Akwa United sign 2013 AFCON winner Juwon Oshaniwa, Super
Eagles star Mfon Udoh and Brazilian and Cameroonian stars ahead of the
2019 NPFL season.
12 new players have been unveiled by Akwa
United ahead of the start of the 2019 Nigeria Professional Football
League (NPFL) season.
With the NPFL season set to kick off on Sunday, January 13,
Akwa United have concluded plans in recruits as they unveiled 12 fresh
faces at the Nest of Champions in Uyo on Friday, January 4.
Akwa United who won the 2017 Aiteo
Cup and represnted the country in the CAF Confederation Cup are aiming
to start the season with a high as they presented the new players to
fans, supporters and stakeholders stating their intentions for the new
season.
The newly recruited players include NPFL veterans, Super Eagles stars and some new faces.
New recruits
The new recruits include Super Eagles forward
Mfon Udoh who scored 23 goal in a single season while at Enyimba which
is the highest ever in the NPFL.
Others are Juwon Oshaniwa who won the 2013
Africa Cup of Nations with the Super Eagles, Brazilian midfielder
Alberico Barbosa Da Silva, Markson Ojobo, Emeka Atuloma and Ndifreke
Effiong.
Cameroonian goalkeeper Jean Efala, Ivoirien defender Blaise Adou, Ocheme Edoh, Wilson Elu, Wisdom Fernando and Samuel Akpan.
They also unveiled two new assistant coaches
Isreal Jose Lira and Daniel Japhetto support Brazilan coach Raphael
Everton who was appointed in the summer.
In a report by Akwa United, Mfon Udoh spoke on behalf of the new recruits stating that they will contribute their quota.
He said, “On behalf of my colleagues, I
want to say that we are delighted to join a big team like Akwa United.
This is a team that have won two Federation Cup titles in three years
and have also played on the continent, so we are glad to be part of this
great club.
“I have confidence in the quality of
players in this team, they are some of the very best in the NPFL and we
have a young coach who is ambitious too, so we have come to Akwa United
to win trophies. We are ready to give our all and help the team to
achieve it’s set goals.”
Akwa United start their NPFL campaign against El Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri on Sunday 13th January, 2019.