Head Coach Justine Madugu has selected captain
Rasheedat Ajibade, goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie and forwards Francisca Ordega
and Asisat Oshoala among a list of 24 players for the Super Falcons’ quest for
a 10th continental title at the 13th Women
Africa Cup of Nations finals to be staged 5th – 26th July
in Morocco.
A healthy percentage of the squad started training
sessions in the Federal Capital, Abuja on Thursday, and will also train on
Friday and Saturday, before their departure to the final training camp in
Lisbon, Portugal on Sunday morning.
Madugu has also picked Saudi Arabia-based flamboyant
defender Ashleigh Plumptre, US-based fans’ favourite Michelle Alozie, veteran
defender Osinachi Ohale and midfielders Deborah Abiodun, Jennifer Echegini and
Christy Ucheibe.
Home-based goalkeeper Rachael Unachukwu and defenders
Sikiratu Isah and Miracle Usani also make the cut, while midfield lynchpin
Halimatu Ayinde makes a return to the fold.
Already, the Nigeria Football Federation has sealed
friendly matches for the team with the senior women national teams of Portugal
and Ghana, to put them in a competitive mood ahead of their group B encounters
against Tunisia, Botswana and Algeria at the Larbi Zaouli Stadium in
Casablanca. The Falcons go up against their Portuguese counterparts in Lisbon
on Monday, 23rd June, and will then take on the Black Queens of
Ghana in Morocco on Sunday, 29th June.
SUPER FALCONS FOR 13TH WAFCON
FINALS:
Goalkeepers: Chiamaka
Nnadozie (just finished contract with Paris FC, France); Tochukwu Oluehi
(Shualat Alsharqia FC, Saudi Arabia); Rachael Unachukwu (Nasarawa Amazons)
Defenders:
Osinachi Ohale (Pachucha Club de Futbol, Mexico); Shukurat Oladipo (AS Roma,
Italy); Michelle Alozie (Houston Dash, USA); Ashleigh Plumptre (Ittihad Ladies
FC, Saudi Arabia); Sikiratu Isah (Nasarawa Amazons); Oluwatosin Demehin
(Galatasaray Sportive, Turkey); Miracle Usani (Edo Queens)
Midfielders:
Rasheedat Ajibade (just finished contract with Atletico Madrid, Spain);
Halimatu Ayinde (FC Rosenburg, Sweden); Deborah Abiodun (Dallas Trinity, USA);
Jennifer Echegini (Paris Saint Germain, France); Toni Payne (Everton Ladies,
England); Christy Ucheibe (SL Benfica, Portugal)
Forwards: Francisca Ordega
(Ittihad Ladies Club, Saudi Arabia); Chinwendu Ihezuo (Pachucha Club de Futbol,
Mexico); Ifeoma Onumonu (Montpellier FC, France); Esther Okoronkwo (AFC
Toronto, Canada); Omorinsola Babajide (Coasta Adeje Tenerife Egatesa, Spain);
Folashade Ijamilusi (Liaoning Shenyang Shenbei Hefeng, China); Chioma Okafor
(University of Connecticut, USA)
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