 Sunderland's Dickson Etuhu has been called up to the Nigeria squad |
Nigeria have named Sunderland's Dickson Etuhu and Everton's Victor Anichebe in their squad for their final African Cup of Nations qualifier against Lesotho. The Super Eagles have already won Group Three and qualified for the finals in Ghana next January.
Etuhu is yet to play for Nigeria even though he was called up in the build-up to the 2002 World Cup.
Anichebe also has a chance to earn his first cap after he sat out the match against Uganda in March in Abeokuta.
Getafe striker Ikechukwu Uche, who impressed during a friendly against Macedonia in Skopje on 22 August also has another chance to stake a claim for a place in the Super Eagles star-studded attack.
The match against the Crocodiles of Lesotho will be played on 8 September in Warri, southern Nigeria. The Nigeria squad:
Goalkeepers: Austin Ejide (Bastia, France), Dele Aiyenugba (Bnei-Yehuda, Israel)
Defenders: Taye Taiwo (Marseille, France), Obinna Nwaneri (Sion, Switzerland),Joseph Yobo (Everton, England), Mutiu Adegoke (Asec Mimosas, Ivory Coast), Danny Shittu (Watford, England), Rabiu Afolabi (Sochaux, France), Onyekachi Apam (Nice, France)
Midfielders: Dickson Etuhu (Sunderland, England), Mikel Jon Obi (Chelsea, England), Seyi Olofinjana (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England), Onyekachi Okonkwo (FC Zurich, Switzerland), Richard Eromoigbe (Levski Sofia, Bulgaria)
Strikers: Ikechukwu Uche (Getafe, Spain), Obafemi Martins (Newcastle United, England), Ayodele Makinwa (Lazio, Italy), Nwankwo Kanu, John Utaka (both Portsmouth, England), Osaze Odemwingie (Locomotive Moscow, Russia), Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Victor Anichebe (both Everton, England)
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