Top Brazilian Club, AFRICANO FC has concluded plans to launch AFRICANO Nigeria very soon. It is their own way of boosting football in Africa beginning with Nigeria before moving to Togo, Benin Republic and Ghana.
National Chairman of Nigeria Football Supporters Club, Rev. Ambassador Samuel Ikpea who is the West African representative of AFRICANO Brazil confirmed that an open screening for young and talented footballers for the club will hold at the National Institute For Sports Pitch inside the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos between April 15, 16 and 17, 2025.
According to Ikpea, at least 23 young and dynamic players would be picked after the screening section to form AFRICANO Nigeria Football Club. He listed some requirements for participating players in the screening.
” Players must be between ages 15 and 18 and must posses valid international passports with at least one year on the date of it’s expiration.
Players coming for the three day screening must be without a club, an agent or a manager and must be ready for any international trip in the nearest future.
It is a very important Nigeria/ Brazil exchange programme that will see players be at their best during screening and other pre
While also expecting dedicated and talented players to arrive for the three day screening with their passport photographs, Ikpea confirmed that the club would embark on a playing tour of Brazil and Spain on days to be decided by AFRICANO Brazil management.
The amiable Ikpea said that after the three days screening exercise, the best 23 players would have a chance of playing against AFRICANO Brazil before heading to Spain where their skills could see them being signed by top Spanish Clubs.
” This partnership between us and AFRICANO Brazil is a unique opportunity for talented Nigerian young stars to have career boost. I therefore enjoin all those coming for the screening to be handled by competent AFRICANO Nigerian coaches to be disciplined and be at their best”,.
He also explained that interested players who are coming from outside Lagos should be ready to take care of their accommodation while successful 23 players would foot part of their bills for the tour of Brazil in June this year
Meanwhile, Media Officer of AFRICANO FC of Nigeria, Joseph Odoekwu has admonished those coming for the screening to get in touch with the Secretariat on 53, Funsho Williams Avenue, Surulere, Lagos or call 08083998207, 07055517328 and 08090825424 or
send a mail to Africanofc@yahoo com for further details and inquiry.
