By Daily Sports Nigeria on November 21, 2022

According to renowned data companies, Sofascore and Opta, former Super Eagles winger and Ajax legend Finidi George has been rated the third-best player at the 1994 World Cup hosted by the United States, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.

In what was the country’s first-ever appearance at the biggest football showpiece in the world, Finidi played a major role as Nigeria took the world by storm.

Nigeria arrived in America as the reigning African champions, but not many would have expected Clemens Westerhof’s side to leave their marks at the Mundial in the country’s debut appearance.

 The West Africans stunned many to top the group which had Argentina, Bulgaria, and Greece.

The three-time African champions opened their campaign with a win against Bulgaria with late Rashidi Yekini scoring the country’s first-ever goal at the World Cup courtesy of a fine assist from Finidi.

The winger remained crucial to Nigeria’s progress to the knockout rounds in their first attempt as he also grabbed his first and only goal at the Mundial in the 2-0 triumph over Greece.

In a stat released by the renowned data companies, Finidi’s exploits earned him a rating of 7.88 – the third-best at the tournament.

Only Romanian great Gheorghe Hagi (8.00) and Swedish icon Kennet Andersson (7.89) were rated higher than Finidi at USA ’94.

French ace Florin Raducioiu (7.88) and legendary Brazilian captain Dunga (7.84) completed the top five.

Source Punch Ng

Posted November 21, 2022

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