The former golden Eaglets goalkeeper, Dele Alampasu will lead 19 other players from the Golden Eaglets to the Flying Eagles training camp in Abuja.
Alampasu was named best goalkeeper at last year’s FIFA U17 World Cup and was also picked for the country’s squad to the recent CHAN in South Africa.
Some of the other players invited are Wilfred Ndidi, Abdullahi Alfa, Akinjide Idowu, Saviour Godwin, Aliyu Abubakar, Chigozie Obasi, Dennis Okon Nya and Zaraddeen Bello.
They will today join 35 other players who were picked from a two-week open trial in Abuja.
The Flying Eagles under Coach Manu Garba have been training for a third week in Abuja ahead of a 2015 African Youth Championship qualifier against either Kenya or Tanzania in May.
Kenya and Tanzania will do battle next month for the right to face six-time African Youth Champions Nigeria in May with the overall winners advancing to the final qualifying round in August.
Invitees
Goakeepers: Dele Alampasu, Abdulazeez Abubakar
Defenders: Wilfred Ndidi, Prince Izu Omego, Dennis Okon Nya
Midfielders: Clement Ogbobe, Akinjide Idowu, Aliyu Abubakar, Abdulahi Alfa, Ifeanyi Matthew, Zaraddeen Bello, Emmanuel Asadu, Prince Bonkat, Mustapha Abdullahi, Chigozie Obasi
Strikers: Saviour Godwin, Nafiu Kabuga, Ahmed Umar, Bernard Bulbwa, Chinedu Enedemu
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