Iwobi Gets New Number After Nine Years As CAF Makes Public Super Eagles Jersey Numbers

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The jersey numbers of players of the senior national team of Nigeria for the Africa Cup of Nations have been made public by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.

Ahead of their start of the tournament on the 13th of January, CAF posted the shirt number of every team that will be at the tournament and we noticed some minor changes in the squad numbers of Nigeria.

Most notable among them is Alex Iwobi who switched from the number 18 shirt he has been wearing the past few years to his preferred shirt number 17. The number that earned him the nickname BIG 17 while at Arsenal.

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It will be the first time in nine years that he is wearing the number for the senior national team of Nigeria despite switching from 8, 10 and 18 in recent years.

Newly invited Antwerp midfielder Alhassan Yusuf who replaced Wilfred Ndidi also takes his shirt number 4 ahead of Brentford’s man Frank Onyedika who settled for number 8.

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Other AFCON debutants like Olorunleke Ojo, Stanley Nwabali, Raphael Onyedika, Calvin Bassey, Bruno Onyemaechi,  Ademola Lookman Victor Boniface and Bright Osayi-Samuel will wear shirt number 16, 23, 25, 21, 13, 18, 24 and 12 respectively.

Below is their number and also the name that will be at the back of their jerseys.

Shirt No.
Name
Jersey Name

1 FRANCIS ODINAKA UZOHO

Uzoho

2 TEMITAYO OLUFISAYO OLAOLUWA AINA

Aina

3 ZAIDU SANUSI

Zaidu

4 ALHASSAN YUSUF ABDULLAHI

Yusuf

5 WILLIAM PAUL EKONG

Ekong

6 AJAYI OLUWASEMILOGO ADESEWO

Ajayi

7 AHMED MUSA

Musa

8 OGOCHUKWU FRANK ONYEKA

Onyeka

9 VICTOR JAMES OSIMHEN

Osimhen

10 AYODELE-ARIBO TEMITOPE JOSEPH

OLUWASEYI

Aribo

11 SAMUEL CHIMERENKA CHUKWUEZE

Chukwueze

12 SAMUEL OSAYI BRIGHT

Osayi

13 ONYEMAECHI SOPURUCHUKWU BRUNO

Bruno

14 IHEANACHO KELECHI PROMISE

Iheanacho

15 MOSES DADDY SIMON

Simon

16 OJO OLORUNLEKE OLUWASEGUN

Olorunleke

17 ALEXANDER CHUKA IWOBI

Iwobi

18 ADEMOLA OLAJIDE LOOKMAN

Lookman

19 SADIQ UMAR

Sadiq

20 AWAZIEM CHIDOZIE COLLINS

Awaziem

21 CALVIN CHINEDU UGHELUMBA

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Calvin

22 KENNETH JOSIAH OMERUO

Omeruo

23 STANLEY BOBO NWABALI

Nwabali

24 VICTOR OKOH BONIFACE

Boniface

25 INWADIKE RAPHAEL ONYEDIKA

Onyedika

Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman

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