Flying Eagles, Abuja College and Golden Eaglets registered for Croatia tournament

U-20 head coach, Garba Manu, and his U-17 counterpart, Emmanuel Amuneke, are to attend two football tournaments in Croatia between May 26 and June 8 courtesy of oil and gas firm, Orlean Investment West Africa.

The gesture is in furtherance of the recent Memorandum of Understanding signed by the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Aminu Maigari, and Captain Damir Miscovic on behalf of Orlean Investment.

The Football College, Abuja, is expected to participate in the tournaments slated for Croatian cities of Rijeka and Zagreb.

Countries that would participate in the Rijeka tournament include Nigeria, Bosnia, Italy, Croatia, Macedonia and Montenegro, while Zagreb would have Nigeria, Croatia, Spain, Britain, Denmark and Switzerland participating.

Already, the Football College, Abuja, has seven players in the U-17 camp and three in the U-20 squad, including the first choice goalkeeper, Dele Alamapasu, who graduated from the Golden Eaglets that won the 2013 U-17 World Cup.