Sixteen Nigerians played in the Czech top flight between Friday 6 and Sunday 8 November, spread across 12 clubs. No other league used as many. In all, 83 Nigerians were used abroad over the three days in the leagues that data covers, for 5,435 minutes, eight goals and six assists.
| At a glance | 6 to 8 November 2026 |
|---|---|
| Nigerians used abroad | 83 |
| Minutes played | 5,435 |
| Goals | 8 |
| Assists | 6 |
| Czech league (Chance Liga) | 16 players, 1,006 minutes |
| Turkish Super Lig | 9 players, 699 minutes |
| Full 90 minutes | 25 players |
The Czech league in numbers
The Turkish Super Lig came second with nine players. Serie A had five. The English Premier League had four. Iwobi played. So did Bassey, Ajayi and Awoniyi. Czech clubs gave Nigerians 1,006 minutes, close to a fifth of the weekend's total, and three fixtures carried much of it. Sunday was the busiest day overall, with 2,736 minutes against 2,239 on Saturday and 460 on Friday. Slavia Praha won 4-1 at SK Artis Brno on Sunday, with Mubarak Suleiman, David Moses and Emmanuel Ayaosi playing for the winners while Quadri Adediran played 57 minutes for Brno. Pardubice also won 4-1, against Teplice, with Emmanuel Godwin, Abdullahi Tanko and Victor Samuel facing John Auta, who played for the beaten side. At Sigma Olomouc, Ahmad Ghali played 64 minutes in a 5-0 defeat by Hradec Králové. Abdullahi Umar played 20 minutes for Hradec.
| Player | Club | Minutes |
|---|---|---|
| Abdullahi Bewene | Baník Ostrava | 90 |
| Peter Kareem | Bohemians 1905 | 90 |
| Emmanuel Godwin | Pardubice | 90 |
| Nelson Okeke | Jablonec | 88 |
| Victor Samuel | Pardubice | 75 |
| Mubarak Suleiman | Slavia Praha | 69 |
| Emmanuel Ayaosi | Slavia Praha | 69 |
| Ahmad Ghali | Sigma Olomouc | 64 |
| Solomon John | Mladá Boleslav | 62 |
| David Moses | Slavia Praha | 59 |
| Quadri Adediran | SK Artis Brno | 57 |
| John Auta | Teplice | 55 |
| Lucky Ezeh | Zbrojovka Brno | 45 |
| Abdullahi Tanko | Pardubice | 45 |
| Stanley Kanu | Zlín | 28 |
| Abdullahi Umar | Hradec Králové | 20 |
Who scored and who set up
Saturday produced four goals and Sunday four more. Across all 83 appearances, 25 players went the full 90 minutes, and the shortest cameo was Tom Dele-Bashiru's single minute for Aris, followed by Emmanuel Uchegbu's 11 for Varaždin and Jeff Ekhator's 12 for Juventus.
| Scorer | Club | Result | Day |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gift Orban | Amedspor | Lost 4-3 to Galatasaray | Saturday |
| Yira Sor | Amedspor | Lost 4-3 to Galatasaray | Saturday |
| Uchenna Ogundu | FC Augsburg | Lost 5-2 to RB Leipzig | Saturday |
| Moses Usor | LASK | Won 4-2 against Ried | Saturday |
| Tolu Arokodare | Ajax | Drew 2-2 with FC Twente | Sunday |
| Philip Otele | Basel | Drew 3-3 with Thun | Sunday |
| Moses David Cobnan | Levadiakos | Lost 2-1 to AEK Athens | Sunday |
| Cyriel Dessers | Panathinaikos | Won 2-1 against Iraklis | Sunday |
Only two of the eight scorers, Moses Usor and Cyriel Dessers, were on the winning side. The other six were scored in a draw or a defeat. The six assists came from Victor Samuel at Pardubice, Mubarak Suleiman at Slavia Praha, Samson Nwulu at Partizan, Ibrahim Olawoyin at Rizespor, and Chibuike Nwaiwu and Paul Onuachu at Trabzonspor, who beat Alanyaspor 2-0.
Onuachu's rating of 7.62 in the Sportmonks data was the second-best of any Nigerian in the sample. Semi Ajayi's 7.65 was the best. Hull lost 1-0 to Arsenal. Both figures come from a model. No match official awarded them.
Turkey, ahead of Tanzania
Nigeria host Tanzania in Uyo on Friday 13 November in AFCON 2027 qualifying. Turkey is the second-largest Nigerian group in our data. Onuachu set up a goal in the 2-0 win over Alanyaspor. Nwaiwu did too. Ndidi played 70 minutes for Beşiktaş. Orban played all 90 for Amed in the 4-3 defeat by Galatasaray. Sor also scored in that match after only 45 minutes on the pitch. Together they scored two of the weekend's eight. Tanzania are next.
Our Nigerians abroad stats tracker keeps the season totals for these players, and the Nigerian transfer tracker follows the moves that put them in these leagues.
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