Nigerian national Under 17 team, the Golden Eaglets, have commenced camping ahead of the FIFA U17 World Cup slated to hold in Brazil between October 6 and November 17, 2019.
The Nigerian side qualified for the tournament after emerging among the top four teams in the CAF Under 17 Nations Cup hosted in Tanzania, April, 2019. Serob Legacy Hotel, Abuja is full to the brim with all 52 players invited players. Five-time champions, Nigeria, will be led to Brazil by coach Manu Garba, who was in charge of the victorious U17 team in the United Arab Emirates, 2013, producing the likes of Leicester City FC of England forward, Kelechi Iheanacho.
Nigeria has won the U17 World Cup more than any other nation emerging champions in the 1985, 1993, 2007, 2013, and 2015 editions.
FULL LIST OF INVITED PLAYERS
Goalkeepers
Sunday Steven
Suleiman Shuaibu
Joseph Oluwabusola
Zubair Suleiman
Moses Aluko
Anthony Okoronkwo.
Defenders
Etim Charles
Ogaga Oduko
Ferdinand Clement
David Ishaya Akulo
Shedrack Tanko
Mayowa Abayomi
Kelvin Agho
Dahiru Yusuf
Adeniyi Timilehin
Ismaila Salaudeen
Usman Mohammed
Emeka Egbu
Midfielders
Samson Tijani
Alfred Olaniyan
Ibrahim Jabaar
Fawaz Abdullahi
Shuaibu Abdulrazak
Peter Agba
Muyideen Oyindamola
Suleiman Lawal
Longbak Kling Shak
Damilola Adeyeye
Ajir Sesugh
Gotee Ntignee.
Forwards
Akinkunmi Amoo
Olakunle Olusegun
Wisdom Ubani
Divine Nwachukwu
Mubarak Gata
Adrien Akande
Etim Friday Ubi
Haruna Lawal
Egesionu Sopuru
Sunusi Ibrahim
Samson Komolafe
Ismail Ayodele
Ogunkoya Paul
Iniobong Okon
Opeyemi Qudus
Tobi Adeleke
Oluebube Oguduba
Usman Abba
Odeh David Emeka
Gideon Okon Asuquo
Bashar Issa Olatunji
Mohammed Dikko.
Source:
All Africa
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