Olorunleke, 29 Others Makes Flying Eagles Crack Squad For Lesotho

Manu Garba, Nigeria's U20 team, the Flying Eagles coach, named a 30-man squad ahead next month’s final 2015 African Youth Championship qualifier against Lesotho.

This followed a two-week rigorous screening exercise at the FIFA Goal project in Abuja.

The Flying Eagles will host Lesotho onAugust 16 with the return leg match in Maseru a fortnight later and the overall winners advancing to the 2015 African Youth Championship to be staged by Senegal.

The bulk of the squad remains the FIFA U17 World Cup-winning squad like skipper Musa Muhammed, Kelechi Iheanacho and Dele Alampasu.

There is also a sprinkling of players from the Nigeria Premier League like Obinna Nwobodo of Enugu Rangers and the Sunshine Stars duo of Olulayo Seun and Adeniji Tunde.

The full squad:

Goalkeepers

Joshua Enaholo (MFM FC), Adamu Abubakar (Flash Gombe), Olorunleke Ojo (Giwa FC), Dele Alampasu (Unattached) 

Defenders

Musa Muhammed (Besiktas Turkey), Ifeanyi Nweke (Riverlane Youth Club), Mustapha Abdullahi (Spotlight FC), Zaharadden Bello (Dabo Babes), Prince Izu Omego, Adebayor Ademuluwa, Wilfred Ndidi

Midfielders

Olulayo Seun (Sunshine Stars), Chidiebere Nwakali (Manchester City), Wasiu Jimoh (Kwara Academy), Musa Yahaya (Tottenham Hotspurs), Bernard Bulbwa, Ifeanyi Matthew (El Kanemi Warriors), Ifeanyi Ifeanyi, Chisom Eze, Akinjide Idowu, Abdullahi Alfa

Strikers

Taiwo Awoniyi (Kalmar), Sulaiman Abdullahi(El Kanemi Warriors), Segun Alebiosu (Kwara United), Adeniji Tunde, Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City), Obinna Nwobodo (Enugu Rangers), Isaac Success (Granada), Alhassan Ibrahim (FC Hearts), Abubakar Lawal (Sokoto United)