{"id":851038,"date":"2025-05-25T16:11:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T21:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/25\/great-spectacle-former-super-eagles-forward-hyped-ahead-of-nigeria-russia-friendly\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T16:11:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T21:11:51","slug":"great-spectacle-former-super-eagles-forward-hyped-ahead-of-nigeria-russia-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/25\/great-spectacle-former-super-eagles-forward-hyped-ahead-of-nigeria-russia-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGreat spectacle\u201d \u2013 Former Super Eagles forward hyped ahead of Nigeria-Russia friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Former Super Eagles and Stoke City forward, Peter Osaze Odemwingie, has revealed he&#8217;s pumped ahead of Nigeria&#8217;s friendly game against Russia next month, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now 43 years old, the retired attacker was born in Uzbekistan to a Russian mother and a Nigerian father, and could&#8217;ve played for the Russians, but instead, opted to don the green and white colours of the Super Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>Odemwingie eventually racked up over 60 appearances for the three-time AFCON winners, scoring eleven goals.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_147155\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147155\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/imago16714872-1024x704.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"704\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-147155\">Lionel Messi de Argentina , Peter Odemwingie de Nigeria. 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