A total of 19 players are currently in the camp of the senior national team of Nigeria ahead of the first of their two friendly games in the United States of America.
Nigeria will take on Mexico in a high profile game at the AT & T stadium in Texas on the 28th of May and it will be the first game for newly appointed coach of the team Jose Peseiro.
Peseiro already has the compliment of around 19 players to work with for the first game with more players expected to be in camp before the second game against Ecuador on the 2nd of June.
Already the Portuguese coach has started making his mark in the team by first of all extending invitation to as many as 12 players out of which four are already in camp and they include Terem Moffi, Innocent Bonke, Francis Uzoho and Chidozie Awaziem. He gave the latter his debut while he was coach at FC Porto.
The players he extended call ups to were not originally in the official list of players called up but Peseiro included them to grow the visa pool in the event of any not getting visa. Something that has happened with certain players. Uzoho as first reported by this portal is already in camp.
Awaziem hasn’t been a part of the squad since after the Africa Cup of Nations where he was a bit part player due to injury and fitness concerns. He has been handed a recall by Peseiro who gave him his first taste of senior football at FC Porto.
Below is the list of the players presently in the camp of the team.
Adeyinka, Olorunleke, Buhari, Madu, Rafiu, Mbaoma, Sanni, Bello, Aina, Ajayi, Ekong, Simon, Iwobi, Bassey, Aribo, Moffi, Bonke, Awaziem, Uzoho.
