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AFCON 2023: Coach Peseiro announces replacement for injured Sadiq Umar

...as Super Eagles hit with another injury blow

Adejayan Gbenga Gsong by Adejayan Gbenga Gsong
January 12, 2024
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  • Sadiq suffered a knee injury in Nigeria’s 2-0 loss to Guinea in a friendly game in Abu Dhabi on Monday
  • Onuachu announced as replacement
  • Onuachu was initially named in Nigeria’s provisional 40-man squad for the AFCON but failed to make the final cut

Super Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro has named Trabzonspor’s Paul Onuachu as a replacement for injured Real Sociedad forward Sadiq Umar, who has been ruled out of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

Sadiq suffered a knee injury in Nigeria’s 2-0 loss to Guinea in a friendly game in Abu Dhabi on Monday.

Onuachu was initially named in Nigeria’s provisional 40-man squad for the AFCON but failed to make the final cut.

In a post on X on Friday, the Super Eagles announced the replacement.

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It reads: Sadiq Umar is out of the AFCON 2023 squad due to injury; Paul Onuachu replaces him.”

Umar is set to return to his Spanish base for further assessment.

The Super Eagles will kick off their quest for a fourth AFCON title and will take on Equatorial Guinea in their Group A opening game on Sunday, January 14th, before further clashes with host nation Cote d’Ivoire on January 18 and Guinea-Bissau on January 22.

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