Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has 15 foreign based players in his list for the Nigeria U23 team ahead of their AFCON qualifiers games against DR Congo, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
The two legged game against DR Congo is the penultimate qualifier game, where Nigeria will be targeting a win to seal passage to the final round of games for the tournament, which serves as the Olympic qualifiers.
Yesterday a list of 31 players picked from teams in Nigeria for early camping was made public by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), they are expected to begin training at the team’s camp in Ikenne located in Ogun State.
We can exclusively reveal that 15 players have received their invitation for the game, but there is a lack of clarity over one in David Ozoh who is awaiting clearance from FIFA to switch his nationality to Nigeria, after representing England at various youth levels.
Below is the list…
John Otomewo ( Reims, France)
Umar Abdullahi ( Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic)
Abubakar Umar ( Famalicao, Portugal,)
Peter Edokpolor ( Benfica, Portugal)
Chibuzo Nwoko ( Fulham, England)
Stephen Fumen ( Vendsyssel FF, Denmark)
David Ozoh ( Derby County, England) *
Hussaini Ibrahim ( FK Auda, Latvia )
Abdulmajeed Danladi ( Kryvbas, Ukraine)
Mubarak Suleiman (Slavia Prague, Czech Republic
Zadok Yohanna ( Brighton, England)
George Wilfred ( Kristiansund BK, Norway)
Samuel James ( SJK Seinäjoki, Finland)
Stanley Iheanacho ( Midtjylland, Denmark
Emmanuel Godwin ( Pardubice, Czech Republic)
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
