World football governing body FIFA on February 10, approved Ademola Lookman’s application to change nationality to represent Nigeria instead of England.
The 24-year-old who has played for English side Everton is currently on loan at Leicester from RB Leipzig.
The winger has never represented The Three Lions, but has featured for England's Under-19, Under-20, and Under-21 youth national teams.
During his time with England's youth team he was able to win the Under-20 World Cup in 2017.
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Lookman grew up in Peckham to parents of Nigerian decent and is an addition to the Super Eagles who will face Ghana in a two-leg play-off to qualify for 2022 World Cup in Qatar later this year.
He follows the likes of Alex Iwobi, who switched to play for Nigeria after representing England at the youth level in 2015.
Other players who have swapped their nationalities to Nigeria include Victor Moses, Sone Aluko and Ola Aina.
In 2020, FIFA relaxed the rules on switching international team allegiance with the update also facilitating a reversal of a change upon request in certain specific circumstances.
The football governing body allows footballers to change their international team allegiance as there are many players who hold more than one nationality.
Under the new rules it is possible for a player to change national teams even if they have played competitively at senior level.
Also a player can change nationality even if they did not hold that nationality at the time of their first appearance for their previous national team, as long as their last appearance for their old national team was before attaining the age of 21.
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