The jersey numbers of players of the senior national team of Nigeria for the Africa Cup of Nations have been made public by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Ahead of their start of the tournament on the 13th of January, CAF posted the shirt number of every team that will be at the tournament and we noticed some minor changes in the squad numbers of Nigeria.
Most notable among them is Alex Iwobi who switched from the number 18 shirt he has been wearing the past few years to his preferred shirt number 17. The number that earned him the nickname BIG 17 while at Arsenal.
It will be the first time in nine years that he is wearing the number for the senior national team of Nigeria despite switching from 8, 10 and 18 in recent years.
Newly invited Antwerp midfielder Alhassan Yusuf who replaced Wilfred Ndidi also takes his shirt number 4 ahead of Brentford’s man Frank Onyedika who settled for number 8.
Other AFCON debutants like Olorunleke Ojo, Stanley Nwabali, Raphael Onyedika, Calvin Bassey, Bruno Onyemaechi, Ademola Lookman Victor Boniface and Bright Osayi-Samuel will wear shirt number 16, 23, 25, 21, 13, 18, 24 and 12 respectively.
Below is their number and also the name that will be at the back of their jerseys.
Shirt No.
Name
Jersey Name
1 FRANCIS ODINAKA UZOHO
Uzoho
2 TEMITAYO OLUFISAYO OLAOLUWA AINA
Aina
3 ZAIDU SANUSI
Zaidu
4 ALHASSAN YUSUF ABDULLAHI
Yusuf
5 WILLIAM PAUL EKONG
Ekong
6 AJAYI OLUWASEMILOGO ADESEWO
Ajayi
7 AHMED MUSA
Musa
8 OGOCHUKWU FRANK ONYEKA
Onyeka
9 VICTOR JAMES OSIMHEN
Osimhen
10 AYODELE-ARIBO TEMITOPE JOSEPH
OLUWASEYI
Aribo
11 SAMUEL CHIMERENKA CHUKWUEZE
Chukwueze
12 SAMUEL OSAYI BRIGHT
Osayi
13 ONYEMAECHI SOPURUCHUKWU BRUNO
Bruno
14 IHEANACHO KELECHI PROMISE
Iheanacho
15 MOSES DADDY SIMON
Simon
16 OJO OLORUNLEKE OLUWASEGUN
Olorunleke
17 ALEXANDER CHUKA IWOBI
Iwobi
18 ADEMOLA OLAJIDE LOOKMAN
Lookman
19 SADIQ UMAR
Sadiq
20 AWAZIEM CHIDOZIE COLLINS
Awaziem
21 CALVIN CHINEDU UGHELUMBA
Calvin
22 KENNETH JOSIAH OMERUO
Omeruo
23 STANLEY BOBO NWABALI
Nwabali
24 VICTOR OKOH BONIFACE
Boniface
25 INWADIKE RAPHAEL ONYEDIKA
Onyedika
