U-17 AFCON: Golden Eaglets’ birth dates and jersey number revealed

The Nigeria U-17 squad are labelled the most successful team in international football for their age group, having won the FIFA U-17 World Cup five times and the AFCON twice

Nigeria’s complete under-17 squad list, complete with birth dates and jersey numbers, has been made public by CAF in advance of the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations competition, which will take place in Algeria in less than two days, Soccernet.ng reports.

The head coach of the Golden Eaglets, Nduka Ugbade, marched 26 players to the Algerian city of Constantine on Sunday night to commence their final preparations for the tournament.

CAF, after officially screening the two-time AFCON champions to play in the 15th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament.

The Eaglets competed in 12 friendlies, winning 11 of them, drawing one, and scoring an amazing total of 66 goals while conceding just 14. Abdulmumin Jibril, who scored 10 goals for the squad during the exhibition games, will wear the number 8 jersey.

Richard Odoh, a goalkeeper for the HB Football Academy, will wear the number one shirt, while Precious Tonye Williams, a striker for the same team, will wear the number nine.

Ifeoluwa Adewale Olowoporoku and Simon Karshe Cletus, the team’s two youngest players (15), will wear jersey numbers 10 and 17, respectively.

This is the complete list:

Shirt No.	Name	Jersey Name	Position	Birthdate	Current Club(Country)
1	RICHARD ODOH	ODOH	GK	23.11.2006	HB Football Academy(Nigeria)
2	YAHAYA DANJUMA LAWALI	LAWALI	DF	05.06.2006	MAHANAIM FC(Nigeria)
3	EMMANUEL MICHAEL	MICHAEL	DF	16.06.2006	Simon Ben FA(Nigeria)
4	HARUNA ABDULLAHI	ABDULLAHI	MF	01.01.2007	KURFI TIGERS FOOTBALL ACADEMY(Nigeria)
5	TOCHUKWU JOSEPH OGBOJI	OGBOJI	DF	15.12.2006	Purple Crown FA(Nigeria)
6	JEREMIAH OLAWASEYI OLALEKE	OLALEKE	DF	20.02.2006	ABLAZE FOOTBALL ACADEMY (Nigeria)
7	UMAR ABUBAKAR	ABUBAKAR	MF	15.02.2006	Devine FA(Nigeria)
8	ABUBAKAR IDRIS ABDULLAHI	ABDULLAHI	FW	27.01.2006	Jega utd(Nigeria)
9	PRECIOUS TONYE WILLIAMS	WILLIAMS	FW	02.10.2006	HB Football Academy(Nigeria)
10	IFEOLUWA ADEWALE OLOWOPOROKU	OLOWOPOROKU	MF	15.07.2008	Tripple 44 FA(Nigeria)
11	CHARLES ADAH AGADA	AGADA	FW	03.09.2006	Mavlon FC(Nigeria)
12	HOPE YUSUF LINUS	LINUS	MF	10.08.2006	E E SPORTING CLB(Nigeria)
13	JUBRIL OPEYEMI AZEEZ	AZEEZ	FW	08.09.2006	RIGHT VISION CHOICE FA (Nigeria)
14	ANONGU ISAAC AONDOAKAA	AONDOAKAA	MF	28.08.2007	FC BETHEL SPORTING(Nigeria)
15	ISRAEL NWACHUKWU USULOR	USULOR	DF	20.06.2007	Real Sapphire FC(Nigeria)
16	TEMILOLUWA OLUWAYIMIKA ADELAKIN	ADELAKIN	GK	12.06.2006	Box 2 Box Football Academy (Nigeria)
17	SIMON KARSHE CLETUS	CLETUS	MF	10.02.2008	Mavlon FA(Nigeria)
18	TOCHUKWU SIMEON OGBABIDO	OGBADIBO	FW	20.06.2007	Jossy Utd(Nigeria)
19	LIGHT CHIJIOKE EKE	EKE	FW	14.04.2006	C & C FA(Nigeria)
20	FAVOUR OLUWASEGUN DANIEL	DANIEL	FW	12.03.2006	G12 Football Academy(Nigeria)
21	CHIJOKE JULIUS LINUS	LINUS	DF	31.07.2006	Tripple 44 FA(Nigeria)
22	QUADRI OLUWATOBILOBA ADEWALE	ADEWALE	DF	07.09.2007	Nathaniel Boys FC(Nigeria)
23	GIFT UKEH ADIE	ADIE	GK	07.02.2007	PAUL E FOOTBALL ACADEMY (Nigeria)
24	MUSA OLUWASEYI AKINFENWA	AKINFENWA	MF	04.09.2007	Real Sapphire FC(Nigeria)
25	USMAN AJIBOLA OWOYEMI	OWOYEMI	MF	12.08.2006	Tripple 44 FA(Nigeria)
26	MATHEW AWODI KINGSLEY	Kingsley	MF	26.11.2006	Brook House FOOTBALL ACADEMY(Angleterre)