May 17, (THEWILL) -Coach of the senior women’s national football team Randy Waldrum has invited Asisat Oshoala, Rasheedat Ajibade, Onome Ebi, and a slew of other Super Falcons players to make up the squad in Morocco for a training camp.
As part of the players invited to the camp, Waldrum also invited three local players, all from Edo Queens. Ashleigh Plumptre, Francesca Ordega, and Chiamaka Nnadozie were also among those invited to the team.
The camp in Morocco will last two weeks and begin on June 18, with the event taking place from July 2 to 23.
The Super Falcons will compete in the African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) alongside South Africa, Botswana and Burundi as qualifiers for the 2023 World Cup.
Players invited and their clubs are –
Goalkeepers
Chiamaka Nnadozie (Paris FC, France)
Tochukwu Oluehi (Maccabi Kishronot Hadera, Israel)
Rita Akarekor (Nasarawa Amazons)
Yewande Balogun (Coppermine United, USA)
Defenders
Opeyemi Sunday (Edo Queens)
Glory Ogbonna (Santa Teresa FC, Spain)
Onome Ebi (En Avant Guingamp, France)
Osinachi Ohale (Deportivo Alaves, Spain)
Ugochi Emenayo (Konak Belediyespor Izmir, Turkey)
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)
Amanda Uju Mbadi (Atasehir Belediyespor, Turkey)
Halimatu Ayinde (Eskilstuna FC, Sweden)
Charity Adule (Deportivo La Coruna, Spain)
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)
Suliat Abideen (Edo Queens)
Forwards
Anam Imo (Pitea IF, Sweden)
Francisca Ordega (CSKA Moscow, Russia)
Desire Oparanozie (Wuhan Chegu Jianghan, China)
Vivian Ikechukwu (WFC Gintra, Lithuania)
Chinonyerem Macleans (GSK Gornik Leczna, Poland)
Chinwendu Ihezuo (Meizhou Hakka Club, China)
Ifeoma Onumonu (NY/NJ Gotham FC, USA)
Uchenna Kanu (Tigres Femenil, Mexico)
Asisat Oshoala (FC Barcelona, Spain)
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