26 years after, Ugbade still baffled by exclusion from US ’94 Eagles

It is 26 years since Nigeria made its debut at the biggest football event in the world, the World Cup, hosted by the United States. At the Mundial, which was eventually won by Brazil, the Super Eagles were rated as the most entertaining team, as well as the fifth best side in world football.

Nigeria got to the second round of the competition, where eventual finalists, Italy, eliminated them.

But one footballer, Nduka Ugbade, still believes he was unjustly excluded from the history making boys tutored by Dutchman, Clemens Westerhof.

Before the World Cup, Nduka Ugbade was on history lane, as he would have been the first player to play in all the FIFA competitions from the cadet to the senior events. (Guardian)

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