Nigeria’s Flying Eagles are preparing for a two-match pleasant tour in Egypt, with video games set for February twenty fifth and twenty seventh.
Head Coach Aliyu Zubairu has chosen 30 gamers for the camp, as they put together to face the Egyptian crew in Cairo.
The crew will probably be led by Enyimba’s rising star Clinton Japhet and Shola Adelani, a proficient winger from Ikorodu Metropolis who has impressed in his first season within the NPFL.
These pleasant matches are a part of the Flying Eagles’ preparation for the Africa U20 Cup of Nations, which can happen in Cote d’Ivoire from April twenty sixth to Might 18th. The highest 4 groups from the event will qualify for the FIFA U20 World Cup in Chile, which is scheduled for September twenty seventh to October nineteenth.
The Flying Eagles have a robust historical past within the Africa U20 Cup of Nations, having gained the event seven occasions. They secured their spot on this yr’s competitors by successful the WAFU-B U20 Championship in Togo final October, defeating Ghana 3-1 within the ultimate.
The crew additionally has a proud historical past within the FIFA U20 World Cup, ending as runners-up in 1989 and 2005. On the final event in Argentina, they simply missed out on the semi-finals after dropping to Korea Republic in additional time.
Right here is the total record of invited gamers:
Goalkeepers:
- Ifeanyi Harcourt (Sporting Lagos)
- Mild Emerenonye (Diamond Academy)
- Abubakar Rufai (Mavlon FC)
Defenders:
- Adamu Maigari (El-Kanemi Warriors)
- Daniel Bameyi (Bayelsa United)
- Kenneth Igbokwe (Enugu Rangers)
- Haruna Aliyu (Wikki Vacationers)
- Musa Ademu (Wi-fi FC)
- Shamsudeen Muhammad (Mavlon FC)
- Ibrahim Abdullahi
- Shamsudeen Ishaq (Grassrunner FC)
- Steven Jolomi (Mavlon FC)
Midfielders:
- Raphael Oyebanji (Shuffle Choose FC)
- Mohammed Ibrahim (Niger Tornadoes)
- Kizito Opara (Campus Academy)
- Alabi Sulaiman Jojo (El-Kanemi Warriors)
- Sulaiman Abubakar (Diamond Academy)
- Shafiu Adamu (Wikki Vacationers)
- Cletus Simon (Mavlon FC)
Forwards:
- Bidemi Amole (Actual Sapphire Academy)
- Clinton Japhet (Enyimba FC)
- Matthew Chukwusa (Morack Academy)
- Nasiru Salihu (El-Kanemi Warriors)
- Divine Olisha (Fostar Academy)
- Jerry Salami (Aspire Academy)
- Oluwaseyi Akinfenwa (Actual Sapphire Academy)
- Shola Adelani (Ikorodu Metropolis)
- Abdulrahaman Ishaq (Sport Provide Academy)
- Ezekiel Anthony (Aspire Academy)
- Sodiq Olalekan Adewunmi (Jaguar Sports activities FC)
