Год назад +2

      You will live long

    • @marufatodetunde7035
      @marufatodetunde7035 Год назад

      By that time Liverpool will be playing in the tier number 7 in England 😂😂😂😂

    • @benjaminfranklin374
      @benjaminfranklin374 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@Not_Salvery long

  • @ADAJ3KINGANGEL
    @ADAJ3KINGANGEL Год назад +79

    A few consistent good pitches and a better federation/coaching & Nigeria would be in business

    • @moderatemapper9440
      @moderatemapper9440 Год назад +5

      Better federation is all Nigeria needs to become a powerhouse

  • @vicz_marvel
    @vicz_marvel Год назад +54

    As a Nigerian , I find it funny how they all can perform individually in their various clubs but when together in the national team, they are lacking composure and tactical wherewithal.

    • @MobEra89
      @MobEra89 Год назад +22

      Cause the national team set up is a mess

    • @vicz_marvel
      @vicz_marvel Год назад +5

      @@MobEra89 very true

    • @MobEra89
      @MobEra89 Год назад +22

      @@vicz_marvel poor structure, poor coaching and facilities, zero organisation and asking players to make financial contributions before they are picked for Nigeria

    • @mustaffda
      @mustaffda Год назад +1

      Most of this nigerians players are bench players about 4 or 5 players only play regularly

    • @samiroanya4085
      @samiroanya4085 Год назад +5

      @@mustaffda zaidu is a starter, akpoguma starter, bassey regular starter, bright starter, iwobi starter, ndidi back to being a starter, onyeka not a starter, osimhen starter, lookman starter, chukweze starter

  • @GeliCarlosJ
    @GeliCarlosJ Год назад +19

    Their national team may not have success on the field but off the field they have some fire kits especially the vintage ones 🔥

  • @GenesiisDavid
    @GenesiisDavid Год назад +9

    As a Nigerian I can tell you the biggest problem is corruption. Corruption in government that trickles all way down to the football federation. Corruption that hampers economic growth and development. No player is looking to stay in Nigeria, they'll all jump at an opportunity to leave, rightfully so too.

  • @akunwanneprosper7016
    @akunwanneprosper7016 Год назад +10

    Produces so much attacking talents..
    That's the right title

  • @mrnumba154
    @mrnumba154 Год назад +5

    Nigeria is under producingbon talent not over producing. It's a football mad nation with an enormous population.

  • @bcamplite621
    @bcamplite621 Год назад +8

    We actually produce far less talent than we should considering our massive population and fanaticism for football. Smaller nations like Ghana, Cameroon and Ivory Coast pack a bigger punch than we do with far fewer people. The problem is systemic lack of investment in youth development, decrepit infrastructure, and rampant corruption at all levels of government.
    Nigeria should be a footballing powerhouse like Brazil but the reality is far from this.

  • @sabelonxosi5982
    @sabelonxosi5982 Год назад +11

    The reasons why Nigeria produces world class stars are aplenty 1.they have a large population 2.soccer is the no1 sport 3.they have many players born in Europe 4.nigeria is generally very corrupt country,so politicians look only after themselves and their families,so when a Nigerian soccer player gets a chance to play overseas he grabs it ,4.they are hungry to succeed,are hard workers and are mentally strong.As a south African citizens I can also mention that the above points are also true for Brazilian players,the opposite is true for Our south African players

    • @moderatemapper9440
      @moderatemapper9440 Год назад +6

      Most of Nigeria's national team wasn't born in Europe, it's only a few players like lookman

    • @globoiitsuna
      @globoiitsuna Год назад +1

      @@moderatemapper9440 and Iwobi, Aribo, Dessers, Bassey, Akpoguma etc. There’s also a lot of players that could switch allegiance to Nigeria like Eze, Olise, Madueke, Balogun etc

    • @moderatemapper9440
      @moderatemapper9440 Год назад +3

      @@globoiitsuna pretty sure iwobi grew up in nigeria. the others aren't really first team starters for the country except akpoguma

    • @globoiitsuna
      @globoiitsuna Год назад

      @@moderatemapper9440 Bassey has been starting a lot since last year and unfortunately Aribo has been playing a lot as well (Nigeria desperately needs new midfielders). And Iwobi was born in Nigeria but moved to England as a child

    • @Danorous
      @Danorous Год назад

      ​@@moderatemapper9440 He's right we have lots of players whom were born in Europe.

  • @clementjnr204
    @clementjnr204 Год назад +8

    Nigerian's Abroad get their talents nutured, Nigerians at home, not so privileged. Likes of Saka, Dele, Tammy Abraham, Eberechi Eze, Micheal olise, Manuel Akanji All Nigerian in some way. Great video tho👍

  • @Ganiyujubril11
    @Ganiyujubril11 Год назад +19

    Am a nigerian but a lot of corruption, which is why football isn't growing as expected

    • @femi_danjuma
      @femi_danjuma Год назад +1

      Dem ask you question?
      Una dey jump sha

    • @VillianRagnarsson
      @VillianRagnarsson Год назад

      You are gay

    • @vicz_marvel
      @vicz_marvel Год назад +1

      @@femi_danjuma u dey whine

    • @Bobbiez_editz
      @Bobbiez_editz Год назад +2

      @@femi_danjuma Oga calm down na

    • @kitoTacWard1521
      @kitoTacWard1521 Год назад

      @OufemiOdunlami, corruption dey shame u? it is d reason why we r stunted as a nation. Just look at d sham of an election we just conducted, me I no go follow una cover that nonesence. If u dey cover corruption, most likely you are part of it.

  • @akachiedoggy5711
    @akachiedoggy5711 Год назад +10

    It's remarkable how westerners still think of Africa. Most of the images showed here were decades ago. Its true that Ajegunle is a low income area but there are just 100k inhabitants out of a population 229m. There are 45m people living in poverty in the U.S
    IMF said Nigeria will have a GDP of 1thrillion in 5years time, that's richer than 22 European countries COMBINED.
    I have been to 15 African cities & I was shocked by their development & quality infrastructure

  • @babarossi367
    @babarossi367 Год назад +4

    Nigeria just needs a good world class coach that has won things.
    Their FA needs to stop hiring journeymen coaches. Let's not overthink this.

  • @eyenamos894
    @eyenamos894 Год назад +4

    The nickname “Super Eagles” came in 1988 after the Maroc 88 AFCON. The team used to be known as the Green Eagles.

  • @benclarkey1412
    @benclarkey1412 Год назад +14

    Great video. Would love to see some more deep dives like this

  • @heyah1447
    @heyah1447 Год назад +8

    Dropped this video just when Chukweze delivered a masterclass against Real Madrid. Nigeria’s manger is shit, didn’t choose Chuba Akpom, when he’s on form

    • @vicz_marvel
      @vicz_marvel Год назад

      The thing about us is that players on form are playing under different tactics and then using Nigeria's tactics , these players won't mesh well

    • @Bobbiez_editz
      @Bobbiez_editz Год назад +1

      @@vicz_marvel exactly

  • @andrewibeh4138
    @andrewibeh4138 9 месяцев назад +3

    Beautiful analysis. Love it. A correction though: the Super Eagles nickname of the Nigerian national team was not coined in the 1960s. It was coined in 1988 after that year's AFCON tournament. Prior to 1988, they were known as the Green Eagles. Before that they were known as the Red Devils before the name change to the Green Eagles in the early 70s.

  • @lucacasagrande2456
    @lucacasagrande2456 Год назад +3

    The true problem is not to find the talent, but to find a technical guide for the national team. See what happened when a very well prepared african coach (Regregui) took the bench of a good african team like Morocco: first African semifinalist in a WC. That's it, they have to invest in better structures and formation for coaches and you will see the difference

  • @Peggyg13
    @Peggyg13 Год назад +2

    Professional reporting! Good analysis, fact based, well researched. Good presentation

  • @hopevictor2552
    @hopevictor2552 Год назад +6

    If not for the corruption In this country we would have won the world there are so many players in nigeria better than Messi or Ronaldo but no opportunity to succeed even the ones that succeed don't want to play for us like saka,musiala,Noah okafor,dele ali,folarin balogun,micheal oluwa,Carney Chukwuemeka,noni madueke and so on we need to change the narrative.

    • @graemehomer6535
      @graemehomer6535 Год назад

      All of them weren’t born in Nigeria though and the focus should be on home born and if possible grown players, rather than relying on decedents that can play for their own countries of birth or were they’ve grown up

  • @edricpaul1725
    @edricpaul1725 Год назад +3

    Corruption had eaten deep in the football federation

  • @niyiogunro
    @niyiogunro Год назад +20

    The uk and America has taken all our players. We coulda had folarin balogun, saka and osimhen in one attack

    • @GamerFrisco
      @GamerFrisco Год назад +3

      And France, and Germany, and so on...

    • @finfog4590
      @finfog4590 Год назад +1

      @@GamerFrisco France and Germany intakes aren’t usually Nigerian. They’re Cameron,Ivory Coast, etc.

    • @johnfamoroti4298
      @johnfamoroti4298 Год назад +2

      @@finfog4590 yh but we have some players of Nigerian heritage there like Musiala, Olise, Miguel Azeez, Karim Adeyemi...and so on

    • @finfog4590
      @finfog4590 Год назад +1

      @@johnfamoroti4298 Okay. But I wasn’t really including mixed heritage players.

    • @johnfamoroti4298
      @johnfamoroti4298 Год назад

      @@finfog4590 most of the players in the former National team...like Leon Balgoun, Troost-Ekong, Ebubehi...there are of mixed heritage...most of the players we scout outside often has mixed heritages...just like the current one(Olise)

  • @Mr.Galaxxxxxxxxxxy
    @Mr.Galaxxxxxxxxxxy Год назад +8

    Nigeria and Jamaica have alot in common when it comes to football.

  • @Oseun_controller
    @Oseun_controller Год назад +1

    Thanks ❤

  • @DicksonSeaside
    @DicksonSeaside 5 месяцев назад

    Nice one DicksonSeaside from Nigeria

  • @christopherarancibia3333
    @christopherarancibia3333 Год назад +3

    you should do a suggestion video on how Italy can rise again after missing two World Cup tournaments in a row.

  • @heichan8657
    @heichan8657 Год назад +3

    FNG would make this list if not for his knee injury

  • @rezaesmaili10
    @rezaesmaili10 Год назад

    Very interesting

  • @CHIN-qw6xq
    @CHIN-qw6xq Год назад

    What a video

  • @alexkorami6679
    @alexkorami6679 Год назад +3

    The problem with Nigerian sports is that the people who run and control the outfit don't produce the bulk of the talent.🙄

  • @tsouv2064
    @tsouv2064 Год назад +3

    great video, loving the content of late

  • @Epa261
    @Epa261 Год назад +2

    The question should be why is Nigeria not producing enough footballing talents

  • @shaikhaziz8280
    @shaikhaziz8280 Год назад +2

    Because everyone wants to wear that great jersey

  • @VAFFANFEDE18
    @VAFFANFEDE18 Год назад +19

    They are the biggest country in a continent where football is quite popular. This like asking shy Mexico produces many boxers

  • @YaaTiwaaTiwaa-fq6zd
    @YaaTiwaaTiwaa-fq6zd 10 месяцев назад

    Pls need one for Ghana

  • @sympa_is_misanthropic
    @sympa_is_misanthropic Год назад +2

    🇳🇬

  • @slowpioson
    @slowpioson Год назад

    Please do one on Jamaica

  • @shrithikkothari8220
    @shrithikkothari8220 Год назад +17

    Video title: "How does Nigeria produce so much talent?"
    Proceeds to put Iwobi on the thumbnail 😭

    • @cameronnelson6922
      @cameronnelson6922 Год назад +8

      Iwobi been balling this year in midfield

    • @apt9238
      @apt9238 Год назад +3

      Iwobi is elite. Judging him in the context of the rest of the Premier League of course he’ll be viewed as average but he’s still an elite player and athlete

    • @adam_94
      @adam_94 Год назад

      ​@@cameronnelson6922 playing in the Championship next season 😂

    • @denzelwenzel
      @denzelwenzel Год назад +2

      ​@@adam_94 Yeah and we all know their is never any talent in the championship...🙄

    • @adam_94
      @adam_94 Год назад

      @@denzelwenzel the Championship is full of bums who play for relegation regulars like Burnley

  • @Channel-ZYRO
    @Channel-ZYRO Год назад

    Dey play

  • @Abhayask24
    @Abhayask24 Год назад +7

    Nigeria is taking un pick European players cmon all African nations are doing that almost entirely France national team can play for African countries

    • @moderatemapper9440
      @moderatemapper9440 Год назад +2

      Nigerian national team has almost no foreign born players on it and most of them are worse than the ones not taken by other teams already

  • @tlawal7
    @tlawal7 Год назад +1

    Im surprised you didnt talk more about corruption in not just the FA, but the country as a whole

  • @sholaf.c6091
    @sholaf.c6091 8 месяцев назад

    ❤❤❤❤🇳🇬🇳🇬🇩🇪

  • @kinghippo2034
    @kinghippo2034 Год назад +2

    They have 200M people.
    Next.

    • @Agee1
      @Agee1 Год назад +5

      India and China have a similar popularity yet cannot produce enough talent to play in Europe or even south America

    • @kinghippo2034
      @kinghippo2034 Год назад

      @@Agee1 fair point but aa far as I know it's a cultural thing, football in India and China aren't as big as football in Nigeria.

  • @mrnumba154
    @mrnumba154 Год назад +1

    Hope that theae successful players are reinvesting their money back into the neighbourhoods that they come from.

  • @luishernandezblonde
    @luishernandezblonde Год назад +2

    The issue is Nigeria has been so mediocre with their talents. Nigeria should have been better but it was never materialised so far.

  • @freddiejensen401
    @freddiejensen401 Год назад +3

    Massive and growing population + west Africans have great genetics for football

  • @debsicus
    @debsicus Год назад +1

    Can you change this channel name to World Football Daily. Better represents what you guys do

  • @matthewhedge2893
    @matthewhedge2893 Год назад +1

    I think putting 2 players on the thumbnail who spent most of their life in England doesn’t really seem to help your point ngl 😂

  • @ezraezra2928
    @ezraezra2928 Год назад +5

    The problem is Nigeria didn't have a World Cup in Qatar after losing to Ghana and are risk of not participating in Ivory Coast the next year after what was called the "embarrassing loss" over Guinea-Bissau in AFCON qualification.

    • @Danorous
      @Danorous Год назад +1

      We didn't loose to Ghana. It was a draw

    • @ezraezra2928
      @ezraezra2928 Год назад +1

      @@Danorous But failure to qualify for World Cup is considered a defeat for whole nations.

    • @TechNelsonia
      @TechNelsonia Год назад +2

      Nigeria is not in any risk to qualify to ivory Coast. Just need to avoid defeat against sao tome in Abuja. Nigeria beat 10-0 last time

  • @bicksongama2756
    @bicksongama2756 Год назад

    Man Nigeria has over 200 million people obviously there is a small percentage of good footballers there

  • @josephomoregie2501
    @josephomoregie2501 9 месяцев назад

    So how does Nigeria produce so many talents. After watching the video. Didn't get the answer

  • @andrewedwards1315
    @andrewedwards1315 Год назад

    At 7:30 it's wrong to compare Neymar's upbringing "on the streets" as to Nigerian's/ African's. Neymar had his father to guide and teach him football. So much so that it is his father who forced him into learning how to play two-footed. Neymar obviously got great lessons off the streets.

  • @12thMandalorian
    @12thMandalorian Год назад +4

    You mention Yakubu, John Obi Mikel and John Utaka as three huge names of the 00s but left out Jay-Jay Okocha 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @EuroFootballDaily
      @EuroFootballDaily  Год назад

      He was mentioned as one of the 1998 stars who later shined in the Premier League…
      (Dougie)

    • @Danorous
      @Danorous Год назад

      He did.

    • @jero0428
      @jero0428 Год назад

      He was an entertainer more than an efficient baller

  • @musaddiqmunirliman8267
    @musaddiqmunirliman8267 Год назад

    African Giant..there's supposed to be the best 🇳🇬

  • @alexmanai1953
    @alexmanai1953 Год назад

    Bc they are a football crazy country that has like 100 billion people in it and most of the kids play idk
    If china or india was football crazy they could produce even more talent

  • @moderatemapper9440
    @moderatemapper9440 Год назад +1

    Not lately. Our national team has dried up and are U17 team is looking terrible

  • @Natrfc1
    @Natrfc1 Год назад

    Way Iwobi on the thumbnail 😂😂

  • @pab10r
    @pab10r Год назад +1

    Might be the population of 210 million idk

    • @akachiedoggy5711
      @akachiedoggy5711 Год назад

      China & india have a population of almost 3biliion but there are football talents from there

  • @bigben2028
    @bigben2028 Год назад

    The video is not opening

  • @akumdhillon5963
    @akumdhillon5963 Год назад

    Definitely make a video on india and why they’re rubbish

  • @dannybater8896
    @dannybater8896 Год назад +2

    Iwobi came through at arse and would of played for England of he was good enough

  • @reddevil6585
    @reddevil6585 Год назад +2

    213 million population
    West African Fast twitch muscles

  • @hunchou5240
    @hunchou5240 9 месяцев назад +1

    Why all this stories , just to endup bashing Nigeria if been a slump

  • @aboyisebuke
    @aboyisebuke Год назад

    You need to include corruption of the Nigerian government and politicians sucking the country dry. Citizens are trying get their country back. Our players will thrive under a good government

  • @DanoFSmith-yc9tg
    @DanoFSmith-yc9tg Год назад

    Anabolic steroids is the answer.

  • @BaronVonGreenback1882
    @BaronVonGreenback1882 Год назад

    So why is the Nigerian national team so bad, despite such a huge population?

  • @jelmervanriet790
    @jelmervanriet790 Год назад +3

    There live more than 200 million people there. Really they produce suprisingly few talented players imo

  • @euancoulter4345
    @euancoulter4345 Год назад

    The Belgian outfit? Tf are you talking about?

  • @ItsZachPlayz_
    @ItsZachPlayz_ Год назад +1

    Yet they're losing to Guinea-Bissau at home 😅😅😅

  • @user-vb6kd9xz5h
    @user-vb6kd9xz5h 7 месяцев назад +1

    Its all nonsense without a good goalkeeper.

  • @mustaffda
    @mustaffda Год назад

    Most of this nigerian players are bench players only 4 or 5 players play regularly that's why they can't perform good in national team

    • @sean-et4wr
      @sean-et4wr Год назад +1

      That a lie, bro. He just mentioned about six players that play regularly…😂😂. He didn’t even mention chukwuhudi, that plays regularly in Spain..😂😂 jealousy will kill you. What is your country doing? Nothing, bitterness will keep you down..😂😂

    • @mustaffda
      @mustaffda Год назад

      In the big top leagues in Europe is only 4 or 5 plays regularly

    • @sean-et4wr
      @sean-et4wr Год назад

      @@mustaffda once again, what is your country doing? Selling groundnuts…🤣🤣..Boniface, Osimeh, Lookman, chukwuhdi, Moffi, Paul, Iwobi, I just named 7..🤣🤣🤣 you lie..🤣🤣🤣. They all play regularly.

  • @Danorous
    @Danorous Год назад

    Sir, you left out Nigeria's biggest problem "CORRUPTION". How can you not mention that as part of our biggest problem in life. Do you know we are richer than many European nations?. But our leaders are fantastically corrupt??

  • @Uzodesign
    @Uzodesign Год назад +1

    Yeah, but when they get to the national team they don't do jack.
    I'd like to see Tap-in striker Osimhen go try to do all he's hyped for in the EPL. Still not impressed by him.

  • @mikeydoc11
    @mikeydoc11 Год назад +1

    They take a decent 26 year old and call him a 15 year old prodigy

  • @dakidbiscuit624
    @dakidbiscuit624 Год назад

    Iwobi is not talented, at all.

  • @badbwoychris23
    @badbwoychris23 Год назад +1

    Why show Iwobi 🤣🤣? That guy is a waste, he was a bum at Arsenal , he is useless at Everton , and he is single handedly responsible for Nigeria not qualifying for the World Cup. Arsenal really got one over on Everton when they sold him for 35 mil. When Everton gets relegated this season he will be the main one to blame!

  • @SquirtleCODM
    @SquirtleCODM Год назад

    Enner Valencia is the second highest league scoring player in Europe. And is higher than Haaland in all competitions. Just facts.