WAFU B U17: Meet The Nigerian Team Captain Cletus Simon (Dada)

The Nigeria U17 team has named Mavlon FC’s Cletus Karshe Simon (Dada) as the team captain ahead of tomorrow’s WAFU Zone B U17 campaign kickoff.

Cletus was announced as the leader of the team by the head coach Manu Garba.

He is said to be an SS1 student of Palm Ville College, Lagos.

Still on Golden Eaglets @thenff This is the 1st time that SS1 student will captain the team. His name is Simon Cletus ( Dada). Mavlon FC, well done. Thank you,Manu Garba and Kudos to Ibrahim Gusau led board of the NFF. Dada attends Palm Ville College, Lagos. @NGSuperEagles pic.twitter.com/rcNSweDZY1
— Francis Achi (@totorimaster) May 15, 2024

The Golden Eaglets will kick-start their campaign against Burkina Faso at the University Stadium on Thursday, 16^th May before matches against Niger Republic on Sunday, 19^th May and Togo on Wednesday, 22^nd May.

The match against Niger Republic will also hold at the University Stadium while the clash with Togo will take place at the Accra Sports Stadium.

The MRI is often undertaken to ascertain the ages of players participating in the youth competition.