Izuchukwu OkosiNigeria’s first Group A rivals in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivorie in January 14, Equatorial Guinea will play Djibouti in January 9th in a warm up friendly ahead of the 33rd edition of the tournament.
The Central African side were initially scheduled to play against five-time AFCON champions, the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in a similar pre tournament friendly but opted out after the game was cancelled due to logistics reasons.
The Equatorial Gunieans are making their fourth appearance at the tournament after a debut in 2012 when they hosted the African continent.
The team will be buoyed to take on the Nigerian team that struggled to get a result against Lesotho and Zimbabwe in their first two 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying fixtures.
The official team list for AFCON 2023, made up of 27 players and mostly based in Spain have been released.
All squads are provisional until the final list of 27 players is announced by CAF after submission on January 3.
The 27 Equatorial Guinea players called up for the Africa Cup of Nations
Goalkeepers:
Jesus Lazaro Owono
Manuel Sapunga
Aitor Mbela Gil
Defenders:
Basilio Ndong Owono
Carlos Akapo Martinez
Hugo Buyla Sam
Charles Nduelvisi Ondo
Saúl Basilio Coco
Mavin Jose Anieboh
Nestor Senra
José Elo Ayeto
Esteban Orozco
Midfielders:
Yannick Buyla
Luis Miguel Nlavo
Alex Balboa Banderas
Federico Bikoro
Iban Salvador Edu
José Machin Dicombo
Santiago Eneme Bocari
José Miranda Boacho
Pablo Ganet Comitre
Federico Nguema
Attackers:
Noe Nsue Ela
Emilio Nsue Lopez
Salomon Asumu Obama
Oscar Siafa
José Nabil Ondo
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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