Terem Moffi

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Terem Moffi
Moffi with Lorient in 2022
Personal information
Full name Teremas Igobor Moffi[1]
Date of birth (1999-05-25) 25 May 1999
Place of birth Calabar, Nigeria
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Porto
(on loan from Nice)
Number 29
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 45 (14)
2026– → Porto (loan) 9 (1)
International career‡
2021– Nigeria 23 (6)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Nigeria
Africa Cup of Nations
Runner-up2023 Ivory Coast
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:46, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 00:53, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

Teremas "Terem" Igobor Moffi MON (born 25 May 1999) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primeira Liga club Porto, on loan from Ligue 1 side Nice, and the Nigeria national team.[2]

Club career

Kortrijk

Moffi 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]

Lorient

On 1 October 2020, Moffi joined Ligue 1 side Lorient on a permanent deal.[5]

Nice

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]

On 30 November 2025, after a run of six consecutive defeats, Moffi and several other Nice players were attacked by supporters as they got off the team bus following their 3–1 loss away to his former side Lorient. As a result, Moffi was placed on sick leave for one week.[11]

Porto (loan)

On 30 January 2026, Moffi joined Portuguese Primeira Liga club Porto on loan until the end of the 2025–26 season, with an optional buy-clause of €8 million.[12][13]

International career

On 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.[14]

Moffi scored his first two goals for Nigeria on June 13, 2022, against São Tomé and Príncipe. With his brace, he contributed to his team's 10–0 victory.

Initially left out of the list of twenty-five Nigerian players selected by José Peseiro to take part in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, Terem Moffi was later called up to replace the injured Victor Boniface.[15]

Personal life

Moffi's father, Leo, was a professional footballer in Nigeria and played as a goalkeeper.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 April 2026[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kauno Žalgiris 2017 A Lyga 8100—81
Riteriai 2019 A Lyga 2920002[b]03120
Kortrijk 2019–20 Belgian Pro League 7420—94
2020–21 Belgian Pro League 2100—21
Total 9520—115
Lorient 2020–21 Ligue 1 321421—3415
2021–22 Ligue 1 37810—388
2022–23 Ligue 1 181200—1812
Total 873431—9035
Nice (loan) 2022–23 Ligue 1 166004[c]3209
Nice 2023–24 Ligue 1 301120—3211
2024–25 Ligue 1 5100—51
2025–26 Ligue 1 102005[d]1153
Nice total 612020947224
Porto (loan) 2025–26 Primeira Liga 91204[b]1152
Career total 203819115522787
  1. Includes Belgian Cup, Coupe de France, Taça de Portugal
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 10 June 2026[18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Nigeria 202130
202263
202351
202440
202510
202642
Total236
Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first.[18]
List of international goals scored by Terem Moffi
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
113 June 2022Stade Adrar, Agadir, Morocco São Tomé and Príncipe3–010–02023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
26–0
327 September 2022Miloud Hadefi Stadium, Bir El Djir, Algeria Algeria1–01–2Friendly
416 October 2023Estádio Municipal de Portimão, Portimão, Portugal Mozambique1–13–2Friendly
530 May 2026The Valley, London, England Jamaica2–03–02026 Unity Cup
63 June 2026Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland Poland1–02–2Friendly

Honours

Porto

Nigeria

Individual

Orders

References

  1. "Terem Moffi - FC Lorient - Aktuelles Spielerprofil - Bild.de". sport.bild.de.
  2. "Terem Moffi". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  3. "Football success - Terem Moffi" (PDF). Old Buckswoodian. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  4. "Five things on Terem Moffi". Ligue1.
  5. "Terem Moffi s'engage chez les Merlus". FC Lorient. 1 October 2020.
  6. "Terem, merci !". FC Lorient (in French). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  7. "Terem Moffi est un Aiglon !". OGC Nice (in French). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  8. Passerel, Yannis (31 January 2023). "Mercato: c'est officiel, Terem Moffi signe à l'OGC Nice". RMC SPORT (in French). Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  9. "Nigeria's Terem Moffi scores 11th goal of the season for Nice in France". Pulse Sports. 24 April 2024.
  10. "Terem Moffi nets 11th Ligue 1 goal of the season as Nice hold Marseille". Afrik-Foot. 25 April 2024.
  11. "Terem Moffi et Jeremie Boga en arrêt maladie après avoir reçu des coups de supporters niçois" [Terem Moffi and Jeremie Boga on sick leave after being attacked by Nice fans] (in French). L'Équipe. 1 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  12. "Terem Moffi é Dragão" [Terem Moffi is a Dragon] (in Portuguese). FC Porto. 30 January 2026. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  13. "Comunicado: Terem Moffi" [Announcement: Terem Moffi] (in Portuguese). FC Porto. 30 January 2026. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  14. "Match Report of Nigeria vs Cameroon – 2021-06-04 – FIFA Friendlies – Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com.
  15. "Nigeria: Terem Moffi finalement appelé pour disputer la CAN". L'Équipe. 9 January 2024.
  16. "Proud Moffi senior celebrates son's record transfer to Ligue 1". Score Nigeria. 21 September 2020. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020.
  17. Terem Moffi at Soccerway
  18. "Terem Moffi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  19. Kundert, Tom (2 May 2026). "Seven reasons Sporting are champions of Portugal". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  20. Stevens, Rob (11 February 2024). "Nigeria 1–2 Ivory Coast". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  21. UEFA.com. "The official website for European football". UEFA. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  22. "Afcon: Ivory Coast and Nigeria players get cash, villas and honours". BBC News. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.