05/12/2025
🇳🇬Super Eagles Captain Troost-Ekong Retires
Nigeria captain William Troost-Ekong has announced his retirement from international football, ending a decade-long spell with the Super Eagles just weeks before the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations kicks off in Morocco.
Troost-Ekong, 31, confirmed in a statement on Thursday that his last appearance for Nigeria came in the 2026 FIFA World Cup playoff defeat to DR Congo, a match that sealed the country’s failure to qualify for the tournament.
“Every single time I put on that iconic shirt, I thought back to the moment Stephen Keshi gave me my debut,” he wrote. “Nigeria took me in and trusted me to represent a nation of 230+ million. I have lived my dream.”
Over the course of his international career, he won three major medals: bronze at the Rio 2016 Olympics, bronze at the 2019 AFCON, and a runners-up medal at the delayed 2023 AFCON in Côte d’Ivoire.
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