TRENDING PHOTOS: Meet The Partners of Top Nigerian Super Eagles Footballers
After finishing 3rd at the recently concluded 2025 African Cup of Nations (AFCON), Nigerian football players have returned to various football clubs and reunited with their partners.
Some football players have been able to maintain a low profile about their personal lives over the years, while others are indifferent to public opinion and have preferred to embrace celebrity status.
Being a celebrity comes with a lot of pros than cons. To begin with, you see the epicurean aspect of life and acquire some of the best facilities before it becomes mainstream or goes viral. Also, being a celebrity grants the superstar access to prominent personalities and it’s also easy to meet top quality personalities, both male and female.
Most Nigerian football superstars have preferred to deal with women from other parts of the world for reasons best known to them. Some players prefer women from other nations because it’s the nature of their work to be based abroad, travelling across globe and rarely had time to visit loved ones back home, in Nigeria. Therefore, it is best to choose partners who are within proximity, of course, it’s the international women who would be available at the given time.
Below, you’ll see photos of some Nigerian footballers and their partners from across the globe.
Check them out top Nigerian football players and their international partners.
Ademola Lookman and Jayda Love
Nigerian footballer Ademola Lookman, the 2024 CAF Player of the Year winner, publicly introduced his girlfriend, Jayda Love, at the CAF Awards in Marrakech, Morocco. The couple, who previously kept their relationship private, shared a moment of affection at the event.
Nada Bensouna and Fisayo Dele-Bashiru
Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, a 24-year-old Nigerian international midfielder and Lazio star, married his Moroccan partner, Nada Bensouna, a 23-year-old model signed with Muse agency, in a private Islamic Nikkah ceremony in Manchester in August 2025. The couple previously went public in December 2024 at a Lazio Christmas party.
Ines Fontes and Bruno Onyemachi
In the summer of 2025, Super Eagles defender Bruno Onyemaechi and his girlfriend, Ines Fontes, celebrated Olympiacos’ Greek Super League victory. It was the first time they were both seen in public.
Bruno and his partner have been together for two years having started her relationship in 2022 when Bruno just joined Barista.
Raphael Onyedika and Sharon Almeida
