Admin l Friday, July 05, 2019
ABUJA, Nigeria – Head Coach of the U20 Women National Team, Christopher Danjuma has invited to camp 25 players to start preparations for the Women’s Football Tournament of the 12th All-Africa Games scheduled for Rabat, Morocco next month.
The list includes two of the standout players of the Super Falcons at the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in France, goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie and defender Chidinma Okeke, as well as Efih Peace, Gift Monday, Folashade Ijamilusi, Rafiat Sule and Cynthia Aku.
The participating countries in the Women’s Football Tournament of the 12th All-Africa Games are those that also took part in the 11th Women Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana late last year, with host Ghana now replaced by host nation Morocco. All invited players are expected to report at the Agura Hotel, Abuja on Sunday, 7th July along with their international passports, birth certificates and training kits.
The Women’s Football Tournament of the 12thAll-Africa Games will hold 19th – 31st August 2019. Those invited are
Uduabong Peter (Ibom Angels); Bashirat Amoo (Confluence Queens); Joy Duru (Nasarawa Amazons); Peace Efih (Rivers Angels); Adebisi Saheed (Bayelsa Queens); Chiamaka Nnadozie (Rivers Angels); Gift Monday (FC Robo) and Grace Igboamalu (Nasarawa Amazons).
Others are Chidinma Okeke (FC Robo); Mary Saiki (Nasarawa Amazons); Folashade Ijamilusi (FC Robo); Dooshima Tarnum (Nasarawa Amazons); Zainab Olapade (Sunshine Queens); Esther Momoh (Confuence Queens); Akudo Ogbonna (Sunshine Queens); Catherine Kenneth (Rivers Angels); Patricia Innocent (Sunshine Queens); Christiana Obia (Osun Babes); Rita Akarekor (Sunshine Queens); Josephine Mathias (Rivers Angels); Rafiat Sule (Bayelsa Queens); Cynthia Aku (Rivers Angels); Mary Anjor (Bayelsa Queens); Esther Adeboye (FC Robo) and Omowunmi Oshobukola (Sunshine Queens).
