{"id":143,"date":"2017-10-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/china.chinaacheru.com\/wp\/2017\/10\/05\/oliseh-picks-23-eagles-for-african-nations-championship\/"},"modified":"2017-10-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T00:00:00","slug":"oliseh-picks-23-eagles-for-african-nations-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/oliseh-picks-23-eagles-for-african-nations-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliseh picks 23 Eagles for African Nations Championship:"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Head Coach Sunday Oliseh has released the list of 23 players of the Home Based Super Eagles team who will seek to do Nigeria proud by winning the African Nations Championship title in Rwanda.<\/p>\n

Goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa, defenders Austin Oboroakpo and Chima Akas, Olympic Team midfielders Usman Mohammed and Yaro Bature and forward Chisom Chikatara headline a list that also includes Enyimba FC\u2019s skillful winger Ezekiel Bassey, former junior international Ifeanyi Mathew and the Sunshine Stars\u2019 trio of Paul Onobi, Prince Aggrey and Tunde Adeniji.<\/p>\n

Former junior international goalkeeper Femi Thomas, Shooting Stars\u2019 central defender Jamiu Alimi and former Supersand Eagles\u2019 ace Bartholomew Ibenegbu have also been included.
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The team, alongside technical and backroom staff, flew out of the country on Saturday afternoon to Cape Town, South Africa, where a 10 \u2013day pre-Championship training camp has been arranged, alongside two friendly games against fellow Rwanda \u2013bound Angola and Cote d\u2019Ivoire on January 6 and 11 respectively. Oliseh arrived South Africa ahead of the delegation.
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Nigeria\u2019s CHAN Eagles finished third at the 3rd African Nations Championship held in South Africa in 2014, and Sunday Oliseh\u2019s invigorated squad aims to win the Cup in Rwanda on February 7.
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The team will campaign in Group C of this year\u2019s championship alongside 2011 winners Tunisia, Niger Republic and Guinea, with matches to be played at the Stade Regional Nyamirambo, Kigali.<\/div>\n

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NIGERIA\u2019S SQUAD FOR CHAN:<\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n
Goalkeepers: <\/span><\/strong>Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Sunshine Stars); Olufemi Thomas (Enyimba FC); Okiemute Odah (Warri Wolves)<\/span><\/p>\n

Defenders: <\/span><\/strong>Austin Oboroakpo (Abia Warriors); Kalu Orji Okogbue (Enugu Rangers); Jamiu Alimi (Shooting Stars); Mathew Etim (Enugu Rangers); Chima Akas (Sharks FC); Stephen Eze (Sunshine Stars); Christopher Madaki Maichibi (Giwa FC); Samson Gbadebo (Lobi Stars)<\/span><\/p>\n

Midfielders:<\/span><\/strong> Ifeanyi Mathew (El-Kanemi Warriors); Paul Onobi (Sunshine Stars); Usman Mohammed (FC Taraba); Yaro Bature (Nasarawa United); Bartholomew Ibenegbu (Warri Wolves); Ibrahim Attah Salau (Shooting Stars)<\/span><\/p>\n

Forwards:<\/span><\/strong> Osas Okoro (Enugu Rangers); Ezekiel Bassey (Enyimba FC); Tunde Adeniji (Sunshine Stars); Bright Onyedikachi (FC IfeanyiUbah); Chisom Chikatara (Abia Warriors); Prince Aggrey (Sunshine Stars)<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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