12 August 2015

Nigeria: Awoniyi Tops Siasia's 31-Man List

Nigeria Under-23 national team head coach, Samson Siasia, has called up a 31-man squad in preparation for the football event of the All Africa Games scheduled for Congo from September 3 to 18.

The Dream Team smarting from their qualification for the Africa Under-23 Cup of Nations after eliminating Congo will kick-start their preparations towards winning the gold medal.

The team are populated by the players who won the ticket for the Under-23 Nations Cup but there are also new faces in the list.


Goalkeepers Yusuf Mohammed, Daniel Emmanuel and Under-17 World Cup winner, Dele Alampasu, are in the squad so are Oghenekaro Etebo, Sincere Seth, Junior Ajayi, Semiu Liadi, Erhun Obanor and skipper Azubuike Okechukwu, who has just moved to Turkey.

Some of the foreign-based players called up are Atanda Sodiq of Appolonia FC, Osmanispor’s Aminu Umar, Shehu Abdullahi of Maderia and Stanley Amuzie of Sampdoria, who is reportedly injured.

Lucky Jimoh, Olisah Ndah and Solomon Efosa are the newcomers to coach Siasia’s team.

Full list of invited players

Daniel Emmanuel (Enugu Rangers FC); Bala Yusuf Mohammed (Kano Pillars); Erhun Obanor (Abia Warriors); Segun Oduduwa (Nath Boys); Amuzie Stanley (Sampdoria FC, Italy); Azubuike Okechukwu (Yeni Malatyaspor, Turkey); Saviour Godwin (Plateau United); Etebo Oghenekaro (Warri Wolves); Junior Ajayi (3SC); Peter Onyekachi (Enyimba FC); Usman Mohammed (FC Taraba); Atanda Sodiq (Appolonia FC, Albania); Kingsley Sokari (Enyimba FC); Taiwo Awoniyi (Imperial Academy); Chima Akas (Sharks FC); Aminu Umar (Osmanispor FC, Turkey); Daniel Etor (Enyimba FC); Augustine Oladapo (FC Ifeanyiubah); Semiu Liadi (Warri Wolves); Tiongoli Tonbara (Bayelsa United); Ikechukwu Okorie; Etebong Akpan (Club Africain); Sincere Seth (Supreme Court); Abdullahi Shehu (Quadsia FC, Kuwait); Ndifreke Effiong (Abia Warriors); Abiodun Akande (3SC); Dele Alampasu; Lucky Jimoh (36 Lions); Bright Onyedikachi (FC Ifeanyiubah); Olisa Ndah; Solomon Efosa

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