Scottish champion Joe Aribo might be sporting the extremely good eagles’ mythical number 10 shirt after the numbers had been revealed by way of the confederation of African football, caf, in advance of the AFCON 2021.
The talented midfielder, who has been in great form for his club rangers in the Scottish league, becomes the brand new famous person to represent U . S . A . Within the iconic blouse, replacing former captain and Nigerian legend, john obi mikel, who sported the variety for years after taking up from every other legend, jay jay okocha.
Meanwhile, it does appear that goalkeeper, Maduka Okoye, who’s set to join Watford after the tournament in cameroon, can be the number one preference in the competition after he become passed the number one kit.
Other goalkeepers inside the team, the trio of john noble, daniel Akpeyi, and francis uzoho will wear jersey numbers 27, 16, and 23 respectively. Nine gamers led by using captain, Ahmed Musa, Kenneth Omeruo, Chidozie Awaziem, and Ola Aina have all retained their previous numbers, with debutants like olayinka peter, chidera ejuke, kelechi Iheanacho, Umar Sadiq, Taiwo Awoniyi and Olisa Ndah will wear 28, 13, 14, 24, 19, and 26 respectively.
The Super Eagles landed in Cameroon on Wednesday night and will kick off their campaign against the tournament’s most decorated team, Mohamed Salah’s Egypt next week Tuesday.
Here are the Super Eagles players and their numbers
1. Maduka Okoye
2. Ola Aina
3. Jamilu Collins
4. Wilfred Ndidi
5. William Troost-Ekong
6. Semi Ajayi
7. Ahmed Musa
8. Frank Onyeka
9. Odion Ighalo
10. Joe Aribo
11. Henry Onyekuru
12. Zaidu Sanusi
13. Chidera Ejuke
14. Kelechi Iheanacho
15. Moses Simon
16. Daniel Akpeyi
17. Samuel Chukwueze
18. Alex Iwobi
19. Taiwo Awoniyi
20. Chidozie Awaziem
21. Tyronne Ebuehi
22. Kenneth Omeruo
23. Francis Uzoho
24. Umar Sadiq
25. Kelechi Nwakali
26. Olisa Ndah
27. John Noble
28. Peter Olayinka
