WAFU Cup heroes lead Flying Eagles on Egypt playing tour

Coach Aliyu Zubairu has called up the bulk of the squad who won the U20 WAFU B tournament in Togo last year to training camp for a playing tour of Egypt.

The tour of Egypt will prepare the Flying Eagles for the U20 AFCON in Cote d’Ivoire in April.

The invited players include captain Daniel Bameyi, Bidemi Amole, Raphael Oyebanji, Divine Olisha, Clinton Japhet and Kenneth Igbokwe.

New call-ups include Golden Eaglets captain Cletus Simon and winger Shola Adelami from Ikorodu City.

FLYING EAGLES FOR CAMPING IN ABUJA FOR EGYPT FRIENDLIES:

Goalkeepers: Ifeanyi Harcourt (Sporting Lagos); Light Emerenonye (Diamond Academy); Abubakar Rufai (Mavlon FC)

Defenders: Adamu Maigari (El-Kanemi Warriors); Daniel Bameyi (Bayelsa United); Kenneth Igbokwe (Enugu Rangers); Haruna Aliyu (Wikki Tourists); Musa Ademu (Wireless FC); Shamsudeen Muhammad (Mavlon FC); Ibrahim Abdullahi; Shamsudeen Ishaq (Grassrunner FC); Steven Jolomi (Mavlon FC)

Midfielders: 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); Cletus Simon (Mavlon FC)

Forwards: 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); Sodiq Olalekan Adewunmi (Jaguar Sports FC)