AFCON Golden Eaglets coach unveils 25-man squad for U-17 qualifier

Golden Eaglets head coach Amoo has released his 25-man squad ahead of next month’s AFCON U-17 qualifier in Morocco.

The Golden Eaglets will play Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire in Group B in the tournament which will kick off January 5.

Despite the cancellation of the 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup, CAF still wants to go ahead with U-17 CAF Nations Cup which will be hosted in Morocco.

The finalists of the zonal qualifier automatically pick the ticket to the U17 AFCON in Morocco in July.

Amoo named three goalkeeper seven defenders, nine midfielder and six strikers.

Five players were placed on standby.

Here is the full names of the 25-man squad 

Goalkeepers:

Saheed Jimoh

Destiny Emuwahen

Abdulbasit Abbas

 

Defenders:

 Abdullahi Bewene

Victor Udoh

Emmanuel Chukwu

Joseph Kuteyi

Vince Osuji

Emmanuel John

Oludapo Akintola

Midfielders:

 Oluwatomiwa Kolawole

Chukwuemeka Egbu

Samuel Akere

Haruna Hassan

Rabiu Ahmed

Gideon Atoyebi

Benjamin Mustapha

Basheet Hamzat

Samson Ogunmola

Forwards

Joseph Arumala

Christian Nwachukwu

Peter Asuquo

Michael Emmanuel

Stanley Iheanacho

Ahmed Abdullahi

 

Standby

Philip Titiloye

Muhammed Usman

Waris Hundeyi

Joel David

Boluwatife Babarinde.


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