- Nigeria national under-17 football team
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Nigeria Nickname(s) Golden Eaglets Association Nigeria Football Association Confederation CAF (Africa) Home stadium Abuja Stadium FIFA code NGA 
Home colours
Away coloursThe Golden Eaglets are Nigeria's national under-17 football team.
Contents
History
The team won the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 1985 (at the time it was U-16), 1993 and 2007.[1] They also won the African Under-17 Championship in 2001 and 2007, and were runners-up in 1995.
After the 2007 victory there was some discussion as to whether the success should be rewarded in the form of cash, or if longer-term investments were more suitable for teenage players. It was pointed out that some previous players had found themselves reduced to poverty due to injury or mismanagement of their funds.[1]
Heading into the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, head coach Henry Nwosu was replaced by John Obuh, coach of Kwara United.[2] The planning was thrown into disarray however in August when over half the team was determined by bone scanning to be overage and excluded from the team.
Staff
Management
- Team Coordinator: Garba Lawal
- Secretary: Sirajo Hassan
- Camp Commandant: Michael Oriola
Sports
- Head Coach: Manu Garba [4]
- Assistant Coach: Emmanuel Amuneke
- Team Chef:
- Goalkeeper Coach: TBA
Medical
- Doctor:
- Physiotherpist:
- Equipment Manager:
Notable former players
- Victor Igbinoba
- Lucky Agbons
- Charles Obaze
- Philip Osondu
- White Agwuocha
- Mohammed Aliyu
- Sani Emmanuel
- Terry Envoh
- Omoh Ojabu
- Stanley Okoro
- Ugorji Silas
- Wilson Oruma
- Nwankwu Kanu
See also
- Super Eagles (Nigeria national football team)
- Flying Eagles (Nigeria national under-20 football team)
- African Under-17 Championship
References
- ^ a b Nigeria: Golden Eaglets - Return of the Argonauts Vanguard (Lagos) 14 September 2007
- ^ http://www.completesportsnigeria.com/details.php?category=news&id=8282 Obuh Expresses Happiness Over National Assignment
- ^ http://www.kickoff.com/static/news/article.php?id=10615 Nigeria axe 15 from Under-17s
- ^ NFF pencil down three coaches
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