Dailysports News Football news Alex Iwobi has matched an achievement that stood for more than a decade. What did the player do?

Alex Iwobi has matched an achievement that stood for more than a decade. What did the player do?

That’s quite a statistic.

Football news 24 dec 2025, 07:28

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Alex Iwobi has matched an achievement that stood for more than a decade. What did the player do?

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In the opening match of the AFCON 2025 group stage, Nigeria managed to defeat Tanzania 2–1. One of the Super Eagles’ players succeeded in matching a long-standing record.

Details: Alex Iwobi provided two assists in this match. According to Opta, he became only the second Nigerian international to register an assist double in an Africa Cup of Nations match in the past 12 years. The last player to achieve this feat was John Obi Mikel back in 2013.

2 - Against Tanzania in matchday one, Alex Iwobi became just the second Nigerian player on record (since 2010) to provide two assists in a single CAF Africa Cup of Nations game, after John Obi Mikel against Mali in February 2013 (2). Eagle. #TotalEnergiesAFCON2025 pic.twitter.com/dttWrpl7qh
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 24, 2025

Nigeria will face Tunisia in their next match. The winner of that encounter will secure a place in the knockout stage ahead of schedule. The game will take place on Sunday, December 27, with kick-off at 21:00 CET.

Reminder: The Dailysports team has prepared a full schedule, results and group standings for each group.