Anthony
Dennis who is currently marketing his
trade with Gotzepe, a Football Club in the Turkish league who is a deep lying
playmaker known to be very comfortable on the ball, express that he was however
stunned when he received the letter of his provisional invitation to the senior
national team of Nigeria for the games in March. The newly invited Super Eagles
midfielder said he had to double check if it was his name after making the list
of players for the world cup qualifiers games against Rwanda and Zimbabwe respectively.
The
20 year old Dennis moved to Turkey in 2023 from Abuja based football academy HB
Academy stating from the U19 of Gotzepe. He didn’t stay long in the youth setup
before making his way into the first team the same season.
Since
then he has cemented his spot in the starting line-up of the team raking up a
total of 23 appearances in all competitions, with 20 coming in the league and
the rest in the Turkish Cup. He has three assists to his name.
”
I had to check to be sure, because it’s so shocking to be true. It really shows
that people are watching and you have to be at your best every time you step on
the pitch”, he told OwnGoalNigeria.com.
” It’s the dream of every player to play for his national team and I can’t say anything different. My appreciation goes to the coach for considering me in this list and I will continue to work hard, because this is a huge step in my young career”, he concluded.
The
games are scheduled as follows
WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS GROUP STAGE:
GROUP
C MATCH DAY 5 OR 10
Ø
RWANDA VS
NIGERIA
(FRIDAY 21ST
MARCH, 2025)
GROUP C MATCH DAY 6 OR 10
Ø
NIGERIA VS
ZIMBABWE
(TUESDAY 25TH
MARCH, 2025)
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