Coaches, Ladan Bosso and Chris Danjuma have released a squad list of 20 players each to represent Nigeria in the football event for men and women at the 13th African Games taking place in Ghana, Reporters
Bosso named five players from the Flying Eagles squad that reached the quarter-final of the last U-20 World Cup in Argentina in his 20-man squad for the men’s football event.
The players are captain Daniel Bameyi, Sulaiman Idris, Kehinde Ibrahim, Daniel Daga and Nathaniel Nwosu.
The squad which comprises three goalkeepers, six defenders, five midfielders and six forwards will depart from Abuja on Tuesday (today) for the event which begins on Thursday.
Other players listed in the squad are Charles Agada, Olalekan Ibrahim, Musa Abdullahi, Godwin Sampson, Favour Izuogu, Nasir Muhammed and Sunday Joseph.
Auwal Ibrahim, Yinka Oladunjoye, Sadiq Isiyaka, Clinton Ezekiel, Samuel James, Rabiu Abdullahi and Oladapo Akintola and Haruna Aliyu completes the list.
Nigeria will face with Uganda, South Sudan, Senegal and Tunisia in Group B of the men’s football event.
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