How Does Nigeria Produce So Much Talent?! | Explained
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 28. 05. 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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The better question is how does Nigeria produce so much talent and yet our national team is so unsuccessful internationally.
We donât have a good federation
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.
â@@osclips2561 Our federation is filled with unserious fellows, they know nothing about football, they don't study other federations.
Corruption everything wrong with our country
Also alot of people who could've played for Nigeria decided to play elsewhere
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
Thank you boss â€
I still predict Nigeria will win a World Cup before I die
Do you also believe in Santa claus?
@@rubens4318 around 2070 or so Nigeria will at least be contending for the World Cup
You will live long
By that time Liverpool will be playing in the tier number 7 in England đđđđ
â@@Not_Salvery long
Donât forget chukwueze scored 2 against Real Madrid this gameweek
Who? Lol
Liverpool need to sign him up quick he is salah 2.0/Successor
@@JustayoungBBCliving HAHAHAHAHAH
@@UlfTheRagnarsson Trust me heâs unpredictable just like Salah
@Just a young BBC living My wife is unpredictable too, you want her in your team too?
A few consistent good pitches and a better federation/coaching & Nigeria would be in business
Better federation is all Nigeria needs to become a powerhouse
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.
Cause the national team set up is a mess
@@MobEra89 very true
@@vicz_marvel poor structure, poor coaching and facilities, zero organisation and asking players to make financial contributions before they are picked for Nigeria
Most of this nigerians players are bench players about 4 or 5 players only play regularly
@@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
Their national team may not have success on the field but off the field they have some fire kits especially the vintage ones đ„
Produces so much attacking talents..
That's the right title
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.
Nigeria is under producingbon talent not over producing. It's a football mad nation with an enormous population.
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
Most of Nigeria's national team wasn't born in Europe, it's only a few players like lookman
@@moderatemapper9440 and Iwobi, Aribo, Dessers, Bassey, Akpoguma etc. Thereâs also a lot of players that could switch allegiance to Nigeria like Eze, Olise, Madueke, Balogun etc
@@globoiitsuna pretty sure iwobi grew up in nigeria. the others aren't really first team starters for the country except akpoguma
@@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
â@@moderatemapper9440 He's right we have lots of players whom were born in Europe.
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 thođ
Am a nigerian but a lot of corruption, which is why football isn't growing as expected
Dem ask you question?
Una dey jump sha
You are gay
@@femi_danjuma u dey whine
@@femi_danjuma Oga calm down na
@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.
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.
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
Great video. Would love to see some more deep dives like this
The nickname âSuper Eaglesâ came in 1988 after the Maroc 88 AFCON. The team used to be known as the Green Eagles.
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.
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.
Professional reporting! Good analysis, fact based, well researched. Good presentation
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
Dropped this video just when Chukweze delivered a masterclass against Real Madrid. Nigeriaâs manger is shit, didnât choose Chuba Akpom, when heâs on form
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
@@vicz_marvel exactly
Thanks â€
Very interesting
Nice one DicksonSeaside from Nigeria
Corruption had eaten deep in the football federation
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.
All of them werenât 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 theyâve grown up
you should do a suggestion video on how Italy can rise again after missing two World Cup tournaments in a row.
What a video
FNG would make this list if not for his knee injury
The uk and America has taken all our players. We coulda had folarin balogun, saka and osimhen in one attack
And France, and Germany, and so on...
@@GamerFrisco France and Germany intakes arenât usually Nigerian. Theyâre Cameron,Ivory Coast, etc.
@@finfog4590 yh but we have some players of Nigerian heritage there like Musiala, Olise, Miguel Azeez, Karim Adeyemi...and so on
@@johnfamoroti4298 Okay. But I wasnât really including mixed heritage players.
@@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)
The problem with Nigerian sports is that the people who run and control the outfit don't produce the bulk of the talent.đ
Nigeria and Jamaica have alot in common when it comes to football.
The question should be why is Nigeria not producing enough footballing talents
They are the biggest country in a continent where football is quite popular. This like asking shy Mexico produces many boxers
Pls need one for Ghana
Because everyone wants to wear that great jersey
great video, loving the content of late
Video title: "How does Nigeria produce so much talent?"
Proceeds to put Iwobi on the thumbnail đ
Iwobi been balling this year in midfield
Iwobi is elite. Judging him in the context of the rest of the Premier League of course heâll be viewed as average but heâs still an elite player and athlete
â@@cameronnelson6922 playing in the Championship next season đ
â@@adam_94 Yeah and we all know their is never any talent in the championship...đ
@@denzelwenzel the Championship is full of bums who play for relegation regulars like Burnley
Please do one on Jamaica
They have 200M people.
Next.
India and China have a similar popularity yet cannot produce enough talent to play in Europe or even south America
@@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.
Dey play
Nigeria is taking un pick European players cmon all African nations are doing that almost entirely France national team can play for African countries
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
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Im surprised you didnt talk more about corruption in not just the FA, but the country as a whole
The issue is Nigeria has been so mediocre with their talents. Nigeria should have been better but it was never materialised so far.
Hope that theae successful players are reinvesting their money back into the neighbourhoods that they come from.
So how does Nigeria produce so many talents. After watching the video. Didn't get the answer
Can you change this channel name to World Football Daily. Better represents what you guys do
I think putting 2 players on the thumbnail who spent most of their life in England doesnât really seem to help your point ngl đ
Massive and growing population + west Africans have great genetics for football
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Man Nigeria has over 200 million people obviously there is a small percentage of good footballers there
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.
We didn't loose to Ghana. It was a draw
@@Danorous But failure to qualify for World Cup is considered a defeat for whole nations.
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
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.
You mention Yakubu, John Obi Mikel and John Utaka as three huge names of the 00s but left out Jay-Jay Okocha đđ€Šđ»ââïž
He was mentioned as one of the 1998 stars who later shined in the Premier LeagueâŠ
(Dougie)
He did.
He was an entertainer more than an efficient baller
The video is not opening
You are gay
Might be the population of 210 million idk
China & india have a population of almost 3biliion but there are football talents from there
Not lately. Our national team has dried up and are U17 team is looking terrible
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
Definitely make a video on india and why theyâre rubbish
Why all this stories , just to endup bashing Nigeria if been a slump
African Giant..there's supposed to be the best đłđŹ
213 million population
West African Fast twitch muscles
Way Iwobi on the thumbnail đđ
Iwobi came through at arse and would of played for England of he was good enough
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
So why is the Nigerian national team so bad, despite such a huge population?
Anabolic steroids is the answer.
There live more than 200 million people there. Really they produce suprisingly few talented players imo
Yea like China, India and the US.
Its all nonsense without a good goalkeeper.
The Belgian outfit? Tf are you talking about?
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??
Yet they're losing to Guinea-Bissau at home đ đ đ
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
That a lie, bro. He just mentioned about six players that play regularlyâŠđđ. He didnât even mention chukwuhudi, that plays regularly in Spain..đđ jealousy will kill you. What is your country doing? Nothing, bitterness will keep you down..đđ
In the big top leagues in Europe is only 4 or 5 plays regularly
@@mustaffda once again, what is your country doing? Selling groundnutsâŠđ€Łđ€Ł..Boniface, Osimeh, Lookman, chukwuhdi, Moffi, Paul, Iwobi, I just named 7..đ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł you lie..đ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł. They all play regularly.
They take a decent 26 year old and call him a 15 year old prodigy
Drop a name, stop spewing rubbish.
Iwobi is not talented, at all.
Why show Iwobi đ€Łđ€Ł? 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!
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.
Enner Valencia is the second highest league scoring player in Europe. And is higher than Haaland in all competitions. Just facts.