Nigeria national under-17 football team

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The Golden Eaglets are Nigeria's national under-17 football team.

They won the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 1985 (at the time it was U-16), 1993 and 2007.^[1]

They also won the African Under-17 Championship in 2001 and 2007, and were runners-up in 1995.

After the 2007 victory there was some discussion as to whether the success should be rewarded in the form of cash, or if longer-term investments were more suitable for teenage players. It was pointed out that some previous players had found themselves reduced to poverty due to injury or mismanagement of their funds. ^[1]

Former players include Victor Okechukwu Brown and John Obi Mikel.

[edit] See also

• Super Eagles (Nigeria national football team)

[edit] References

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