By Okechukwu Emmanuel
Coach of the Nigerian U-20 national team, Isa Ladan Bosso has released his 20-man squad to compete at the WAFU B Nations Cup championship to be held in Port Novo, Benin Republic.
The competition will commence on the 5th of December to the 20th of December and will serve as a qualifying tournament for the U-20 African Nations Cup to be held in Mauritania.
The Flying Eagles as they are popularly known is made up of players from the Previous U-17 side as well as Super talents from the Grassroots. The squad listed by Coach Ladan Bosso also consists of two (2) foreign-based players.
Central back, Temitayo Ereku from Brookhouse Academy in the United Kingdom (UK) and Hapoel Ranana of Israel attacker, Peter Olawale are the only foreign-based players in the team.
The Full list:
*Goalkeepers:
~Chibueze Lambert (Abia Warriors)
~John Amah (Box2Box Fc)
~Kolawale Oladipo (Crown Fc)
*Defenders:
~Temitayo Ereku (Brookhouse Academy)
~Charles Etim (Blessed Stars)
~Mike Zaruma (Plateau United)
~Christopher Nwaeze (Kwara United)
~Moses Solomon (Calabar Rovers)
~Isaiah Ejeh (Kwara United)
~Jimmy Abdul (MFM)
*Midfielders:
~Oladoye Adewale (Water Fc)
~Liameed Quadri (36 Lions)
~Muhammad Abdallah (Nasarawa United)
~Azeez Oseni (36 Lions)
*Attackers:
~Wisdom Ubani (Giant Brillas)
~Chisom Orji (Collins Edwin)
~Farayola Adewale (Kwara United)
~Nenrot Silas (Plateau United)
~Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi (Giant Brillas)
~Peter Olawale (Hapoel Ranana Israel)
The Flying Eagles of Nigeria begin their campaign at the competition on the 6th of December at the Stade de Galles in Port Novo, Benin Republic.
