Nigeria U-20 team Coach, Garba Manu, yesterday announced a 35- man Flying Eagles squad for the qualifying series of the 2015African Youth Championship holding in Senegal
The list dominated by members of the victorious 2013 Golden Eaglets, has the likes of Kelechi Iheanacho, Isaac Success as part of the team expected to reconvene on Sunday ahead of the qualifiers.
Iheanacho is on the books of Manchester City, while Success has just recently teamed up with Granada CF in Spain.
Several other overseas-based players including Musa Muhammed (Besiktas,Turkey), Chidiebere Nwakali (Manchester City, England), Chidera Eze (FC Porto, Portugal), Musa Yahaya (Celta Vigo, Spain) and Sunday Alampasu, who is undergoing trials in Belgium, are also picked.
The squad is made up of the bulk of the 2013 FIFA U17 World Cup-winning squad.
The full squad:
Goalkeepers: Sunday Alampasu, Adamu Abubakar, Abdulazeez Abubakar, Zaharadden Mohammed
Defenders: Samuel Okon, Aliyu Abubakar, Wilfred Ndidi, Prince Izu Omego, Timothy Danladi,Ifeanyi Nweke, Mazadu Sirajo, Mustapha Abdullahi, Musa Muhammed, Zaharaddeen Bello
Midfielders: Abdullahi Alfa, Akinjide Idowu,Ifeanyi Matthew, Mathias Samuel, Fedelix Irene, Uche Okeke, Chidiebere Nwakali
Strikers: Taiwo Awoniyi, Alhassan Ibrahim, Bernard Bulbwa,Suleiman Abdullahi, Billy Auta, Abubakar Lawal, Wasiu Jimoh, Anthony Omaka,Umar Ahmed, Kelechi Iheanacho, Isaac Success, Musa Yahaya, Chidera Eze, Victory Omodiagbe