Seyi Olofinjana

Retired
Last club: Start Most games for: Wolves Retired since: Jan 1, 2015

Date of birth/Age: Jun 30, 1980 (43)
Place of birth: Lagos
Citizenship: Nigeria

Height: 1,93 m
Position: Central Midfield

Former International: Nigeria
Caps/Goals: 56 / 0

Last position:

Technical Director Club: Grasshoppers

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Nigeria
-		Nigeria	Jun 4, 2000	56	-	Jo Bonfrère	19 years 11 months 05 days

Stats of Seyi Olofinjana

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			43	-	-	-	5	6	4	-	-	-	-	3.402'
	World Cup qualification	17	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	1.153'
	International Friendlies	11	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	902'
	Africa Cup of Nations	9	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	839'
	Afrika-Cup Quali	6	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	508'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
			Jun 4, 2000	Nigeria	Malawi	3:2	no information available
			Jun 6, 2000	Nigeria	Malawi	4:1	no information available
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group B	Abuja	Jun 17, 2000	Nigeria	Sierra Leone	2:0	Not in squad
	Group B		Jul 9, 2000	Liberia	Nigeria	2:1	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 1		Sep 2, 2000	Nigeria	Namibia	4:0	no information available
	Group 1		Oct 7, 2000	Madagascar	Nigeria	0:0	no information available
	Group 1		Jan 13, 2001	Nigeria	Zambia	1:0	no information available
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group B	Abuja	Jan 27, 2001	Nigeria	Sudan	3:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Kumasi	Mar 11, 2001	Ghana	Nigeria	0:0	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 1		Mar 24, 2001	Nigeria	Madagascar	1:0	no information available
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group B	Freetown	Apr 21, 2001	Sierra Leone	Nigeria	1:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Abuja	May 5, 2001	Nigeria	Liberia	2:0	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 1		Jun 2, 2001	Nigeria	Madagascar	1:0	no information available
	Group 1		Jun 16, 2001	Namibia	Nigeria	0:2	no information available
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group B	Khartoum	Jul 1, 2001	Sudan	Nigeria	0:4	Not in squad
	Group B		Jul 29, 2001	Nigeria	Ghana	3:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Daejeon	Sep 13, 2001	South Korea	Nigeria	2:2	Not in squad
		Busan	Sep 16, 2001	South Korea	Nigeria	2:1	Not in squad
		Southampton	Oct 7, 2001	Japan	Nigeria	2:2	Not in squad
			Jan 12, 2002	Ivory Coast	Nigeria	1:1	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group A	Bamako	Jan 21, 2002	Algeria	Nigeria	0:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Bamako	Jan 24, 2002	Mali	Nigeria	0:0	Not in squad
	Group A		Jan 28, 2002	Liberia	Nigeria	0:1	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	Abuja	Feb 3, 2002	Nigeria	Ghana	1:0	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	Abuja	Feb 7, 2002	Nigeria	Senegal	1:2 AET	Not in squad
	Third Place Play-Off	Abuja	Feb 9, 2002	Nigeria	Mali	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		London	Mar 26, 2002	Nigeria	Paraguay	1:1	Not in squad
		Aberdeen	Apr 17, 2002	Scotland	Nigeria	1:2	Not in squad
			May 4, 2002	Nigeria	Kenya	3:0	Not in squad
		Dublin	May 16, 2002	Ireland	Nigeria	1:2	Not in squad
		London	May 18, 2002	Jamaica	Nigeria	0:1	Not in squad
	World Cup 2002
	Group F	Kashima	Jun 2, 2002	Argentina	Nigeria	1:0	Not in squad
	Group F		Jun 7, 2002	Sweden	Nigeria	2:1	Not in squad
	Group F	Osaka, Osaka	Jun 12, 2002	Nigeria	England	0:0	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 1	Benguela	Sep 8, 2002	Angola	Nigeria	0:0	no information available
	International Friendlies
		Abuja	Oct 12, 2002	Nigeria	Senegal	2:2	Not in squad
		Abuja	Nov 20, 2002	Nigeria	Jamaica	0:0	Not in squad
		Abuja	Nov 25, 2002	Nigeria	Egypt	1:1					90'
			Feb 16, 2003	The Gambia	Nigeria	0:1	no information available
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 1	Blantyre	Mar 29, 2003	Malawi	Nigeria	0:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Kingston	May 25, 2003	Jamaica	Nigeria	3:2	Not in squad
			May 30, 2003	Nigeria	Ghana	3:1	no information available
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 1	Abuja	Jun 7, 2003	Nigeria	Malawi	4:1					90'
	International Friendlies
		Abuja	Jun 11, 2003	Nigeria	Brazil	0:3	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 1	Abuja	Jun 21, 2003	Nigeria	Angola	2:2	no information available
	International Friendlies
			Jul 26, 2003	Nigeria	Venezuela	1:0					90'
		Tokyo	Aug 20, 2003	Japan	Nigeria	3:0	AM				90'
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group D	Monastir	Jan 27, 2004	Nigeria	Morocco	0:1					90'
	Group D	Monastir	Jan 31, 2004	Nigeria	South Africa	4:0					90'
	Group D	Sfax	Feb 4, 2004	Nigeria	Benin	2:1				89'	89'
	Quarter-Finals	Monastir	Feb 8, 2004	Cameroon	Nigeria	1:2		✔			90'
	Semi-Finals	Tunis	Feb 11, 2004	Tunisia	Nigeria	6:4 on pens	CM	✔			120'
	Third Place Play-Off	Monastir	Feb 13, 2004	Nigeria	Mali	2:1	on the bench
	International Friendlies
			Apr 28, 2004	Nigeria	Jordan	2:0	no information available
		London	May 29, 2004	Nigeria	Ireland	3:0				86'	86'
		London	May 31, 2004	Nigeria	Jamaica	2:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group 4	Abuja	Jun 5, 2004	Nigeria	Rwanda	2:0					90'
	Group 4	Cabinda	Jun 20, 2004	Angola	Nigeria	1:0					90'
	Group 4	Abuja	Jul 3, 2004	Nigeria	Algeria	1:0					90'
	Group 4	Harare	Sep 5, 2004	Zimbabwe	Nigeria	0:3	Not in squad
	Group 4	Libreville	Oct 9, 2004	Gabon	Nigeria	1:1	CM				90'
	International Friendlies
			Oct 20, 2004	Nigeria	Ecuador	2:2	no information available
			Oct 20, 2004	Libya	Nigeria	2:1	no information available
			Nov 17, 2004	South Africa	Nigeria	2:1	no information available
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group 4		Mar 26, 2005	Nigeria	Gabon	2:0					90'
	Group 4	Kigali	Jun 5, 2005	Rwanda	Nigeria	1:1	Not in squad
	Group 4	Kano	Jun 18, 2005	Nigeria	Angola	1:1					90'
	International Friendlies
			Aug 17, 2005	Libya	Nigeria	0:1	no information available
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group 4	Oran	Sep 4, 2005	Algeria	Nigeria	2:5			71'		19'
	Group 4	Abuja	Oct 8, 2005	Nigeria	Zimbabwe	5:1			80'		10'
	International Friendlies
		Bucuresti	Nov 16, 2005	Romania	Nigeria	3:0	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group D	Port Said	Jan 23, 2006	Nigeria	Ghana	1:0	Not in squad
	Group D	Port Said	Jan 27, 2006	Nigeria	Zimbabwe	2:0	Not in squad
	Group D	Port Said	Jan 31, 2006	Nigeria	Senegal	2:1	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	Port Said	Feb 4, 2006	Nigeria	Tunisia	7:6 on pens	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	Alexandria	Feb 7, 2006	Nigeria	Ivory Coast	0:1	Not in squad
	Third Place Play-Off	al-Qāhirah, Kairo	Feb 9, 2006	Senegal	Nigeria	0:1	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 3	Abuja	Sep 2, 2006	Nigeria	Niger	2:0				58'	58'
	Group 3	Rantsala	Oct 8, 2006	Lesotho	Nigeria	0:1					90'
	International Friendlies
		Brentford	Feb 6, 2007	Nigeria	Ghana	1:4	DM			76'	76'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 3	Abuja	Mar 24, 2007	Nigeria	Uganda	1:0	DM				90'
	International Friendlies
			May 27, 2007	Kenya	Nigeria	0:1	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 3	Kampala	Jun 2, 2007	Uganda	Nigeria	2:1	Not in squad
	Group 3	Niamey	Jun 17, 2007	Niger	Nigeria	1:3					90'
	International Friendlies
		Skopje	Aug 22, 2007	Macedonia	Nigeria	0:0					90'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 3		Sep 8, 2007	Nigeria	Lesotho	2:0					90'
	International Friendlies
		Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	Oct 14, 2007	Mexico	Nigeria	2:2	DM				90'
		London	Nov 17, 2007	Australia	Nigeria	1:0	Not in squad
		Zürich	Nov 19, 2007	Switzerland	Nigeria	0:1			70'		20'
		Estepona	Jan 9, 2008	Nigeria	Sudan	2:0	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group B		Jan 21, 2008	Nigeria	Ivory Coast	0:1	DM	19'			90'
	Group B		Jan 25, 2008	Nigeria	Mali	0:0	CM	38'			90'
	Group B		Jan 29, 2008	Nigeria	Benin	2:0	on the bench
	Quarter-Finals	Accra	Feb 3, 2008	Ghana	Nigeria	2:1	DM				90'
	International Friendlies
		Wien	May 27, 2008	Austria	Nigeria	1:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group D	Abuja	Jun 1, 2008	Nigeria	South Africa	2:0			68'		22'
	Group D	Freetown	Jun 7, 2008	Sierra Leone	Nigeria	0:1			67'		23'
	Group D		Jun 15, 2008	Equat. Guinea	Nigeria	0:1					90'
	Group D	Abuja	Jun 21, 2008	Nigeria	Equat. Guinea	2:0	Not in squad
	Group D		Sep 6, 2008	South Africa	Nigeria	0:1					90'
	Group D		Oct 11, 2008	Nigeria	Sierra Leone	4:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Palmira	Nov 20, 2008	Colombia	Nigeria	1:0	Not in squad
		London	Feb 11, 2009	Nigeria	Jamaica	0:0	DM				90'
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group 2		Mar 29, 2009	Mozambique	Nigeria	0:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		London	May 29, 2009	Ireland	Nigeria	1:1					90'
		Saint-Etienne	Jun 2, 2009	France	Nigeria	0:1					90'
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group 2	Abuja	Jun 7, 2009	Nigeria	Kenya	3:0					90'
	Group 2	Tunis	Jun 20, 2009	Tunisia	Nigeria	0:0	DM				90'
	Group 2	Abuja	Sep 6, 2009	Nigeria	Tunisia	2:2	CM			57'	57'
	Group 2	Abuja	Oct 11, 2009	Nigeria	Mozambique	1:0					90'
	Group 2		Nov 14, 2009	Kenya	Nigeria	2:3	DM			32'	32'
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group C	Benguela	Jan 12, 2010	Egypt	Nigeria	3:1	on the bench
	Group C	Benguela	Jan 16, 2010	Nigeria	Benin	1:0	on the bench
	Group C	Lubango	Jan 20, 2010	Nigeria	Mozambique	3:0	on the bench
	Quarter-Finals	Lubango	Jan 25, 2010	Zambia	Nigeria	4:5 on pens	on the bench
	Semi-Finals	Luanda	Jan 28, 2010	Ghana	Nigeria	1:0	on the bench
	Third Place Play-Off	Benguela	Jan 30, 2010	Nigeria	Algeria	1:0	DM				90'
Squad: 50, Starting eleven: 38, Substituted in: 5, On the bench: 7, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0,