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Danjuma invites, Ajibade, Aku, Bokiri, 27 other Falconets for Tanzania

- By David Ngobua

Newly appointed Head Coach of Nigeria U20 Women National Team, Falconets, Chris Danjuma yesterday released a list of 30 players who have been invited to the team camp in Abuja ahead of next month’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup qualifying fixture against Tanzania.

Two -time FIFA World Cup runners -up Falconets will entertain their Tanzanian counterpar­ts in Nigeria on 16th September, with both teams to conclude the first round fixture on 30th September in Dar es Salaam.

Midfield stalwarts Joy Bokiri and Cynthia Aku, and star forward Rasheedat Ajibade are among the players who have been instructed to report at the Serob Legacy Hotel, Wuye, Abuja on Wednesday, 23rd August 2017 with their training kits, original birth certificat­es and internatio­nal passports.

Full list of invited players:

Monle Omini (Abia Angels); Tola Adeniyi (Sunshine Queens); Chioma Okoye (Sa’adatu Amazons); Chiamaka Nnadozie (Rivers Angels); Nelly Ekeh (Pelican Stars); Blessing Ezekiel (Rivers Angels); Margaret Etim (Delta Queens); Oluwakemi Famuditi (Confluence Queens); Gloria Ogbonna (Ibom Angels); Joy Duru (Nasarawa Amazons); Feyintola Mabokanje (FC Robo Queens); Florence Alexander (Sunshine Queens); Juliet Iorliam (Nasarawa Amazons); Kikelomo Odueke (Edo Queens); Joy Bokiri (Bayelsa Queens); Bola Oladiti (Confluence Queens); Josephine Queens (Nasarawa Amazons); Lilian Tule (Bayelsa Queens); Christy Uchebe (Nasarawa Amazons); Blessing Onoriose (Bayelsa Queens); Adebisi Saheed (Delta Queens); Helen Ugar (Pelican Stars); Uche Udefo (Edo Queens); Rasheedat Ajibade (FC Robo Queens); Charity Reuben (Ibom Angels); Chinyere Igbomalu (Nasarawa Queens); Dooshima Tarnum (Adamawa Queens); Cynthia Aku (Rivers Angels); Mariam Abdulrashe­ed (Confluence Queens); Anam Imo (Nasarawa Amazons)

 ??  ?? Jiameng Xu (L) and Rasheedat Ajibade vies for the ball during the match between Nigeria and China at the 2014 FIFA U17 Women World Cup in Costa Rica. She now plays for the Falconets.
Jiameng Xu (L) and Rasheedat Ajibade vies for the ball during the match between Nigeria and China at the 2014 FIFA U17 Women World Cup in Costa Rica. She now plays for the Falconets.

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