Teremas "Terem" Igobor Moffi MON (born 25 May 1999) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Nice and the Nigeria national team.[2]
 Moffi with Lorient in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Teremas Igobor Moffi[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 May 1999 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Calabar, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Nice | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Buckswood | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Kauno Žalgiris | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Riteriai | 29 | (20) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Kortrijk | 9 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Lorient | 87 | (34) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | → Nice (loan) | 16 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Nice | 30 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Nigeria | 18 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:08, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:31, 10 June 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editMoffi left Nigeria and moved to England to join the Buckswood Football Academy at Hastings, East Sussex at the age of 17,[3] and thereafter moved to Lithuania with Kauno Žalgiris. He eventually joined Riteriai, but had visa issues that delayed his debut. Moffi eventually scored 20 goals in 29 leagues games for Riteriai, and transferred to Belgian club Kortrijk in January 2020.[4]
On 1 October 2020, Moffi joined Ligue 1 side Lorient on a permanent deal.[5]
On 31 January 2023, he signed for Nice on loan until the end of the season, with an obligation-to-buy for €30 million and a 15% sell-on clause in favor of Lorient.[6][7][8] In the 2023–24 season, he became his club's top scorer with 11 goals.[9][10]
International career
editOn 14 May 2021, Nigeria head coach Gernot Rohr included Moffi in his 31-man list for friendlies in June. Moffi debuted with the Super Eagles in a 1–0 loss to Cameroon on 4 June 2021.[11]
Personal life
editMoffi's father, Leo, was a professional footballer in Nigeria and played as a goalkeeper.[12]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 19 May 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kauno Žalgiris | 2017 | A Lyga | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | |
| Riteriai | 2019 | A Lyga | 29 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 31 | 20 |
| Kortrijk | 2019–20 | Belgian Pro League | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 9 | 4 | |
| 2020–21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | |||
| Total | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 11 | 5 | |||
| Lorient | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 1 | — | 34 | 15 | |
| 2021–22 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 38 | 8 | |||
| 2022–23 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 12 | |||
| Total | 87 | 34 | 3 | 1 | — | 90 | 35 | |||
| Nice (loan) | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4[c] | 3 | 20 | 9 |
| Nice | 2023–24 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 0 | — | 32 | 11 | ||
| Career total | 177 | 77 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 189 | 81 | ||
- ^ Includes Belgian Cup, Coupe de France
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
edit- As of match played 10 June 2024[13]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 4 | |
- Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first.[13]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 June 2022 | Stade Adrar, Agadir, Morocco |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
3–0 | 10–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 2 | 6–0 | |||||
| 3 | 27 September 2022 | Miloud Hadefi Stadium, Bir El Djir, Algeria |  Algeria |
1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 4 | 16 October 2023 | Estádio Municipal de Portimão, Portimão, Portugal |  Mozambique |
1–1 | 3-2 | Friendly |
Honours
editNigeria
- Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2023[14]
Individual
- UEFA Europa Conference League Goal of the Season: 2022–23[15]
Orders
Member of the Order of the Niger[16]
References
edit- ^ "Terem Moffi - FC Lorient - Aktuelles Spielerprofil - Bild.de". sport.bild.de.
- ^ a b "Terem Moffi". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Football success - Terem Moffi" (PDF). Old Buckswoodian. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "Five things on Terem Moffi". Ligue1.
- ^ "Terem Moffi s'engage chez les Merlus". FC Lorient. 1 October 2020.
- ^ "Terem, merci !". FC Lorient (in French). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ "Terem Moffi est un Aiglon !". OGC Nice (in French). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ Passerel, Yannis (31 January 2023). "Mercato : c'est officiel, Terem Moffi signe à l'OGC Nice". RMC SPORT (in French). Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ "Nigeria's Terem Moffi scores 11th goal of the season for Nice in France". Pulse Sports. 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Terem Moffi nets 11th Ligue 1 goal of the season as Nice hold Marseille". Afrik-Foot. 25 April 2024.
- ^ "Match Report of Nigeria vs Cameroon - 2021-06-04 - FIFA Friendlies - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com.
- ^ "Proud Moffi senior celebrates son's record transfer to Ligue 1". Score Nigeria. 21 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Terem Moffi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ Stevens, Rob (11 February 2024). "Nigeria 1–2 Ivory Coast". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ UEFA.com. "The official website for European football". UEFA.com. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Afcon: Ivory Coast and Nigeria players get cash, villas and honours". BBC News. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
External links
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- Profile at the OGC Nice website
- Terem Moffi – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French
- Terem Moffi – UEFA competition record (archive)
