Ogenyi Onazi Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==International career== [[File:Iran and Nigeria match at the FIFA World Cup 2014-06-12 06.jpg|thumb|left|Onazi with Nigeria at 2014 FIFA World Cup against Iran]] As a 16-year-old, Onazi represented his country at the [[2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup]], where Nigeria finished runners-up.<ref name=af2012/> However, he was overlooked for selection at the [[2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup]] two years later, despite participating in the training camps in Portugal and Panama.<ref name=af2012/> He made his debut for the senior [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria national team]] in an [[2013 African Cup of Nations|African Cup of Nations]] qualification match against [[Liberia national football team|Liberia]]. His first goal came in his second international match, a 3β1 friendly win over [[Venezuela national football team|Venezuela]] in Florida.<ref name=guardian2014/> Onazi was called up to Nigeria's 23-man squad for the [[2013 Africa Cup of Nations]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20970786|title=Nations Cup 2013: Nigeria pick six locally-based players|author=Oluwashina Okeleji|date=10 January 2013|access-date=10 January 2013|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> He came on as a substitute in Nigeria's first match of the tournament against [[Burkina Faso national football team|Burkina Faso]], whom they would eventually face again in the final, before going to on to play every minute of all Nigeria's games in the knockout phase, including the [[2013 Africa Cup of Nations Final|final]].{{fact|date=March 2024}} He was selected for Nigeria's squad at the [[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22827902|title=Nigeria to take new-look squad to Confederations Cup|date=9 June 2013|access-date=10 June 2013|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> but missed out of the tournament as he suffered a slight knee knock a few weeks before the competition.{{fact|date=March 2024}} Onazi was named in Nigeria's final squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and started in all four games as Nigeria were eliminated by France in the round of 16.<ref name=bbc2014/> He was also part of the squad for the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]] in Russia,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb| title = Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad β Final 23-man lists {{!}} Goal.com}}</ref> though he did not figure in any of the team's three matches. Onazi was expectedly left out of the national teams provisional squad to AFCON 2019 after failing to fully recover from an Achilles injury suffered in December 2018 while playing for his club in Turkey.{{fact|date=March 2024}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page