Head Coach of the Nigeria U-20 boys, Emmanuel Amuneke has
opted to have a three –day open screening for new players ahead of the team’s
camping for a 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualifying fixture against
Burundi.
Burundi progressed to be eligible to square up with Cup
holders Nigeria after the Democratic Republic of Congo withdrew from the race.
Amuneke has called for open screening between Thursday, 7th April
and Saturday, 9th April before a group of 30 invited players
will arrive camp in Abuja on Monday, 11th April.
Team secretary Ibrahim Aliyu Lawal said that 30 invited
players will be camped at the Serob Legacy Hotel, in the Federal Capital
Territory, ahead of the first leg of the fixture scheduled for Bujumbura on the
weekend of 20th - 22nd May. The return leg will
hold in Nigeria two weeks after.
The group of invited players is dominated by Nigeria’s 2015
FIFA U-17 World Cup winners, including goalkeeper Akpan Udoh and attacking
midfielders Chukwudi Agor and Orji Okoronkwo.
INVITED PLAYERS:
Akpan Udoh, John Lazarus, David Enogela, Kingsley Michael,
Funsho Bamgboye, Chinedu Madueke, Chukwudi Agor, Joel Osikel, Ejike Ikwu,
Udochukwu Anumudu, Amos Benjamin, Osinachi Ebere, Orji Okonkwo, Chiaha Chisom,
Suleiman Abdullahi, Kehinde Ayinde, Anas Mohammed, Douglas Uzama, Ayodeji
Bamidele, Jack Ipalibo, Ernest Agenor, Najib Hamza, Johnson Umah, Chukwuebuka
Okoroji, Gavi Thompson, Bright Etaghara, Samuel Obehi, Timothy Idoko, Abbas
Usman, Yinusa Abdul
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