The Super Falcons coach has announced his final squad of 21 players for the African Women Championship slated to hold from October 11-25 in Namibia
Nigeria will take 21 players to the 2014 African Women Championship in Namibia which starts on October 11. Six overseas-based and 15 home-based players made the final Super Falcons' list for the eight-country competition that will end on October 25. The squad is composed of three goalkeepers, six defenders, six midfielders and six strikers. As expected, France-based Desire Oparanozie topped the list of six foreign based stars that also include veteran Perpetua Nkwocha, Onome Ebi, Ohale Osinachi, Esther Sunday and Francesca Ordega. Super Falcons' skipper Evelyn Nwabuoku and 2014 Fifa U2 Women World Cup best player Asisat Oshoala led the league of home-based players that scaled through. Others who made the final cut are Ngozi Ebere, Ugo Njoku, Josephine Chukwunonye, Gloria Ofoegbu, Nku Cecilia, Halimat Ayinde, Onyinyechi Ohadugha and Christy Ohiariaku. However, the nine dropped players include Sarah Nnodim, Uchechi Sunday, Ihezuo Chiwendu, Loveth Ayila, Ros...