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The South West U-13 and the South-South
U-15 football teams have emerged winners of the national finals of the Zenith
Bank/NFF U-13, U-15 Future Eagles Tournament held in Uyo, AkwaIbom State at the
weekend.
South-West U-13 Team thrashed North
Central U-13 Team, 5 – 0, to emerge winners of the U-13 category, while South-South
U-15 Team defeated South-East U-15 Team, 2 – 0, to emerge winners of the U-15
category.
The tournament, which was staged at
the GodswillAkpabio International Stadium
and saw the best of youth footballin the country on display, featured a
total of 252 players who were drawn from the six geo-political zones in the
country, with each zone presenting one team each for the U-13 and the U-15
categories.
Speaking on the tournament, the Group
Managing Director/Chief Executive of Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu,
said that it was important for the participants at the competition to be at
their best, as the career of every footballer starts at this stage when they
learn the basics of the game. He expressed happiness at the abundance of
talents being discovered through the tournament, adding that the bank will
continue to partner the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) to develop
grassroots football in the country.
The Zenith Bank/NFF U-13, U-15 Future
Eagles Championship is an initiative of the NFF in partnership with Zenith Bank
to support developmental football in Nigeria and raise future stars for the
various age-grade football competitions and the senior men’s football team, the
Super Eagles.
At the 2019 U-17 African Cup of
Nations held in Tanzania recently, eight players from the Zenith Bank/NFF Future
Eagles project represented Nigeria at the competition.
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