{"id":30305,"date":"2020-09-23T17:45:04","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T17:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=30305"},"modified":"2020-09-23T17:45:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T17:45:04","slug":"man-utds-ighalo-chelseas-moses-among-five-nigerian-stars-in-fifa-21-top-1000-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/man-utds-ighalo-chelseas-moses-among-five-nigerian-stars-in-fifa-21-top-1000-players","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd&#8217;s Ighalo, Chelsea&#8217;s Moses Among Five Nigerian Stars In FIFA 21 Top 1000 Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Five players classed as Nigerians by EA Sports are among the top 1000 highest rated players in FIFA 21.<\/p>\n<p>The best rated Nigerian player, as you would expect is Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi who is ranked 137th and has an overall rating of 84.<\/p>\n<p>Second place among the Nigerian players is Lille striker Victor Osimhen (617th), followed by Chelsea winger Victor Moses (659th), Trabzonspor winger Anthony Nwakaeme (836th) and Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo (878th).<\/p>\n<p>While Osimhen has an overall rating of 79, Moses, Nwakaeme and Ighalo received 78, 78 and 77 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>In other statistics, Ndidi was rated 87 defence, 84 physicality, 74 dribbling, 71 pace, 68 passing and 62 shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Osimhen&#8217;s best attribute is pace (87), Moses was listed at 80 for dribbling, Nwakaeme 81 for pace and Ighalo 79 for physicality.<\/p>\n<p>As for their weakest attribute, Osimhen has a defence rating of 39, Moses 69 shooting, while Nwakaeme and Ighalo scored 39 and 42 respectively for defence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Five players classed as Nigerians by EA Sports are among the top 1000 highest rated players in FIFA 21. 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