The Golden Eagles trainer Manu Garba issued a list of 20 people for the zone qualifying tournaments U-17 AFCON 2019, which will be held in Nigeria.
The list of players includes three goalkeepers, six defenders, eight midfielders and three strikers.
"Golden Eagles" are drawn together with Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso and the Republic of Benin in Group A competitions WAFU zone B.
The winners of the zone competition will qualify for the U-17 AFCON tournament, scheduled to be held in Tanzania in 2019.
20 players were selected from those who passed compulsory Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),
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Nigeria for the last time won the FIFA World Cup U-17 in 2015 (Getty Images)
List of Golden Eagles
Goalkeepers: John Ikedinachukwu Ama, Joseph John Essien, Joseph Ayomid Oluvabusola
Defenders: David Akulo Isha, Sunday Cletus Odey, Clement Chigosi Ikenna, Sani Abacha Suleiman, Muhammad Ibrahim, Adam Agba & Mustafa
Midfielders: Samson Okikoyla Tijani, Hasan Husseini, Savior Johnson Isaac, Olatomi Alfred Olaniyan, Peter Agba, Babatunde Jimokh Akinsola, Ibrahim Olalekan Jabaar, Akinunmi Ayobami Amu
Forwards: Oluvatimilin Lawrence Adenii, Olakunle Olusegun Junior, Favorit Akim
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"Golden Eagles" could not claim the latest release of AFCON (Getty Images)
Accessories for Golden Eagles
On Monday, August 3, the "Golden Eagles" begin their campaign against Burkina Faso.
Their second group game will be against Côte d'Ivoire on Thursday, August 6, and will complete its group campaign against the Republic of Benin on Sunday, August 9.
