Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has released a 24 man list of players to prosecute the upcoming AFCON qualifier against Seychelles 🇸🇨.
Fans of the team will be highly excited as the German tactician invited most of the youngsters fans have been clamoring for in the list.
Top of the new names is Galatassary of Turkey hotshot Henry Onyekuru who has hit the ground running in Turkey 🇹🇷.
There are also call ups for Girondis de Bordeaux new boy Samuel Kalu and FC Portos exciting young midfielder Kelechi Nwakali.
There are also some totally new and unexpected faces in the list like Jaminu Collins – who plays with German 3rd division side Paderborn, and ex Arsenal youth teamer now at Rottherham Semi Ajayi.
Most of the regulars make a return to the team including Changchun Yatai of China Striker Odion Ighalo still makes the team despite the backlash that greeted his performance at the last World Cup in Russia 🇷🇺.
Nigeria will play away to Seychelles in Victoria on Matchday 2 of the qualifying series on September 7, before they entertain Libya’s Mediterranean Knights in Nigeria on Matchday 3 in the second week of October.
Full list:
Goalkeepers: Francis Uzoho (Deportivo La Coruna, Spain); Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Enyimba FC); Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United, South Africa).
Defenders: Olaoluwa Aina (Torino FC, Italy); Semi Ajayi (Rotherham United, England); Bryan Idowu (Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia); Chidozie Awaziem (FC Porto, Portugal); William Ekong (Udinese FC, Italy); Leon Balogun (Brighton & Hove Albion, England); Kenneth Omeruo (CD Leganes, Spain); Jamilu Collins (SC Padeborn 07, Germany).
Midfielders: Ogenyi Onazi (Trabzonspor FC, Turkey); Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City, England); Oghenekaro Etebo (Stoke City FC, England); John Ogu (Hapoel Be’er Sheva, Israel); Kelechi Nwakali (FC Porto, Portugal); Joel Obi (AC Chievo Verona, Italy).
Forwards: Ahmed Musa (Al Nassar FC, Saudi Arabia); Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City, England); Simeon Nwankwo (Crotone FC, Italy); Henry Onyekuru (Galatasaray SK, Turkey); Odion Ighalo (Changchun Yatai, China); Alex Iwobi (Arsenal FC, England); Samuel Kalu (Bordeaux FC, France).
Standby: Uche Agbo (Standard Liege, Belgium), Stephen Eze (Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Bulgaria); Musa Muhammed (HNK Gorica, Croatia); Blessing Eleke (FC Luzern, Switzerland)
