Samson Siasia coach of Nigeria U23 team has invited 31 players for the camping exercise to pick the Dream Team VI that would go ahead to compete at the 11th edition of the All African Games football event, schedule to hold in Congo Brazzaville.
The list of called up players includes five foreign based players including such regulars as Taiwo Awoniyi, Junior Ajayi and Kingsley Sokari. The full list of players invited to compete for a place in the final selection are: Daniel Emmanuel (Enugu Rangers FC); Bala Yusuf Mohammed (Kano Pillars); Erhun Obanor (Abia Warriors); Segun Oduduwa (Nath Boys); Amuzie Stanley (Sampdoria FC, Italy); Azubuike Okechukwu (Bayelsa United); Saviour Godwin (Plateau United); Etebo Oghenekaro (Warri Wolves); Junior Ajayi (3SC); Peter Onyekachi (Enyimba FC); Usman Mohammed (FC Taraba); Atanda Sodiq (Appolonia FC, Albania); Kingsley Sokari (Enyimba FC); Taiwo Awoniyi (Imperial Academy); Chima Akas (Sharks FC); Aminu Umar (Osmanispor FC, Turkey); Daniel Etor (Enyimba FC); Augustine Oladapo (FC IfeanyiUbah); Semiu Liadi (Warri Wolves); Tiongoli Tonbara (Bayelsa United); Ikechukwu Okorie; Etebong Akpan (Club Africain); Sincere Seth (Supreme Court); Abdullahi Shehu (Quadsia FC, Kuwait); Ndifreke Effiong (Abia Warriors); Abiodun Akande (3SC); Dele Alampasu; Lucky Jimoh (36 Lions); Bright Onyedikachi (FC IfeanyiUbah); Olisa Ndah; Solomon Efosa
The football event of the All African Games holds from 3rd-18th September, 2015 with Nigeria’s Dream Team VI drawn in what has been termed the ‘group of death’. The Samson Siasia tutored lads would via for supremacy in Group B alongside Ghana, Senegal and Egypt. Nigeria has only won the football event once when it was hosted in 1973 in Lagos.
