Portugal Based Striker Invited To Super Eagles Squad For Russia Friendly

Former Nigeria U17 striker Umar Abubakar has been handed a first time invitation to the senior national team of Nigeria for the upcoming friendly game against Russia on the 6th of October, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.

Like we exclusively reported head coach of the Nigerian team Eric Chelle will use the bulk of the players he intends to use in his role as the U23 coach for the upcoming Los Angeles Olympic qualifiers.

They will be joined by some players of the senior national team of Nigeria, who will be part of the team for the AFCON qualifiers games against Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau respectively.

Abubakar and two others in Peter Edokpolor of Benfica B and Abdullahi Umar of Czech Republic side Hradec Kralove will battle for a starting spot in the team’s attack.

Chelle is aiming to qualify Nigeria for the Olympics for the first time since 2016 after missing out on the last two consecutive editions, they begin the campaign to qualify in November.