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  • Olympics: Siasia makes five changes for Colombia clash

    Olympics: Siasia makes five changes for Colombia clash

    Dream Team VI Coach, Samson Siasia, has made five changes to his starting XI for Wednesday night’s final Group B clash with Colombia.

    Goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi, Kingsley Madu and Umar Aminu have been listed in the starting XI by the coach, africanFootball.com reports.

    The other fresh inclusions are Sadiq Popoola and Effiong Ndifreke.

    Skipper Mikel Obi, Azubuike Okechukwu and the central defence pair of William Troost-Ekong and Sincere Seth will also feature in this encounter.

    Nigeria has already qualified for the quarter final of this year Olympic Games soccer event after collecting six points from two previous matches.

    The starting XI:

    Daniel Akpeyi – Effiong Ndifreke, Kingsley Madu, Sincere Seth, William Troost-Ekong – Azubuike Okechukwu, Sodiq Popoola, Mikel Obi – Ogehenekaro Etebo, Umar Aminu.

  • Rio Olympics: Kingsley Madu trains with Dream Team VI

    Rio Olympics: Kingsley Madu trains with Dream Team VI

    TeamAllnigeriasoccer.com can confirm that AS Trencín left-back Kingsley Madu is now in Atlanta, United States with  Dream Team VI, nine days before their opener against Japan at Amazônia Arena, Manaus.

    Madu arrived the Hyatt Place Hotel camp of the Nigeria U- 23s on Monday night from Slovakia and trained for the first time with the squad on Tuesday.

    The 20-year-old was always on the radar of coach Samson Siasia before he was included in the Nigerian 18-man squad list for the 2016 Olympic Games.

    He made the first-ever roster announced by the former Nantes striker back in December 2014.

    The GBS Academy product was an important member of the Flying Eagles squad for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup and played four matches during the tournament in Turkey.

  • Madu, Simon, Ndidi on Tottenham’s radar

    Madu, Simon, Ndidi on Tottenham’s radar

    English Premier League side, Tottenham Hotspur, is keeping close tabs on Nigerian youngsters – Kingsley Madu, Moses Simon and Wilfred Ndidi ahead of next season.

    The club scouts watched the trio in action during Nigeria’s 3-1 win over Luxembourg on Tuesday night, although they were second half substitutes for the Super Eagles at the Josy Barthel Stadium, Goal reports.

    Ndidi features for KRC Genk in the Belgian Jupiler League and has a contract until 2020, while Simon who boasts of six international caps for Nigeria, remains a player of KAA Gent till 2019.

    Madu plays for Slovakia’s AS Trenčín.

  • Ighalo lands in France for Eagles’ friendlies

    Ighalo lands in France for Eagles’ friendlies

    Watford striker, Odion Ighalo, has arrived the Super Eagles’ camp ahead of friendlies against Mali and Luxembourg, making him the first player to hit the team’s hotel in Rouen, France.

    Ighalo, who travelled to the French city from London, arrived in the evening and was received by the Super Eagles Team Secretary, Dayo Enebi, africanFootball.com reports.

    Other members of the team led by interim head coach, Salisu Yusuf, left Nigeria on Tuesday night.

    The team included Ogenyi Onazi, Etebo Oghenekaro, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Elderson Echiejile, Umar Aminu, Shehu Abdullahi, Kingsley Madu, Musa Mohammed and Brown Ideye.

  • Ibrahim, Madu win Slovakian cup with Trencin

    Ibrahim, Madu win Slovakian cup with Trencin

    Nigeria internationals, Rabiu Ibrahim and Kingsley Madu alongside two other Nigerians on Friday won the Slovakian Cup after their club AS Trencin defeated Slovan Bratislava 3-1 in the final.

    A brace from Gino van Kessel and one goal from Stefan Maierhofer saw the Slovakian champions came from a goal down to win the cup for the third time, africanFootball.com reports.

    Ibrahim and Madu featured for the entire game at the City Arena Trnava in Trencin’s second successive cup win, while Samuel Kalu was a 66th minute replacement for goal scorer Maierhofer.

    Aliko Bala was an unused substitute, while Christopher Udeh was not listed for the match.

    Trencin currently top the Slovakian Fortuna Liga with 72 points, six points better than second-placed Slovan Bratislava.

  • AFCON qualifier: 21 players attend Eagles’ training

    AFCON qualifier: 21 players attend Eagles’ training

    21 Super Eagles players participated in the first full training session supervised by coach Sunday Oliseh on Tuesday morning.

    Only Captain Vincent Enyeama and Ahmed Musa are yet arrive. But team coordinator, Patrick Pascal, confirmed that both players will arrive Abuja before the end of the day.

    The team arrived the Abuja National Stadium at 9:43am, with Oliseh ordering the security personnel at the stadium to walk out all journalists and fans that came to watch the training at expiration of the 15 minutes grace that had been granted.

    During the 15 minutes training the team Goalkeeper Coach, Aloy Agu concentrated on the two goalkeepers in camp – Carl Ikeme of Wolverhampton Wanderers of England and Ikechukwu Ezenwa of Sunshine stars, while Oliseh handled the 19 outfield players to ascertain their level of fitness.

    In Tuesday’s training session were – Leon Balogun, Kingsley Madu, Godfrey Oboabona, William Troost Ekong, Kenneth Omeruo, Solomon Kwambe, Mohammed Usman, Chima Akas, Austin Obarokpo, Prince Aggrey, Izunna Ernest Uzochukwu, Obiora Nwankwo, Lukman Haruna, Rabiu Ibrahim,  Emem Eduok, Emmanuel Emenike, Anthony Ujah, Sylvester Igboun and Moses Simon.

     

  • Kingsley Madu linked to Celtic

    Kingsley Madu linked to Celtic

    Flying Eagles defender, Kingsley Madu, is reportedly being linked with a move to Scottish Champions, Glasgow Celtic.

    The former El-Kanemi Warriors defender, whose talent has drawn admiration in the Slovakian league, arrived at AS Trenčín in January 2014 on a three-year contract for the Slovak side and has since pulled interest from Scottish club, Celtic, Dutch clubs, Ajax and PSV Eindhoven and another Belgian club, Gent, sl10.ng reports.

    According to Voetbal Primeur, Madu, who is currently contracted to play for Trencin till January 2017 had attracted attention from Celtic and the Scottish club hopes to sign the Nigerian in the summer.

  • U-20 foreign- based players get January 15 deadline

    U-20 foreign- based players get January 15 deadline

    Foreign based players invited by Flying Eagles handlers for preparation towards next year’s African Youth Championship have been given a January 15 deadline to report to camp.

    “All the invitations have been sent out to the foreign based players we need for the AYC and we have given them a deadline of January 15 to join us in Kaduna,” Flying Eagles secretary, Auwal Aliyu Ibrahim, told africanFootball.com.

    “So far we have received assurances from their various clubs that they will be available for the tournament in Senegal.”

    The invited foreign based players are – Kelechi Iheanacho, Chidiebere Nwakali, Isaac Success, Chidera Eze, Musa Muhammed, Kingsley Madu, Moses Simon, Taiwo Awoniyi and Musa Yahaya.

    The Flying Eagles training camp in Kaduna will reopen on Saturday after a week’s break for the Christmas holidays.

     

  • Nigeria U-20 duo join Slovakian club

    Nigeria U-20 duo join Slovakian club

    Kingsley Madu and Daddy Moses Simon have signed for Slovakian top flight club, AS Trencin.

    Both players, who represented Nigeria during the 2013 FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Turkey, penned three-year contracts each with AS Trencin.

    Madu and Simon have already started training with the Slovakian outfit.

    Former El-Kanemi Warriors defender, Madu, has already described his new teammates as “excellent” and says they are already settling down at the Stadion na Sihoti, home ground of AS Trencin.

    He also recalled his Under-20 World Cup experience while talking to AS Trencin’s official website and hopes that chapter in football career will help him at the club.

    “The teammates are excellent. We feel almost like home. It was a great experience from which I want to draw. It’s a pity that we could not go on,” said Madu.

    On the other hand, Simon is already relishing the chance of playing for AS Trencin but knows he will have to work hard to make Martin Sevela’s team.

    “My goal is to help the club achieve its ambitions. I prefer to win the league, but it is still very far away. First, we need to carve out a place in the team. The guys are great, very friendly. Similarly, I am impressed with the approach of the coaches,” Simon, who was close to joining Ajax Amsterdam last year, also said to AS Trencin’s official website.

    Madu has been handed squad number 29 while Simon will wear jersey number 11 for the club.

  • Omeruo out of AYC

    Omeruo out of AYC

    Flying Eagles officials have left out Kenneth Omeruo from a 30-man provisional squad for the 2013 African Youth Championship.

    The biennial championship, which kicks off in Algeria from March 16, will produce four African representatives for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey later this year, MTNFootball.com reports.

    Omeruo featured for the Flying Eagles in the AYC qualifier in October against South Africa, but he has since made the big jump to the full international side where he shone as the Super Eagles emerged African champions in South Africa last weekend.

    The John Obuh- led technical crew picked four overseas-based players in the provisional squad for the tournament,.

    The final 21-man list will be submitted to the Confederation of African Football not later than March 6.

    The foreign-based players are Mikel Agu (FC Porto), Saliu Sodiq (FC Metz, France), Bright Osagie (Red Bull Salzburg, Austria) and Edafe Egbedi (AGF Aarhus, Denmark).

    26 other players are drawn from the Nigeria domestic league.

    The squad will depart Abuja on Monday afternoon for two warm-up matches in Cairo against their Egyptian counterparts and later fly out to Tunisia for a three-week training camp ahead of the tournament.

    Meanwhile, the Nigeria Football Federation has tasked the team to retain the trophy the country won in South Africa two years ago and qualify for the U20 World Cup in Turkey.

    NFF technical director, Emmanuel Ikpeme, addressed the players before their departure to Cairo.

    “We expect you to successfully defend your title and qualify for the World Cup,” Ikpeme urged the Flying Eagles.

    “You should fight to make a name for yourselves in Algeria and we will support you fully.”

     

    The squad:

     

    Goalkeepers: Emmanuel Daniel, Jonah Usman, Samuel Okani

    Defenders: Chizoba Amaefule, Shehu Abdullahi, Ikechukwu Okorie, Kingsley Madu, Hassan Abubakar, Ekoh Favour Oke, Aliyu Mohammed Goyi, Aigbe Oliha

    Midfielders: Chidi Osuchukwu, Abduljeleel Ajagun,Uche Agbo, Ibrahim Abubakar Aliyu, Nzube Anaezemba, Moses Orkuma, Ovbokha Agboyi, Oluwaseun Taro, Okechukwu Azubuike, Saliu Sodiq, Mikel Agu

    Strikers: Alhaji Gero, Umar Aminu, Christian Pyagbara, Harrison Egbune, Bright Ejike, Edafe Egbedi, Yahaya Adamu, Bright Osagie.