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  • Future Eagles off to Morocco for friendly matches

    Future Eagles off to Morocco for friendly matches

    Players and officials of the Nigeria’s U15 Boys, Future Eagles, were expect to depart the country earlier for Morocco, where the team is scheduled to face their Moroccan counterparts in two international friendly games.

    This will be the team’s first international experience since the inception of the FIFA Talent Development Scheme (TDS) in the country.

    Head of delegation, Nasiru Jibril said playing Morocco is a deliberate attempt and a pragmatic way of equipping the young, talented players discovered in the country through the FIFA Talent Development Scheme. He noted that exposing the players to best facilities and playing internationally will further shape the country’s awakening with regards to the impending annual AFCON U17 and annual FIFA U17 tournaments.

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    “With the introduction of the annual U17 AFCON and FIFA World Cup, it is going to be really difficult if we don’t have such programs going for us. I think the FIFA Talent Development Scheme has come at the right time, and is helpful to Nigeria football. Morocco is the place to which we have the most access, in terms of an organized place where we can go to, and people who already have the same kind of project we have running. Therefore, it is easier and better for us to go and play their own team because they have a team similar to our own.”

    A delegation of 22 players and six officials, with Coach Patrick Bassey at the head of the coaching crew, will make the trip. The two matches have been scheduled for the Complexe Mohammed VI de Football on the 12th and 15th December, with kick-off time of 5pm local time on both days.

    22 FUTURE EAGLES FOR MOROCCO

    Goalkeepers: Isaac Tomiwa (Mees Palace); Johnson Amaagudi (Ajarah FA); Somtochukwu Ibe (Adoration FC)

    Defenders: Nicodemus Gideon (Relentless FA); Raphael Umah (Udi Stars FA); Luka Ephraim (Sporting Lagos); Muhammad Shamsudeen (Mavlon FC); Samuel Yusuf (Stormer FA)

    Midfielders: Praise Averwosou (Morak FC); Uwem Bassey (2S Academy); Farwas Adeleke (Lanreleke FA); Raheem Salaudeen (Buruj FC); Kunle Tokode (White Caps FC, Canada); Ighodaro Dominion (Bendel Insurance Youth Team); Obasahon Emmanuel (Dynamo FA)  

    Forwards: Samuel Essien (PSports FA); Abubakar Abdulrazaq (Simon Ben FA); Ogar Timothy (Mavlon FC); Yusuf Saminu (Kano Pillars U15); Ebube Oyari (Sensational FA); Sha’Aban Musa (School Sports); Yusuf Auwal (Peace FA)

  • Future Eagles to camp at Lanreleke Sports Academy

    Future Eagles to camp at Lanreleke Sports Academy

    President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau, has poured encomiums on Engineer Lanre Adeleke even as he informed that the national U-15 male team tagged Future Eagles and its female counterpart will be camping at the Lanreleke Sports Academy in Ileogbo. 

    Lanreleke Sports Academy was founded in 2021 and is a co-educational facility, fully residential and specialist Senior Secondary School. 

    The nation’s apex football egg-head who was on a working visit to Osun State, had a first-hand assessment of the level of football development in the state and also saw the sports facilities put in place by the government and private individuals. 

    Gusau  who was led by the Osun State Football Association boss Sola Fanawopo to the Lanreleke Sports Academy in Ileogbo, expressed  his delight at  the state-of-the-art facilities at the complex.

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    “Let me start by applauding the vision of Engineer Lanre Adeleke, this is a huge investment towards developing the youths in Ileogbo. It was fantastic to see for myself the level of football development in Osun State. 

    “I’m impressed with the facilities the Lanreleke Sports Academy has in stock for our youths, the serene environment is good for academic learning and sports development of future talents. 

    ” With what I have seen at the facility, let me state that the Future Eagles and our female U-15 team, will be using the Lanreleke Sports Academy as their camp to further their development. 

    “Also some talents from the Lanreleke Football Academy will be drafted to the Future Eagles. The NFF won’t stop at that, as it will send a few technical personnel to the academy.”

  • Spanish embassy stops  Future Eagles  from UEFA Tourney

    Spanish embassy stops  Future Eagles  from UEFA Tourney

    Nigeria’s Future Eagles have pulled out of the forthcoming UEFA U-16 development tournament after the Spanish embassy denied them visa to travel for the competition.

    The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) announced the team’s withdrawal from the competition in a tweet .

     “Players and officials of the Nigeria U15 team, Future Eagles, have been denied visas by the Spanish

    UEFA U-16 development tournament is an annual competition featuring four national teams. The Embassy and will therefore not be travelling to participate in the UEFA U-16 Development Tournament starting on Friday,” the tweet reads.

    The tournament is focused on the development of young talents.

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    Although the competition is organised by UEFA, non-European nations are also invited to participate.

    The 2024 edition is billed to be held at the Pinatar Arena Football Centre in San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia, Spain.

    According to NFF, the Future Eagles were given a “special invitation” to the tournament “as a result of Nigeria’s pedigree in youth football”.

    The team was expected to leave for Spain ahead of the competition on Tuesday. They were scheduled to play Belgium in their first game on Friday before facing Italy and  England in the other two matches.

    Last month, the Future Eagles, coached by Patrick Bassey, travelled to Morocco in preparation for the tournament before returning to Nigeria to continue training for another week at the Remo Stars’ Sports Institute in Ikenne.

    Earlier this year, the Super Eagles’ planned friendly match against Argentina in the US was also cancelled due to visa problems.

  • Friendly: Future Eagles confront Morocco’s U15 boys

    Friendly: Future Eagles confront Morocco’s U15 boys

    Nigeria’s U15 boys, nicknamed Future Eagles, are in Morocco for a two-match tour of that country with the Morocco U15 team in the city of Kenitra.

    Kenitra is two-and-half hours by road from Casablanca, Morocco’s industrial and economic capital.

    Coach Patrick Bassey and assistants Hussein Lawal and Augustine Iyamu are in Morocco with 21 future stars who are eager to take their first steps in international football. The delegation is led by former Nigeria winger and captain Dr. Felix Owolabi, MON.

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    The first encounter between the two countries will hold in Kenitra tonight starting at 10pm Morocco time (11pm Nigeria time), hours after the Super Eagles and the Black Stars would have ended their potentially-explosive encounter at the Grand Stade de Marrakech.

    The tour by the Future Eagles has been arranged by the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF)  in the framework of the Ibrahim Gusau-led administration’s vision of developing football from the grassroots, and actively providing avenues for young talents to fulfil their potentials and realise their dreams.