By Victor Kanayo
Nigeria’s U17 squad, also known as the Golden Eaglets, have announced kick-off of preparations, less than three months to the 2023 African Cup of Nations.
The continental youth tournament is scheduled between April 8 and 30.
Already, Nigeria’s Head Coach Nduka Ugbade has called 48 players to camp.
And he has asked them arrive Abuja, Nigeria’s capital as from Friday January 20.
The invitees include most of the bunch that won the WAFU B U17 Championship in the Ghanaian city of Cape Coast last summer in 2022.
The continental biennial showpiece is expected to produce Africa’s flagbearers for this year’s FIFA U17 World Cup finals that will be staged in Peru November 10 to December 2.
Four top-placed teams will qualify to represent Africa.
Nigeria are five-time champions of the FIFA U17 World Cup after triumphs in China in 1985, Japan in 1993, Korea Republic in 2007, United Arab Emirates in 2013 and Chile in 2015.
