Mikel has been named U23 team captain.
congrat bro.
The midfielder has been handed the armband by
coach Samson Siasia for the men's football event
ahead of their trip to the Brazilian city on Monday John Obi Mikel has been named as the new captain
of the Nigeria U23 squad for the Rio Olympic Games. The midfielder will be assisted by erstwhile skipper
Azubuike Okechukwu at the men's football event in
Brazil. Samson Siasia announced his chioce following a
meeting with players and other officials on Saturday,
said it was a natural decision, seeing his role as
Team Nigeria skipper. "It's just natural for me to pick Mikel as our captain,"
Siasia announced. "Aside the fact that he is the captain of the Super
Eagles, he is also Team Nigeria captain, so after
meeting with both of them and explaining my
position, I am pleased to say Azubuike who has
been our captain understood and was happy to hand
over the captain’s band to Mikel. "It is a thing of joy for my team to produce the first
footballer to captain Team Nigeria to the Olympics.
This, to me, is more than gratifying." Meanwhile, the Dream Team VI will depart training
camp base in Atlanta, USA, to Rio on Monday, August
1 after the NFF had concluded arrangement for the
team to be moved via a chartered flight to Manaus. The African champions will begin their opening
game against Japan on August 4 at the Amazônia
Arena, Manaus before facing Colombia and Sweden
in other Group B matches.
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