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Super Eagles Rises Four Places In Latest FIFA Rankings

Nigeria has moved up from their previous 36th position to 32nd in the latest FIFA Ranking released by the world football governing body on Thursday.

The Super Eagles side were eliminated in the Round of 16 of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon but they won all their Group D matches.

The team currently led by Austin Eguavoen has been seeded against Ghana during the draw for the final World Cup play-offs in Africa as a result of being among the best five teams on the continent and will face their west African foes over two legs on March 24 and 27.

The team currently led by Austin Eguavoen on interim basis and will now be assisted by Emmanuel Amuneke were seeded against Ghana during the draw for the final World Cup play-offs in Africa as a result of being among the best five teams on the continent.

AFCON winners, Senegal remains the best team and are now 18th in the world, they are followed by Morocco, Nigeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Cameroon, Algeria, Mali and the Ivory Coast in that order to make up the top 10 best teams on the continent.

Algeria are the country with most dropped ranks, plummeting 14 places. Burkina Faso played eight games with which they were ranked.

Belgium retains the number one position in the world and are followed by Brazil, France, Argentina, England, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Denmark and Netherlands in the global top 10 rankings.

Izuchukwu Okosi

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.