Babalola Oluwatomiwa
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Super Eagles head coach, Sunday Oliseh has called 23 Nigeria Professional Football League players for next month’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Tanzania in Dar es Salam.
The Eagles gaffer, who is due to return to the country from his London trip, where he's been meeting up with Nigerian players with more than one nationality, and persuading them to commit their international future to the three-time African champions.
Oliseh invited Warri Wolves’ Gbolahan Salami, Solomon Kwambe and Nelson Ogbonnaya, while current NPFL leading scorer Tunde Adeniji of Sunshine Stars and Heartland's Bright Ejike have been handed a first time call up.
The new manager has called up goalkeepers Olufemi Thomas and Ikechukwu Ezenwa in the absence of Daniel Akpeyi who has recently moved to Chippa United in South Africa.
Akpeyi has been touted as a future successor to Vincent Enyeama since his heroics denied Bafana Bafana a crucial victory in a friendly in Durban last March.
The camp's gate will be flung open on August 17 while their foreign professionals have been give the grace to team up with the home-based players in Tanzania.
FULL LIST
GOALKEEPERS: Olufemi Thomas (Enyimba FC); David Obiazor (Heartland FC); Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Sunshine Stars)
DEFENDERS: Orji Kalu (Enugu Rangers); Solomon Kwambe (Warri Wolves); Idris Aloma (Enyimba FC); Chima Akas (Sharks FC); Nelson Ogbonnaya (Heartland FC); Samson Gbadebo (Lobi Stars); Jamiu Alimi (Shooting Stars); Stephen Eze (Sunshine Stars)
MIDFIELDERS: Ifeanyi Mathew (El-Kanemi Warriors); Usman Mohammed (FC Taraba); Azubuike Okechukwu (Bayelsa United); Lawson Ichul (Warri Wolves); Kingsley Sokari (Enyimba FC); Etebo Oghenekaro (Warri Wolves)
FORWARDS: Ezekiel Bassey (Enyimba FC); Gbolahan Salami (Warri Wolves); Bright Ejike (Heartland FC); Tunde Adeniji (Sunshine Queens); Bright Onyedikachi (FC IfeanyiUbah); Prince Aggrey (Sunshine Stars) Goal
The Eagles gaffer, who is due to return to the country from his London trip, where he's been meeting up with Nigerian players with more than one nationality, and persuading them to commit their international future to the three-time African champions.
Oliseh invited Warri Wolves’ Gbolahan Salami, Solomon Kwambe and Nelson Ogbonnaya, while current NPFL leading scorer Tunde Adeniji of Sunshine Stars and Heartland's Bright Ejike have been handed a first time call up.
The new manager has called up goalkeepers Olufemi Thomas and Ikechukwu Ezenwa in the absence of Daniel Akpeyi who has recently moved to Chippa United in South Africa.
Akpeyi has been touted as a future successor to Vincent Enyeama since his heroics denied Bafana Bafana a crucial victory in a friendly in Durban last March.
The camp's gate will be flung open on August 17 while their foreign professionals have been give the grace to team up with the home-based players in Tanzania.
FULL LIST
GOALKEEPERS: Olufemi Thomas (Enyimba FC); David Obiazor (Heartland FC); Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Sunshine Stars)
DEFENDERS: Orji Kalu (Enugu Rangers); Solomon Kwambe (Warri Wolves); Idris Aloma (Enyimba FC); Chima Akas (Sharks FC); Nelson Ogbonnaya (Heartland FC); Samson Gbadebo (Lobi Stars); Jamiu Alimi (Shooting Stars); Stephen Eze (Sunshine Stars)
MIDFIELDERS: Ifeanyi Mathew (El-Kanemi Warriors); Usman Mohammed (FC Taraba); Azubuike Okechukwu (Bayelsa United); Lawson Ichul (Warri Wolves); Kingsley Sokari (Enyimba FC); Etebo Oghenekaro (Warri Wolves)
FORWARDS: Ezekiel Bassey (Enyimba FC); Gbolahan Salami (Warri Wolves); Bright Ejike (Heartland FC); Tunde Adeniji (Sunshine Queens); Bright Onyedikachi (FC IfeanyiUbah); Prince Aggrey (Sunshine Stars) Goal