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Musa, Yobo, Enyeama: Who’s Nigeria’s greatest centurion?

The Super Eagles forward joined an elite list when he featured against Cape Verde on Tuesday evening

Ahmed Musa became Nigeria’s third centurion on Tuesday, when he featured against Cape Verde in the Super Eagles’ World Cup qualifier.

Amidst a swathe of absentees, the 28-year-old was named in Gernot Rohr’s starting XI for the away game against the islanders—following in the footsteps of Joseph Yobo and Vincent Enyeama.

Until this week, the iconic former centre-back and the legendary ex-goalkeeper were the only players in the history of the Nigerian game to reach 100 appearances.

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However, with Musa’s showing against Cape Verde, the elite group of players to have reached three figures with the Eagles has gone up to three.