Ladan Bosso, Head coach of Nigeria’s U-20 men’s national team, the Flying Eagles, has called up 40 players for the WAFU B U20 championship slated for Niamey, Niger Republic in May.
Team Secretary, Aliyu Ibrahim said the players are to report to Abuja on Monday for the camp.
The list was made up of four goalkeepers, 12 midfielders, 17 midfielders, and seven forwards.
The Flying Eagles, seven-time African champions, will play in Group B of the WAFU B Championship alongside perennial rivals Ghana and Burkina Faso,
The biannual WAFU tournament, which serves as qualification for the U-20 AFCON in Egypt, 2023 would hold from May 7 to May 20 in Niamey. The top two teams from each group will progress to the semi-finals of the competition and only the two finalists would qualify for Egypt.
Hosts Niger Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, and the Benin Republic will slug it out in Group A.
Among the players invited are; Goalkeepers: Orya Joseph (Lobi Stars); Nathaniel Nwosu (Water FC); Jimoh Saheed (Adoration FC); Chijioke Anianboso (Giant Brillars)
Defenders: Njoke Augustine (Abia Warriors); Gabriel Adewara (Ikorodu United); Babaji Abubakar (Niger Tornadoes); Okoli Augustine (Giant Brillars); Hassan Shuaibu (Smart City); Uzochukwu Ezeobi (Zamfara United);
Opeyemi Omoloye (Amure City); Frederick Benjamin (ABS FC); Monsuru Oyinmade (A&A Academy); Adegbite Emmanuel (Enyimba FC); Bolu Shotimade (Akwa United); and Adamu Saidu (Water FC) make up the rest.
Midfielders: Anas Hassan (Vandrezzer FC); Okeowo Oluwaseyi (3SC); Shehu Sada (Nasarawa United); Promise Harrison (SuperStars Academy); Lawal Samson (Katsina United); Clinshak Longba (Plateau United); Aminu Muhammad (Gombe United); Abdulmajeed Ibrahim (Global FC); Onuche Ogbelu (FOSLA Academy);
Others are: Jejeko Ola (Coment FC); Hussaini Garba (Maikunkele FC); Divine Nwachukwu (Adoration FC); Sulaiman Kirki (Kebbi United); Munir Idris (Niger Tornadoes); Aminu Yahaya (Nnewi United); Tolulope Simon Ojo (Remo Stars); Muhammad Sambo Shehu (Katsina United)
Forwards: Emmanuel Ogbole (FC Basira); Ifeanyi Ogba (Lobi Stars); Sopurochukwu Kelechi (HP Academy); Henry Ndubuisi (Cydos FC); Ibrahim Yahaya (Gombe United); Aliyu Abdullahi (Nasarawa United); Ahmed Abdullah (HP Academy).