Nigeria Amputee Football Federation (NAFF) has named Turkey-based Olalekan Sarafadeen and Austin Ugwu as the team’s new Captain and Assistant Captain of the Special Eagles for the forthcoming Cup of Africa Nation for Amputee Football (CANAF).
The NAFF national coach, Victor Nwenwe, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that Sarafadeen would replace Emmanuel Ibeawuchi, the longest served captain of the team.He said there was need to rebuild the national team to have a formidable team for CANAF holding in Luanda, Angola, from October 1 to 16.
“We are in camp preparing for 2019 CANAF, so there is need to rebuild the national team, and reshuffle the captainship position which we just did.“Ibeawuchi is one of the pioneer footballers and he did well as the longest serving captain of the national team, but we have appointed Sarafadeen as the new captain, while Ugwu will assist him. Read more