Terem Moffi came off the bench in the 76th minute at Hoffenheim on 10 October 2026 and scored with a header seven minutes later, his first goal in a Hamburger SV shirt. Miro Muheim supplied the cross. Hamburg won 3-2. “Miro's cross was absolutely superb. All I had to do was get myself into position,” Moffi said afterwards.
It ended a slow start.
Here is where the Super Eagles striker stands in November 2026, from his contract and reported wages to what he has chosen to keep private.
Terem Moffi at a glance
| Detail | Status on 1 November 2026 |
|---|---|
| Full name | Teremas Igobor Moffi |
| Born | 25 May 1999, Calabar, Nigeria |
| Position | Centre-forward, 1.88 m |
| Current club | Hamburger SV, Bundesliga, number 9 |
| Contract | Three years to 2029, signed 24 August 2026 |
| Fee paid to Nice | Reported €2 million plus up to €500,000 in add-ons |
| Hamburg 2026-27 | Two goals: Hoffenheim, 10 October; Eintracht Frankfurt, 27 October |
| Nigeria | 23 caps, 6 goals as of June 2026 |
Hamburger SV and a season of reset
Hamburg signed him on 24 August 2026, three years after Moffi arrived at OGC Nice from FC Lorient for more than €20 million, according to Afrik-Foot, a sum that Hamburg's fixed fee barely approaches. Transfermarkt, quoted by AfricaSoccer, puts his market value at €8 million. Number 9.
Leaving was not easy. 90min reported that Moffi had hoped the club would terminate his contract, which ran to 2027, and that Nice refused. He finished with 24 goals in 72 appearances.
FC Porto took him on loan on 30 January 2026 for the rest of 2025-26. Across Nice and Porto he scored five goals and made one assist in 30 games, with two of those goals coming in 15 matches for the Portuguese club, who did not take up their option to buy him. Ligue 1 share: ten games, two goals.
Fitness cost him the start of the campaign. Moffi missed pre-season and sat out a friendly against FC København. Bild reported persistent knee trouble in late September. Hamburg's sporting director Claus Costa called him “difficult to control” because of his physical strength and determination, and head coach Merlin Polzin said he is “a player who laughs a lot.”
Before the DFB-Pokal tie with Eintracht Frankfurt, Afrik-Foot counted seven appearances, one goal and 248 minutes for Hamburg.
On 27 October he tapped in from close range in the 79th minute. Too late: Frankfurt were already 3-0 up and won 3-1. In the league, Hamburg were 11th on nine points from seven games, according to FotMob.
Terem Moffi salary: what has been reported
Hamburg's wages for Moffi have not been published.
No outlet that covered the move reported them. Any weekly figure for the German club would be a guess.
The only numbers relate to his time at Nice. L'Equipe, as relayed by AfricaSoccer in August 2026, said he earned €900,000 a year there. Salary Sport lists £52,000 a week, or £2,704,000 a year, with the contract ending in June 2027. That site gives no update date, and its figure is about three times the French one. Neither is settled.
An earlier version of this page quoted £25,000 a week, a figure we could not source, so it has been removed.
The contract is solid: three years to 2029, signed on 24 August 2026, for a fixed fee of €2 million that is far below what Nice paid.
Net worth, wife and tribe
Terem Moffi net worth: no reliable figure exists.
The $1 million often repeated online comes with no named source, and we found no club, accountant or financial outlet that has valued him. Anything quoted is an estimate built on salary guesses.
Terem Moffi wife: no public record.
He has not announced a marriage, a partner or children, and he keeps his social life private. We have not repeated rumours. All that is on record is that his father, Leo, is a former professional goalkeeper in Nigeria.
Terem Moffi tribe: not publicly confirmed.
Moffi was born in Calabar, but a birthplace does not settle ethnicity, and we found no interview in which he names his people. Our guide to Super Eagles players and their state of origin lists the squad by state where that information is public.
Moffi and the Super Eagles in 2026
He made his Nigeria debut on 4 June 2021 in a 1-0 loss to Cameroon. A year later, on 13 June 2022, he scored his first two goals in a 10-0 win over São Tomé and Príncipe. He then joined the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations squad as a replacement for the injured Victor Boniface, a tournament in which Nigeria reached the final against hosts Ivory Coast and lost it, which remains the closest he has come to a major honour.
This summer brought his best spell for the country in a while. He scored in the 3-0 win over Jamaica in the Unity Cup final at The Valley on 30 May, wearing the captain's armband, and then found the net again on 3 June in the 2-2 draw with Poland in Warsaw.
Autumn was quieter. Eric Chelle left him out of the squad for the 2027 AFCON qualifiers against Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau. Afrik-Foot called it a coach's decision, while Bild linked it to his knee. Nigeria beat Madagascar 2-1 in Uyo on 25 September. George Ilenikhena scored twice.
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