Samuel Chukwueze surpasses record ti Yakubu Aiyegbeni ati Rashidi Yekini lẹhin 58th cap rẹ ni ere 2-2 pẹlu Jordan ni Antalya. Ẹni 26 ọdun yii n tẹsiwaju irin-ajo iṣẹgun rẹ fun Super Eagles
Samuel Chimerenka Chukwueze, winger Fulham ti o jẹ ọmọ orilẹ-ede Nigeria, ti ṣe itan Super Eagles nigbati o gba 58th cap rẹ lẹhin ti o wọle bi aṣẹyọ ni iṣẹju 81st ti ere ti o pari ni 2-2 pẹlu Jordan ni four-nation invitational tournament.
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Samuel Chimerenka Chukwueze, ẹni ti o jẹ ọmọ ọdun 26, ti kọja ami 57 appearances ti awọn agba orilẹ-ede nla meji, Yakubu Aiyegbeni ati Rashidi Yekini, o si dogba pẹlu Kelechi Iheanacho lori atokọ awọn ere ti o ṣe julọ fun Super Eagles.
Iṣẹlẹ naa waye ni Mardan Antalyaspor Stadium nibiti ere naa ti kun fun igbadun. Mousa Tamari ti Jordan ti bu iṣu akọkọ ni iṣẹju 17th ṣaaju ki Moses Simon ti mu iṣu dogba fun Nigeria ni iṣẹju 26th pẹlu half-volley ti o lọ si igun isalẹ lẹhin ti shot Ademola Lookman ti yipada.
Emmanuel Fernandez, ti o n ṣe cap keji rẹ, lẹhinna fi Nigeria si iwaju ni ipari idaji akọkọ pẹlu ifọwọkan ti o dara lati inu cross Frank Onyeka ni ẹhin ọpọ.
Super Eagles dabi ẹni pe wọn n lọ si iṣẹgun, ṣugbọn ere naa yi pada nigbati goalkeeper Francis Uzoho ṣubu lẹhin ti o ṣe clearance ni iṣẹju 57th, ti o si fi ipo rẹ fun Adebayo Adeleye.
Ni iṣẹju meji lẹhinna, Eric Chelle ṣe ayipada meji, o si mu Alex Iwobi ati Wilfred Ndidi wọle fun Yira Sor ati Raphael Onyedika.
Jordan tun mu iṣu dogba nipasẹ Mohammad Al-Daoud ni iṣẹju 77th, ati ni iṣẹju mẹrin lẹhinna, Chelle yipada si Chukwueze, o si rán an wọle fun Simon, lakoko ti Philip Otele tun wọle fun Frank Onyeka lati gba cap akọkọ rẹ ni ẹgbẹ agba. Awọn ayipada naa ko le yi ere pada si ojuse Nigeria bi ere naa ti pari pẹlu iṣu meji fun ẹgbẹ kọọkan.
Chukwueze ti wa ni ipo ti o dara lakoko international break yii, nibiti o ti funni ni assist fun iṣu Simon ni ere 2-1 ti o ṣẹgun Iran ni ọjọ́ Friday to kọja, ere ti o ti dogba pẹlu Yakubu ati Yekini lori 57 caps.
Irin-ajo rẹ si ami pataki yii ti duro fun fere ọdun mẹjọ ti iṣẹṣinṣin si ẹgbẹ orilẹ-ede. Ọmọkunrin 26 ọdun yii ni a kọkọ pe ni October 2018, o si ṣe debut rẹ ni oṣu kan lẹhinna ni ere ti o pari laisi iṣu pẹlu Uganda.
Ṣaaju eyi, o ti fi agbara rẹ han ni ipele ọdọ, nibiti o ti pari 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup pẹlu awọn iṣu mẹta lati gba bronze boot bi Nigeria ti gba idije naa.
Lati igba ti o ti wọle si ẹgbẹ agba, Chukwueze ti fi ara rẹ han labẹ awọn oludari oriṣiriṣi, o si ṣe aṣoju Nigeria ni Africa Cup of Nations mẹrin. O gba fadaka ni ẹda 2023 ati idẹ ni 2019 ati 2025.
O tun jẹ apakan ti ẹgbẹ Super Eagles ti o gbe Unity Cup ni 2025 pẹlu iṣẹgun lori Ghana ati Jamaica.
Awọn 58 caps rẹ pin si 19 ni AFCON, 15 ni qualifiers AFCON, 10 ni qualifiers World Cup ati 14 ni international friendlies.
Biotilẹjẹpe ami gbogbo-akoko ti Ahmed Musa ti 111 caps tun jina, ọjọ ori ati ipo ti o dara ti Chukwueze fi han pe o ni akoko pupọ lati gun si oke lori atokọ naa.
Iṣẹlẹ yii jẹ ami pataki ti ifaramọ ati ilọsiwaju rẹ fun orilẹ-ede rẹ.
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Ile-iṣẹ agbegbe n wo irin-ajo yii pẹlu ireti pe ọmọkunrin yii yoo tẹsiwaju lati fi ẹbun rẹ fun Super Eagles ni awọn ọdun to nbọ.