Title: Garba Releases 35-man List For Flying Eagles
Garba Manu’s team for the country’s African Youth Championship qualifiers was released on Wednesday afternoon
Nigeria U20 team coach Garba Manu has announced a 35-man squad for the country’s qualifying series for the 2015 African Youth Championship to hold in Senegal.
The list was dominated by members of the victorious Golden Eaglets squad to the 2013 Fifa U17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.
He picked goalkeeper Dele Alampasu, defender Musa Muhammed and strikers Kelechi Iheanacho and Success Isaac in his team that also has usual suspects Musa Yahaya, Akinjide Idowu, Abdullahi Alfa and Chidiebere Nwakali.
The team is expected to reconverge in Abuja to begin the final phase of preparation for the qualifiers where Nigeria will face either Kenya or Tanzania in May.
FULL SQUAD LIST
GOALKEEPERS: Dele Alampasu, Adamu Abubakar, Abdulazeez Abubakar, Zaharadden Mohammed
DEFENDERS: Mazadu Sirajo, Mustapha Abdullahi, Musa Muhammed, Zaharaddeen Bello, Abdullahi Alfa, Akinjide Idowu, Ifeanyi Matthew, Mathias Samuel, Fedelix Irene, Uche Okeke and Chidiebere Nwakali, Samuel Okon, Aliyu Abubakar, Wilfred Ndidi, Izu Omego, Timothy Danladi, Ifeanyi Nweke.
MIDFIELDERS: Taiwo Awoniyi, Alhassan Ibrahim, Bernard Bulbwa,Suleiman Abdullahi, Billy Auta, Abubakar Lawal, Wasiu Jimoh, Anthony Omaka
FORWARDS: Umar Ahmed, Kelechi Iheanacho, Success Isaac, Musa Yahaya, Chidera Eze, Victory Omodiagbe
http://sport.ng.msn.com/world-cup-2014/news/nigeria-announce-35-man-flying-eagles-squad
Garba Manu’s team for the country’s African Youth Championship qualifiers was released on Wednesday afternoon
Nigeria U20 team coach Garba Manu has announced a 35-man squad for the country’s qualifying series for the 2015 African Youth Championship to hold in Senegal.
The list was dominated by members of the victorious Golden Eaglets squad to the 2013 Fifa U17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.
He picked goalkeeper Dele Alampasu, defender Musa Muhammed and strikers Kelechi Iheanacho and Success Isaac in his team that also has usual suspects Musa Yahaya, Akinjide Idowu, Abdullahi Alfa and Chidiebere Nwakali.
The team is expected to reconverge in Abuja to begin the final phase of preparation for the qualifiers where Nigeria will face either Kenya or Tanzania in May.
FULL SQUAD LIST
GOALKEEPERS: Dele Alampasu, Adamu Abubakar, Abdulazeez Abubakar, Zaharadden Mohammed
DEFENDERS: Mazadu Sirajo, Mustapha Abdullahi, Musa Muhammed, Zaharaddeen Bello, Abdullahi Alfa, Akinjide Idowu, Ifeanyi Matthew, Mathias Samuel, Fedelix Irene, Uche Okeke and Chidiebere Nwakali, Samuel Okon, Aliyu Abubakar, Wilfred Ndidi, Izu Omego, Timothy Danladi, Ifeanyi Nweke.
MIDFIELDERS: Taiwo Awoniyi, Alhassan Ibrahim, Bernard Bulbwa,Suleiman Abdullahi, Billy Auta, Abubakar Lawal, Wasiu Jimoh, Anthony Omaka
FORWARDS: Umar Ahmed, Kelechi Iheanacho, Success Isaac, Musa Yahaya, Chidera Eze, Victory Omodiagbe
http://sport.ng.msn.com/world-cup-2014/news/nigeria-announce-35-man-flying-eagles-squad