Flying Eagles’ Head Coach, Aliyu Zubairu has called 30 players to camp as the Nigerian U-20 boys prepare for a two-match tour of Egypt later this month.

Team Administrator, Aliyu Lawal Ibrahim, told thenff.com that the seven-time African champions will clash with their Egyptian counterparts in Cairo. The matches are scheduled for February 25 and 27.

This year’s Africa U-20 Cup of Nations will be staged in Cote d’Ivoire, from April 26 to May 18, with the four top-placed finishers qualifying to represent the continent at the FIFA U-20 World Cup finals slated for Chile. The World Cup will be held from September 27 to October 19.

The Flying Eagles, champions of Africa in 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2005, 2011, and 2015, won the WAFU-B U-20 Championship held in Lome, Togo, in October last year to be eligible for the finals in Cote d’Ivoire. They defeated Ghana’s Black Satellites 3-1 in the final match.

The players for the Abuja camp are goalkeepers Ifeanyi Harcourt (Sporting Lagos); Light Emerenonye (Diamond Academy) and Abubakar Rufai (Mavlon FC), as well as defenders Adamu Maigari (El-Kanemi Warriors); Daniel Bameyi (Bayelsa United); Kenneth Igbokwe (Enugu Rangers); Haruna Aliyu (Wikki Tourists); Musa Adamu (Wireless FC); Shamsudeen Muhammad (Mavlon FC); Ibrahim Abdullahi; Shamsudeen Ishaq (Grassrunner FC); and Steven Jolomi (Mavlon FC).

Midfielders expected in the camp are Raphael Oyebanji (Shuffle Select FC); Mohammed Ibrahim (Niger Tornadoes); Kizito Opara (Campus Academy); Alabi Sulaiman Jojo (El-Kanemi Warriors); Sulaiman Abubakar (Diamond Academy); Shafiu Adamu (Wikki Tourists); and Cletus Simon (Mavlon FC), while the forwards are Bidemi Amole (Real Sapphire Academy); Clinton Japhet (Enyimba FC); Matthew Chukwusa (Morack Academy); Nasiru Salihu (El-Kanemi Warriors); Divine Olisha (Fostar Academy); Jerry Salami (Aspire Academy); Oluwaseyi Akinfenwa (Real Sapphire Academy); Shola Adelami (Ikorodu City); Abdulrahaman Ishaq (Sport Supply Academy); Ezekiel Anthony (Aspire Academy); and Sodiq Olalekan Adewunmi (Jaguar Sports FC).

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