Nigeria national team coach Randy Waldrum has named his final 25-woman squad for the 2022 Women Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco next month.
FC Barcelona’s Asisat Oshoala headlines the squad which also includes Leicester City’s Ashleigh Plumptre and Sevilla’s Toni Payne.
Houston Dash star Michelle Alozie, captain Onome Ebi and the duo of Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene as well as Rita Chikwelu also made the cut.
Nigeria are in Group C with South Africa, Botswana and Burundi.
They start their campaign with a clash against rivals South Africa before taking on Botswana three days later – their last group game will be against Burundi.
The Super Falcons are the defending champions having won the 2018 edition in Ghana.
GOALKEEPERS:
Chiamaka Nnadozie (Paris FC, France), Tochukwu Oluehi (Maccabi Kishronot Hadera, Israel), Yewande Balogun (Coppermine United, USA).
DEFENDERS:
Glory Ogbonna (Santa Teresa FC, Spain), Onome Ebi (En Avant Guingamp, France), Osinachi Ohale (Deportivo Alaves, Spain), Ashleigh Plumptre (Leicester City, England), Nicole Payne (West Virginia University, USA), Michelle Alozie (Houston Dash, USA), Akudo Ogbonna (Edo Queens).
MIDFIELDERS:
Peace Efih (Kiryat Gat, Israel), Halimatu Ayinde (Eskilstuna FC, Sweden), Toni Oyedupe Payne (Sevilla FC, Spain); Regina Otu (Minsk FC, Belarus), Christy Ucheibe (SL Benfica, Portugal), Rasheedat Ajibade (Atletico Madrid, Spain), Rita Chikwelu (Madrid CFF, Spain), Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene (Eskilstuna FC, Sweden).
FORWARDS:
Francisca Ordega (CSKA Moscow, Russia), Vivian Ikechukwu (WFC Gintra, Lithuania), Chinonyerem Macleans (GSK Gornik Leczna, Poland), Ifeoma Onumonu (NY/NJ Gotham FC, USA), Uchenna Kanu (Tigres Femenil, Mexico), Asisat Oshoala (FC Barcelona, Spain), Gift Monday (Bayelsa Queens).
