Nigeria national under-17 football team

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

History

The team 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]

Heading into the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, head coach Henry Nwosu was replaced by John Obuh, coach of Kwara United.^[2] The planning was thrown into disarray however in August when over half the team was determined by bone scanning to be overage and excluded from the team.

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Staff

Management

• Team Coordinator: Garba Lawal
• Secretary: Sirajo Hassan
• Camp Commandant: Michael Oriola

Sports

• Head Coach: Manu Garba ^[4]
• Assistant Coach: Emmanuel Amuneke
• Team Chef:
• Goalkeeper Coach: TBA

Medical

• Doctor:
• Physiotherpist:
• Equipment Manager:

Notable former players

• Victor Igbinoba
• Lucky Agbons
• Charles Obaze
• Philip Osondu
• White Agwuocha
• Mohammed Aliyu
• Sani Emmanuel
• Wale Afees Arogundade
• Terry Envoh
• Omoh Ojabu
• Stanley Okoro
• Ugorji Silas
• Wilson Oruma
• Nwankwu Kanu

See also

• Super Eagles (Nigeria national football team)
• Flying Eagles (Nigeria national under-20 football team)
• African Under-17 Championship

References