Five Facts To Know About Super Eagles Squad For Bafana Bafana


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Five Facts To Know About Super Eagles Squad For Bafana Bafana - South Africa, Uganda Cranes Matches By Sunday Agunbiade Gernot Rohr announced a 23-man roster for next month's international matches against South Africa in Total Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier and Uganda (international friendly) on Monday afternoon. Here are five interesting observations about the squad list : 1) Five players on the roster in the shape of Francis Uzoho, Kelechi Iheanacho, Success Isaac, Victor Osimhen and Samuel Chukwueze were members of the Golden Eaglets squads that have won the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2) Nine players have international goals to their names : Idowu, William Ekong, Etebo, Musa, Iheanacho, Moses Simon, Ighalo, Iwobi and Samuel Kalu. 3) The 23 players represent teams in thirteen different countries : Spain, Nigeria, South Africa, Italy, England, Russia, Germany, Israel, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, China and France. 4) With only three games under his belt for Villarreal's first team, the youngest player in the squad, Samuel Chukwueze is also the least experienced. Should he debut against South Africa, he will do so aged 19 years, 5 months, 26 days. 5) The most seasoned international in the squad, Al Nasr FC's Ahmed Musa, is the youngest player to score an international goal of the players listed. He was 18 years, 5 months, 15 days when he found the net against Kenya in an international friendly back in March 29, 2011.
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Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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