Head Coach of Nigeria Beach Soccer national team, Isah Adamu Ejor has called up players for the 2016 African Beach Soccer Championships slated for Lagos in December.
Leading the invited players includes long serving captain Isiaka Olawale, Bartholomew Ibenegbu, Victor Tale, Abu Azeez and Musa Najere.
Other players invited to make their first appearance with the Sand Eagles are Joseph Osadaiye from Enyimba, Abubakar Isah Ejinya from Confluence Beach Soccer Team, Sunday Alasco from Kada Beach Team, Gabriel Wassa and Chindeu Nwanze from Niger Tornadoes and Peter Micheal from Crown FC.
The invited players are expected on camp on Monday at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos.
Ejor said the early camping became necessary for the newly boys to jel with the old ones adding that other players would be invited to the camp as training commences just as he promised the team would work towards clinching the championship to represent Africa in Bahamas next year.
Hosts Nigeria have been paired in Group A alongside Egypt, Ghana and Ivory Coast.
The 2016 African Beach Soccer Cup of Nations, also known as the 2016 CAF Beach Soccer Championship, will be a beach soccer tournament which will take place in Lagos, Nigeria in December, to determine the best beach soccer nation in Africa and doubles as a qualification event for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup with the two finalists progressing to the finals in the Bahamas.
This will be the first time that the tournament is held in Nigeria.
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