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George Ilenikhena has been called up to the Nigerian senior team for the first time after a spectacular start to the season in Saudi Arabia, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
The 19-year-old scored a brace last weekend to give them a 2-1 victory over Al Nassr, taking his goals this season to five goals in six games in all competitions.
As we exclusively reported, the coach of the senior team, Eric Chelle, managed to convince the Nigerian-born but French-raised striker to pledge his international future with Nigeria.
His explosive start to the season has been rewarded with a first-time call-up to the Nigerian senior team, for their upcoming AFCON qualifiers against Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau respectively.
“Hello George, are you coming to play with the Super Eagles in this September international window?” we sought to know. ” Yeah”. He responded in a chat on the social media platform Instagram.
The Super Eagles will begin their campaign to be in AFCON 2027 with a home draw in Uyo against Madagascar on September 23 before traveling to play Guinea-Bissau four days later.
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