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AFCON 2025 qualifiers: Eguavoen hands debutant Osho starting shirt against Benin

AFCON 2025 qualifiers: Eguavoen hands debutant Osho starting shirt against Benin

Super Eagles interim coach Augustine Eguavoen has handed France-based defender Gabriel Osho a starting shirt for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying fixture against Benin Republic, Afrosport reports. Osho who plays for Auxerre in France, starts alongside captain William Troost-Ekong and Fulham defender Calvin Bassey in a three-man defence, while Ola Aina and Bruno Onyemaechi have been given the nod in the wing-back positions. Reigning...

AFCON 2025 qualifiers: Auxerre’s Gabriel Osho delighted with Super Eagles call-up

AFCON 2025 qualifiers: Auxerre’s Gabriel Osho delighted with Super Eagles call-up

Auxerre defender Gabriel Osho has expressed his delight with receiving a call-up to the Nigeria national team, the Super Eagles, Afrosport reports. The 26-year-old received his second invitation to the team having been named to the 23-man squad for this month’s fixtures in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers by Super Eagles interim head coach Augustine Eguavoen. Osho was previously called up to the...

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AFCON 2025 qualifiers: Who should Augustine Eguavoen name in Super Eagles XI vs Benin?

The Super Eagles of Nigeria will take on the Cheetahs of Benin on Thursday at the Stade Félix Houphouet-Boigny in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, in their penultimate game in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. The three-time African Champions top Group D with 10 points after four games, and will qualify for the continental showpiece in Morocco with just a point from their final two games....

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AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Ten players arrive early to Super Eagles camp in Abidjan

The Super Eagles camp in Abidjan welcomed 10 early arrivals ahead of their final round of matches in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers against Benin Republic and Rwanda, Afrosport reports. AC Milan winger Samuel Chukwueze, Lazio midfielder Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, and Auxerre defender Gabriel Osho, who got his second call-up but was hoping to make his national team debut, led the early entourage of...

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Iwobi, Aina, Awoniyi: Ranking Nigeria players in the Premier League

Seven Nigeria players featured in the 2023-24 Premier League season for four clubs. Taiwo Awoniyi and Ola Aina played for Nottingham Forest, Gabriel Osho and Femi Onyedinma are in the books of Luton Town, Calvin Bassey and Alex Iwobi featured for Fulham and Frank Onyeka impressed at Brentford. Afrosport ranks the performances of each player ahead of their final league games of the campaign. 1. Alex...