Flying Eagles Coach, Manu Garba, on Tuesday invited 20 former Golden Eaglets players to camp ahead of the 2015 African Youth Championship qualifiers in Senegal.
There are 35 players who were selected after an intensive two-week open screening at the FIFA Technical Centre in Abuja already camp.
The team’s Media Officer, Samm Audu, said in a statement that the 20 players would join the 35.
The statement said the players were expected to resume camp on Wednesday for the second phase of the training camp, which opened on Monday.
The statement said: “The Flying Eagles have been training for a third week ahead of 2015 African Youth Championship qualifier against Kenya or Tanzania in May.
“Kenya and Tanzania will do battle next month for the right to face six-time African Youth Champions Nigeria in May.”
The invited players are Dele Alampasu and Abdulazeez Abubakar (Goalkeepers).
The defenders are Wilfred Ndidi, Izu Omego and Dennis Nya.
The midfielders are Clement Ogbobe, Akinjide Idowu, Aliyu Abubakar, Abdullahi Alfa, Ifeanyi Matthew, Zaraddeen Bello, Emmanuel Asadu, Prince Bonkat, Mustapha Abdullahi and Chigozie Obasi.
The statement listed the strikers as Saviour Godwin, Nafiu Kabuga, Ahmed Umar, Bernard Bulbwa, and Chinedu Enedemu.
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