Frank Onyeka is confident that the Super Eagles would win the AFCON trophy in Côte d’Ivoire in 2023.
The Brentford FC defensive midfielder, who was chosen to a 25-man Super Eagles squad for the tournament, told his club’s website that his country has a good team to repeat as African champions.
“We want to win it, we have such a good team, such a good squad, so we are going there to win it. That’s the ambition for the players, the coach and the federation. Let’s go there and win it,” he said. Nigeria have won the continental diadem thrice – 1980, 1994 and 2013.
Nigeria face Equatorial Guinea (14 January), hosts Cote d’Ivoire (18 January) and Guinea Bissau (22 January) in Group A The delayed 2023 AFCON will take place from January 13 to February 11, 2024.