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AFCON 2025: Ten Super Eagles players arrive camp
No fewer than 10 players have reported to the Super Eagles’ camp as preparations begin for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
The team’s camp officially opened on Sunday at the Renaissance Hotels in Cairo, with all coaches and backroom staff already on ground ahead of the tournament.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that goalkeeper Francis Uzoho was the first player to arrive, landing shortly after 2 a.m. local time, signalling the start of full squad mobilisation for the competition.
Uzoho was named as one of three goalkeepers in head coach Eric Chelle’s 28-man squad, marking his return to the national team setup after more than a year on the sideline.
Stanley Nwabali followed as the second arrival, while Fisayo Dele-Bashiru and Ebenezer Akinsanmiro later arrived in the camp to raise the number to four.
Six more players, Amas Obasogie, Semi Ajayi, Ademola Lookman, Igho Ogbu, Bright Osayi-Samuel and Tochukwu Nnadi, arrived later, bringing the total number in camp to ten.
More players are expected to join in the coming hours as Nigeria intensifies preparations for the continental showpiece.
NAN also reports that the three-time African champions are scheduled to hold their first training session later this evening.
As part of their preparations, the Super Eagles will play a friendly match against the Pharaohs of Egypt on Tuesday at the Cairo International Stadium.
Nigeria will head into the 2025 AFCON looking to build on their runners-up finish at the last tournament, where they lost 2–1 to hosts Ivory Coast in the final.
The Super Eagles are aiming for a fourth continental crown, having previously won in 1980, 1994 and 2013.
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