Izuchukwu OkosiNigeria plumetted in the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday despite the perfect start to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification campaign with wins over Sierre Leone and Sao Tome and Principe reports Prime Business Africa.
Last month, the three-time African champions were the third best ranked team on the African continent and 30th in the world but have gone one place behind as they are now fourth in Africa and 31st in the world for the month of June 2022.
The Super Eagles’ defeats to Mexico and Ecuador in the international friendless prior to the Nations Cup qualifiers seemingly affected the team’s latest classification by the world’s football ruling body.
African champions Senegal continues to top the ranking table in Africa with Morocco in second place. Tunisia, who defeated Nigeria in the round of 16 of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon has taken up the place of the Super Eagles.
Brazil retain their place at the top of the standings, having replaced Belgium in March.
Belgium, Argentina, France and England make up the top five best ranked teams in the world for the month of June.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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