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By: Abiodun Adewale
Former Super Eagles striker Anthony Ujah is still basking in the euphoria of playing for Nigeria but feels unsatisfied having not scored for Nigeria during his short spell with the men’s senior national team in 2013, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.
The 33-year-old reflected on his national team career in an interview with Eagles Tracker and spoke about his time under late coach Stephen Keshi.
“My experience with the national team, if I have to say regret but I don’t think that is the right word because I have really been blessed by football. But if there is any wish that I have, I wish I scored a goal for Nigeria. Because our country is one of the biggest when you talk about football in the world,” Ujah told Eagles Tracker.
“It’s a wish to have scored and even have more games and more tournaments but I’m just grateful, it was a good time with Stephen Keshi. He was an amazing coach.”
He added that his first national team jersey was kept in his father’s house as a mark of pride.
“Wearing that shirt, my first national team jersey is still hanging in my father’s house because it’s something he sees every day and makes him really pound. It was an honour to wear that shirt. I played eight times for Nigeria.”
The former Abuja FC and Warri Wolves striker might not have registered his name among goal scorers for Nigeria, but he was prolific at club level, which attracted him to the national U-23 team in 2011, before making his Super Eagles debut in 2013.
He joined Norwegian side Lillestrøm in 2011 and in the first game of the season on March 3, 2011, Ujah scored four goals in the 7–0 victory away win at Stabæk.
Before joining Eintracht Braunschweig in the summer of 2022, Ujah had spells with Mainz 05, Koln, Werder Bremen and Union Berlin in Germany, as well as Liaoning Whowin in China, scoring 91 goals in 271 games.
At his current club in 2 Bundesliga, he has scored three goals and one assist in 14 league games and 13 in 36 games in all competitions.