Roberto Mancini invites 31 Saudi Arabians for Nigeria friendly

By Wale Mustapha

Saudi Arabia head coach Roberto Mancini has called up 31 players for their international friendly match against Nigeria later this month.

The football federation of Saudi Arabia in a release on Sunday announced the names of the selected players.

The Greens are billed to use the friendly match as part of their preparation for the Asian competition coming later in 2024 while the Super Eagles of Nigeria will be using the match to prepare for the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

The players invited mainly players plying their trades in the Saudi Pro League with none coming from abroad.

The game is scheduled for Portugal and they will also play against Mali after Nigeria.

Invited Players:

Raghed Al-Najjar, Hamed Youssef, Yasser Al-Shahrani, Zakaria Hawsawi, Ali Al-Bulaihi, Hassan Kadesh, Hassan Al-Tambakti, Abdul-Ilah Al-Omari, Saud Abdul-Hamid, Sultan. Al-Ghanem, Abdullah Al-Khaibari, Abdul-Ilah Al-Maliki, Faisal Al-Ghamdi, Eid Al-Mawlid, Muhammad Kanno, Salman Al-Faraj, Nasser Al-Dosari, Ali Hazazi, Sami Al-Naji, Salem Al-Dosari, Abdul Rahman Gharib, Ayman Yahya, Fahd Al-Mawlid, Haroun Kamara, Haitham Asiri, Saleh Al-Shehri, Firas Al-Braikan, Abdullah Al-Hamdan, Muhammad Maran.