Izuchukwu OkosiThe Super Falcons will begin preparations for next week’s 13th Women Africa Cup of Nations final qualifying round, first leg clash with Cape Verde on Saturday with 21 players expected to report to camp.
Leading the list of players for the games include: Asisat Oshoala, Chiamaka Nnadozie, Osinachi Ohale, Rasheedat Ajibade, Uchenna Ucheibe and Gift Monday.
Conspicuously missing from the list of invited players include Ifeoma Onumonu, Ashleigh Plumptre, Onome Ebi and Francesca Ordega.
Interim coach Justin Madugu’s team will face the Cape Verdians on Thursday, 30 November 2023 at the MKO Abiola stadium, Abuja for the first leg of the fixtures while the return leg holds in Praia on December 5.
The invited players have until Monday evening – 27 November – to be in camp.
To qualify for the final round of the series, the Super Falcons recorded a commanding 5-1 aggregate win over Ethiopia, with the first leg in Addis Ababa ending 1-1 before a 4-0 lashing of the Lucy in Abuja.
The nine-time African champions have never failed to reach the Women Africa Cup of Nations since the competition was launched as the African Women Championship in Nigeria in 1998 and have swept nine out of the 12 titles since the inuagural edition of the tournament.
List of Invited Players
Chiamaka Nnadozie (Paris FC); Tochukwu Oluehi (Shualat Alsharqia FC, Saudi Arabia); Christiana Obia (Edo Queens)
Defenders: Osinachi Ohale (Pachuca FC, Mexico); Glory Edet (FCF TP Mazembe, DR Congo); Rihanat Kasali (Bayelsa Queens); Oluwatosin Demehin (Stade de Reims, France); Akudo Ogbonna (Remo Stars Ladies); Rofiat Imuran (Stade de Reims, France)
Midfielders: Christy Ucheibe (SC Benfica, Portugal); Esther Onyenezide (FC Robo Queens); Peace Efih (Sporting Club de Braga, Portugal); Rasheedat Ajibade (Atletico Madrid FC, Spain); Deborah Abiodun (University of Pittsburgh, USA); Toni Payne (Sevilla FC, Spain); Jennifer Echegini (Florida State University, USA).
Forwards: Omorinsola Babajide (Coasta Adeje Tenerife Egatesa, Spain); Asisat Oshoala (FC Barcelona Feminine, Spain); Esther Okoronkwo (Coasta Adeje Tenerife Egatesa, Spain); Uchenna Kanu (Racing Louisville, USA); Gift Monday (Coasta Adeje Tenerife Egatesa, Spain).
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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