Olowookere mames 20 Flamingos for WAFU B Cup in Ghana
Nigeria’s U17 girls’ football team, the Flamingos, will compete in the WAFU B U17 Girls’ Cup in Ghana. Head coach Bankole Olowookere has selected 20 players, including FIFA World Cup scorers Shakirat Moshood and Harmony Chidi, for the tournament.
Other players named in the squad are strikers Peace Effiong and Mary Lucky Nkpa, midfielder Faridat Abdulwahab, defenders Taiwo Adegoke and Ayomide Ibrahim, and goalkeeper Christiana Uzoma.
The Flamingos will play in Group B, along with the U17 teams from Niger Republic and Ivory Coast. In Group A, hosts Ghana will face Benin Republic after Burkina Faso and Togo withdrew from the competition.
At the last FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup in the Dominican Republic, Nigeria’s U17 girls scored nine goals in the group stage and reached the quarterfinals before losing to the United States.
Full Squad for WAFU B U17 Girls’ Cup:
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)
