Zaidu Sanusi: Football Profile, Nigeria Caps and Net Worth

Zaidu Sanusi is a Nigerian left back born on 13 June 1997 in Jega, Kebbi State, who joined Porto in August 2020. His Nigeria career began in 2020, and Pulse Nigeria estimated his net worth at between £2 million and £7 million in 2024. For football supporters across Africa, including South African readers searching for soccer profiles, his story connects Portugal’s club game with the Super Eagles.

The useful distinction is between what Sanusi has achieved and what somebody estimates he earns. His route through Portuguese football, his international debut and his medals can be traced; a published wealth estimate remains distinct from verified assets and liabilities. The career account below follows that distinction, with the money figures compared separately and the changing club details left to the dated player module.

Who Is Zaidu Sanusi?

Sanusi is a defender whose established position is left back, with an international career for Nigeria that began in 2020. His birthplace matters to the story: Jega in Kebbi State places this Super Eagles career firmly in northern Nigeria. His move into Portuguese football also gives supporters a different development route to follow, through smaller clubs before the demands of Porto and European competition.

Using Zaidu Sanusi’s full name makes searches for his club news and international records clearer. Among African footballers, his career offers a useful example of progress through senior football rather than a direct introduction at a major European club.

For readers tracing that journey from Nigeria, the sequence of clubs is more revealing than the destination alone. Mirandela and Santa Clara belong in his biography because they explain the steps between entering Portuguese football and joining Porto. Keeping those stages visible also makes his profile useful to supporters elsewhere in Africa who want to understand how a national team player developed abroad.

How Did Sanusi Reach Porto?

Sanusi’s Portuguese career passed through Gil Vicente, Mirandela and Santa Clara before his Porto transfer in 2020. He signed for Gil Vicente in 2016 without making a league appearance, then joined Mirandela in January 2017.

Santa Clara brought him into their squad in 2019, providing the next step towards Portugal’s leading clubs. Porto then signed him in August 2020 on a five year contract. Afrik-foot reported the transfer fee as about €4 million in its April 2026 retrospective.

In October 2022, ThisDay reported his contract extension to 2027. That dated renewal explains why the original agreement and the later expiry differ. The shirt and contract module supplies the changing registration details; the lasting career milestone is his August 2020 arrival from Santa Clara.

Read his transfer history as a chronology of registrations, with the date of each move kept beside the club name. A later report about his value answers a different question from a report about his original transfer. For a Nigerian supporter comparing accounts of Sanusi’s progress, separating the event date from the article date helps prevent an older career milestone from appearing to be a fresh move.

What Does Sanusi Do on the Pitch?

Sanusi operates on the left of defence, where positioning and recovery work must support any attacking contribution. For readers learning the role, watch the space behind a left back when possession changes. Moving forward can help a team stretch the opposition, but the return journey matters just as much. Evaluating that balance gives a fuller picture than treating every forward run as evidence of a good performance.

His Porto honours place that role within successful teams: he won Primeira Liga titles in 2021/22 and 2025/26, and Portuguese Cups in 2021/22 and 2022/23. His honours also include the 2022/23 League Cup and Portuguese Super Cups in 2020, 2022 and 2026. These are team achievements, rather than a measurement of his contribution in every match. They nevertheless establish the competitive level reached after his years at Mirandela.

Nigeria’s runners up finish at AFCON 2023 provides a defining tournament around which to understand the international stakes. Sanusi was part of that Super Eagles squad. For Nigerian supporters following a defender abroad, the question extends beyond whether his club wins: how does his club experience serve the national side? His tournament record gives that question a concrete setting without requiring a verdict based on one result.

When watching Sanusi for Nigeria, follow his relationship with the nearest centre back and the player ahead of him. Does he offer a passing option outside, or hold his position while a teammate advances? When the ball moves to the opposite flank, look at how he protects the space closer to goal. These questions give viewers a practical way to assess defensive decisions even when Sanusi has few touches.

What Is Sanusi’s Nigeria Record?

Sanusi made his senior Nigeria debut on 9 October 2020 against Algeria in Klagenfurt, in a friendly that ended in a 1 to 0 defeat. Consult the international module’s update date alongside its appearance and goal totals when comparing his record with older profiles.

His tournament record includes Nigeria’s squads at AFCON 2021, AFCON 2023 and AFCON 2025. Nigeria reached the last 16 in the 2021 edition, finished runners up in 2023 and took third place in 2025. The competition names identify editions, which is useful when a tournament’s title and its calendar dates differ. For viewers following the Super Eagles through AFCON in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa or Uganda, those campaigns provide an international reference for assessing his role at Porto. To follow his club appearances, select a Porto fixture in the broadcaster module and check the service listed for your country.

His Nigeria contribution should be assessed through his defensive role. Selection for a left back depends on the balance required across the whole side, including the cover around him and the width ahead. Sanusi also holds the Member of the Order of the Niger national honour, a separate distinction from his club trophies and AFCON medals.

For Sanusi, a tournament squad entry and an individual appearance total describe different parts of his international history. Use the squad record to identify the campaigns he belonged to, then consult individual match entries for starts, substitute appearances and minutes. This distinction helps Super Eagles followers compare his involvement across tournaments without assuming that selection means participation in every fixture.

Zaidu Sanusi net worth

Pulse Nigeria estimated in 2024 that his net worth is between £2 million and £7 million. This is an attributed published estimate, rather than a verified account of his finances. Personal net worth would require evidence about assets and liabilities, while published football profiles usually have much narrower information about estimated earnings.

Kick Off Nigeria reported in January 2024 that Sanusi’s Porto salary for 2023/24 was €15,000 a week, or €780,000 annually before bonuses. Pulse Nigeria’s 2024 profile estimated his weekly wage at about £9,000. The figures concern different dates and currencies, and neither establishes an official wage. A simple currency conversion would not resolve whether the underlying estimates describe the same contract terms.

The comparison table separates the published net worth estimate from reported earnings and club valuations. Weekly and annual salaries must cover the same period before they can be compared, while exchange rates also change between publication dates. Expressing Sanusi’s historical wage estimates in local currencies requires a separately dated exchange rate for each conversion. For household comparisons, the essential point is that gross earnings are income before deductions and spending, rather than accumulated personal wealth.

Afrik-foot reported an approximately €4 million transfer fee in April 2026, then a €50 million release clause and an asking price of about €10 million in August 2026. These are distinct valuations: a fee concerns a club transaction, a clause concerns contractual terms, and an asking price concerns a reported negotiating position. None belongs in a calculation of Sanusi’s personal assets, and the dated reports do not establish a later transfer outcome.

Kick Off Nigeria did not name an endorsement deal or image rights payment in January 2024. That omission does not establish whether a private agreement exists or what it might pay. The same restraint applies to houses, cars and investments. Without attributable evidence, estimating their value would turn a useful earnings discussion into guesswork.

How Can African Supporters Watch Sanusi?

For a Sanusi appearance, start with the fixture listing and select the broadcaster entry for your country. Porto fixtures and Nigeria internationals belong to different competitions, so access to one does not establish access to the other. Check the competition label alongside the broadcaster entry, then confirm that the listing covers your country and the particular fixture you want to watch.

Read every kick off across the four displayed zones: WAT for Nigeria, EAT for Kenya and Uganda, SAST for South Africa, and GMT for Ghana. A clock conversion changes the displayed hour rather than the match itself, much like arranging one family call across several cities. Before making viewing plans, check the fixture date, the local time label and the country’s broadcaster entry together.

Suppose Sanusi’s fixture starts at 20:00 WAT in Nigeria: viewers in Kenya and Uganda would read 22:00 EAT, those in South Africa 21:00 SAST, and those in Ghana 19:00 GMT. Use those African time labels when arranging to watch Sanusi with friends or relatives abroad. If another listing gives only the time at the Portuguese venue, consult the converted fixture entry before putting the match in your calendar.