Watford striker Isaac Success has been named in the
Nigeria squad for the first time for their World Cup 2018
qualifier in Zambia on 9 October.
He has played at youth level for Nigeria, helping them win
the 2013 Under-17 World Cup.
His Watford team-mate Odion Ighalo has been left out to
attend the burial of his father a day before the match.
John Mikel Obi is also on the 23-man list despite not playing
for Chelsea yet this season.
Obi captained Nigeria at the Olympics in Brazil and led them
to a bronze medal but has not featured for new Chelsea
boss Antonio Conte since his return.
Coach Gernot Rohr has largely kept faith with the side that
earned a 1-0 win over Tanzania in a dead-rubber 2017
Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in early September.
But there are recalls for Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi, Chelsea
loanee Kenneth Omeruo and Belgium-based midfielder
Anderson Esiti, who all missed Rohr’s first game in charge
of the Super Eagles.
Injured Moses Simon is listed after assuring Rohr that he
would be fully fit before the game.
Nigeria are in Group B, with Cameroon and Algeria – who
have both been at the past two World Cup finals – placed
alongside 2012 Africa Cup of Nations winners Zambia.
There are five groups of four teams with only the winners of
each group making it to the tournament in Russia.
Nigeria have missed out on the last Nations Cups but have
appeared at the last two World Cups in South Africa and
Brazil, reaching the last 16 in 2014.
Nigeria squad:
Goalkeepers: Carl Ikeme (Wolverhampton Wanderers,
England); Emmanuel Daniel (Enugu Rangers); Ikechukwu
Ezenwa (FC IfeanyiUbah)
Defenders: Leon Balogun (FSV Mainz 05, Germany); William
Troost-Ekong (Haugesund FC, Norway); Kenneth Omeruo
(Alanyaspor FC, Turkey); Jamiu Alimi (Kano Pillars);
Abdullahi Shehu (Anorthosis Famagusta, Cyprus); Musa
Muhammed (Istanbul Basaksehir, Turkey); Elderson Echiejile
(Standard Liege, Belgium), Kingsley Madu (SV Zulte
Waregem, Belgium)
Midfielders: John Mikel Obi (Chelsea, England); Ogenyi
Onazi (Trabzonspor, Turkey); Wilfred Ndidi (KRC Genk,
Belgium); Nosa Igiebor (Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel), Anderson
Esiti (KAA Gent, Belgium)
Forwards: Ahmed Musa (Leicester City, England); Kelechi
Iheanacho (Manchester City, England); Moses Simon (KAA
Gent, Belgium); Victor Moses (Chelsea FC, England); Isaac
Success (Watford FC, England); Alex Iwobi (Arsenal FC,
England); Brown Ideye (Olympiacos FC, Greece)
Source: BBC Sport