Izuchukwu OkosiThe Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Friday evening in a release announced confirmation of an international friendly game between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and Ecuador in New Jersey, United States of America on June 2.
Both teams will clash at the 25,000-capacity Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, home to Major League Soccer’s New York Red Bulls.
The game will come five days after the Super Eagles would have played against Mexico in another international friendly game at the AT&T Stadium, Texas.
Nigeria failed to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar but has had the privilege of playing against some teams heading to the tournament who have African teams in their groups.
Ecuador will use the game as part of preparations for their FIFA World Cup campaign going down later this year in November.
Ecuador are in Group A with host country Qatar, African champions Senegal and Netherlands.
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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