Forget Nigeria’s shocking exit from AFCON 2015 qualifiers, we”ll continue to reiterate that veteran goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama has had a really wonderful year both in his country home and club side.
The Super Eagles captain is the only Nigerian on Josimar, a Norwegian football journal’s top 50 players in the world 2014 list. He’s no 47 on the list. 2014 Ballon d’Or nominees; Cristiano Ronaldo, Manuel Neuer and Lionel Messi have unsurprisingly topped the list.
Top 50 footballers in the world.
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2. Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)
3. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
4. Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich)
5. Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich)
6. Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich)
7. Diego Costa (Chelsea)
8. Luis Suàrez (Barcelona)
9. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG)
10. Angel di Maria (Man United)
11. Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea)
12. Javier Mascherano (Barcelona)
13. Neymar (Barcelona)
14. James Rodriguez (Real Madrid)
15. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)
16. Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
17. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid)
18. Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal)
19. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
20. Paul Pogba (Juventus)
21. Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea)
22. Nemanja Matic (Chelsea)
23. Pablo Zabaleta (Man City)
24. Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)
25. Keylor Navas (Real Madrid)
26. Carlos Tevez (Juventus)
27. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona)
28. David Alaba (Bayern Munich)
29. Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
30. Sergio Aguero (Man City)
31. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
32. Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)
33. Yaya Toure (Man City)
34. Arturo Vidal (Juventus)
35. Mario Götze (Bayern Munich)
36. Diego Godin (Atlético Madrid)
37. Edin Dzeko (Man City)
38. Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)
39. Hugo Lloris (Tottenham)
40. Raheem Sterling (Liverpool)
41. Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus)
42. André Schürrle (Chelsea)
43. Cesc Fabregas (Chelsea)
44. David de Gea (Man United)
45. Radja Nainggolan (AS Roma)
46. Vincent Kompany (Man City)
47. Vincent Enyeama (Lille)
48. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)
49. Carlos Bacca (Sevilla)
50. Frank Lampard (Man City)