CHAN Qualifiers: Salisu Yusuf invites 35 NPFL players for Ghana showdown
Nigeria coach Salisu Yusuf has invited 35 players from the Nigeria Professional Football League for their 2023 African Nations Championship qualifying fixture against Ghana.
The Super Eagles B team will begin camping at the Bolton White Apartments in Abuja from Wednesday and the first leg of their qualifying tie against the Black Galaxies will take place in Accra on August 28 and the return fixture is billed for the MKO Abiola National Stadium on September 3.
Victory over their West African rivals would secure Nigeria’s passage to the seventh edition of the African Nations Championship finals in Algeria next year.
NPFL top scorer and Rivers United’s goalscoring machine Chijioke Akuneto leads the selection alongside and the NPFL champions boost of eight players in the squad.
FULL SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Victor Sochima (Rivers United); Adeyinka Adewale (Akwa United); Ojo Olorunleke (Enyimba FC); Nathaniel Nwosu (Flying Eagles)
Defenders: Tope Olusesi (Rangers Int’l); Kazie Enyinnaya (Rivers United); Sani Faisal (Katsina United); Samson Gbadebo (Akwa United); Ebube Duru (Rivers United); Christopher Nwaeze (Akwa United); Isa Ali (Remo Stars); Tosin Adegbite (Enyimba FC); Temple Emekayi (Rivers United); Andrew Ikefe (Plateau United)
Midfielders: Babatunde Bello (Akwa United); Philip Ozor (Enyimba FC); Maurice Chukwu (Rivers United); Hafeez Nosiru (Kwara United); Zulkifilu Mohammed (Plateau United); Chiamaka Madu (Rivers United); Jide Fatokun (Kwara United); Kenechukwu Agu (Rangers Int’l); Joseph Onoja (Rivers United); Haggai Katoh (Plateau United); Uche Onwuasonaya (Rivers United)
Forwards: Abdulazeez Yusuf (Gombe United); Sadiq Abubakar (Enyimba FC); Chidiebere Nwobodo (Rangers Int’l); Promise Amadi (Akwa United); Chijioke Akuneto (Rivers United); Valentine Odoh (Abia Warriors); Andy Okpe (Remo Stars); Adams Yakubu (Akwa United); Godspower Aniefiok (Kano Pillars); Ossy Martins (Rangers Int’l)
