The Nigerian national team is distinguished by quite serious instability. From time to time it demonstrates great games, but sometimes it combines them with failures. 1xBet Nigeria offers detailed coverage of all of the team’s matches, allowing fans to regularly demonstrate their knowledge in practice.

As for the best players in the history of the Nigerian national team, Obafemi Martins should certainly be attributed to them, even if he played in the team not for long. He had 42 matches with it, in which he hit the opponents’ goal 18 times.

Martins debuted for Nigeria back in 2004 at the age of 20. He quickly turned into an important player of the team. However, due to certain factors, he wasn’t able to fully realize its potential. He was prevented by:

1. High competition in the national team. Because of it, the player didn’t get so many chances to prove himself and, accordingly, didn’t get into the starting lineup every time.
2. Laziness of the player. During training sessions, he didn’t do his best, which was noticed by the team’s coaches. Therefore, they didn’t always trust him with a place in the starting lineup.
3. Injuries. Because of them, the player missed a lot of points, and when he was recovering, he couldn’t immediately get the necessary physical condition. It also prevented him from realizing his full potential.

Martins played his last match with Nigeria when he was just 31 years old. If you are interested in this team today, open 1xBet and make predictions for its games. The fact that the striker ended his international career so early also supports the thesis that he was not able to realize his full potential.

Player strengths

In general, Martins was a very talented footballer, whose main advantage was his speed. Thanks to it, he regularly ran away from opponents. This is how he often ended his attacks. Unfortunately, Martins’ club career didn’t work out well either. He started at Inter in 2003. By the way, you can download the 1xBet apk file and make predictions for matches of the mentioned team.

With the Nerra-zurri, the footballer performed well and even became the champion of Italy. However, due to the same lack of stability, he dropped to Newcastle. Surprisingly, he had three good seasons in England. Yes, he didn’t show fantastic performance, but he always helped his team. Further in his career were:

• Wolfsburg;
• Rubin;
• Levante;
• Seattle.

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