FIFA releases Nigeria’s players figure

01.11.2009

THERE are a total of six million, six hundred and fifty three thousand , seven hundred and ten players 6,653,710 in Nigeria, according to FIFA.

A breakdown of the record shows that of this total, six million, three and forty four thousand, six hundred are male players (6,344,600).

while the figure of female players is three hundred and nine thousand, one hundred and ten players(309,110).

Nigerian professional male footballers are two thousands and eight in number while three hundred and sixty female players are professionals.

Twenty five thousand, four hundred and twenty account for male amateurs, while the female amateurs are seven hundred and fifty.

Thirty thousands players are in the male under-18 amateur catecories.