Nigeria U -20 Women Football team the Falconets resume full training today at the FIFA Goal Project Package B pitch in preparation for the FIFA women’s world cup coming up from August 5-25th 2014 in Canada.
The team had qualified for the competition after winning all its qualifying matches against Sierra Leone, Tunisia and South Africa with a total of 31 goals. The Falconets came out Without conceding any goal.
Head coach Peter Dedevbo says 35 players are in camp out of whom the world cup squad will be picked.” Four players are from the U 17 women’s team, while the rest are from various clubs in the Nigeria women’s League. Training will be more technical to get the best legs as non of the players can lay claim of a shirt.”
The U-20 women’s team has participated in all FIFA women’s world cup since its inception in 2002 and in 2010 the team came second. The head coach says the position must be improved upon.” Commencing camp months to the world cup will enable the team play friendlies and for the technical crew to study the girls and make all necessary corrections before the competition.
Peter Dedevbo commends the Nigeria Football Federation for providing the enabling environment for the team promising that the girls will make the country proud.
U – 20 TEAM 35 MAN LIST
1. SANDRA CHICHI
2. IBIJOKE SANGONUGA
3. LUCKY ANDY
4. CHIEDO EHIUDO
5. SARAH NNODIM
6. EBERE OKOYE
7. GLADYS ABASI
8. VICTORIA AIEDELEMO
9. JIRORO IDIKE
10. ROSEMARY OKORO
11. OSAS IGBINOVIA
12. ASISAT OSHOALA
13. HALIMA AYINDE
14. LOVETH AYILA
15. UCHENNA KALU
16. OGECHI UKWUOMA
17. GRACE HENRY
18. WINIFRED EYEBHORIA
19. MABEL MICHAEL
20. CHIDIMA EDEJI
21. UGO NJOKU
22. CHINWE IHEZOU
23. OKE MARIA
24. YETUNDE ADEBOYEJO
25. SUNDAY UCHECHI
26. HAUWA ABDULLAHI
27. YETUNDE ALUKO
28. FLORENCE DAVID
29. OLUCHI OFOEGBU
30. ESTHER ELIJAH
31. PATIENCE OKAEME
32. SIDI AJIBOLA
33. ABOSEDE OLUKAYODE
34. AMARACHI OJIMMA
35. UCHEGBE AMISATA
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