Head Coach Bankole Olowookere has named his final squad for the WAFU B U17 Girls’ Cup starting in Ghana on Thursday, www.aclsports.com reports.
FIFA World Cup scorers Shakirat Moshood and Harmony Chidi are among a list of 20 players of the Nigeria U17 girls, Flamingos, selected by the head coach to compete with other nations in Ghana.
Remo Stars Ladies duo – Taiwo Adegoke and Ayomide Ibrahim – and midfielder Farida Abdulwahab (Nasarawa Amazons) are some of the players selected in the final squad by Olowookere. There is also goalkeeper Christiana Uzoma (Edo Queens) and forwards Peace Effiong (Rivers Angels) and Mary Lucky Nkpa (Abia Angels) on the roster.
It will be recalled that the Nigerian U17 girls reached the quarter-finals of the recent FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals in the Dominican Republic before they were defeated by the United States of America in the following round.
Just before the final list was released on Tuesday, the team played a selected side at the Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne and won 3-1 in their final test game.
The Flamingos are in group B of the maiden two-week competition, alongside the U17 girls of Niger Republic and Cote d’Ivoire, while hosts Ghana will play Benin Republic in group A, following the withdrawal of Burkina Faso. Togo had earlier withdrawn from the tournament.
20 FLAMINGOS FOR GHANA 2024
Goalkeepers: Christiana Uzoma (Edo Queens); Elizabeth Boniface (Sunshine Queens); Sylvia Echefu (Bayelsa Queens)
Defenders: Rokibat Azeez (New Generation Academy); Taiwo Adegoke (Remo Stars Ladies); Jumai Adebayo Naija Ratels); Ayomide Ibrahim (Remo Stars Ladies); Prisca Nwachukwu (Heartland Queens); Oluwatoyin Olowookere (Ekiti Queens); Oghenemairo Obruthe (Lagos City)
Midfielders: Shakirat Moshood (Bayelsa Queens); Waliat Rotimi (Nakamura Academy); Farida Abdulwahab (Nasarawa Amazons)
Forwards: Harmony Chidi (Imo Strikers); Peace Effiong (Rivers Angels); Mary Nkpa (Abia Angels); Aisha Animashaun (Naija Ratels); Mary Mamudu (Edo Queens); Precious Oscar (Bayelsa Queens); Janet Akekoromowei (Nasarawa Amazons)
