Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle released his lists for the Unity Cup and the international friendly match with Russia which will come up in May and June respectively.
The list for the four-nation Unity Cup tournament has Werder Bremen defender Felix Agu who got his first call-up to the Super Eagles.
Ahead of the invitation tournament Completesports.com’s James Agberebi reveals five interesting things to know about Agu.
– Was Born In Germany
Felix Agu was born to a Nigerian father and a German mother in the city of Osnabrück in Germany.
More recently Osnabrück has become well known for its industry, and numerous companies in the automobile, paper, steel and grocery sectors are located in the city and its surrounding area.
– Plays As Full-Back
The 25-year-old operates mainly as a full-back and can fill in at right and left back positions.
Aside the full-back positions, Agu can also play in the right and left side in the defensive midfield area.
– Has Only Featured For Germany’s U-21s At International Level
Agu’s only international appearance was for Germany’s U-21 national team.
He made his debut for the age-grade side in 2019 up to 2020 and made just two appearances.
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– Had Earlier Expressed Interest To Play For Super Eagles
Felix Agu’s invitation to the Super Eagles should not come as a surprise because he had expressed his desire to feature for the three-time AFCON winners.
“To play on the national level was always a dream of mine and I had to make half of the decision already because I played for the German under 21 team,” he told Oma Sports in an interview in March, 2025.
“I did this to kind of keep this open, but I’ve talked a lot to Justin Njimah (another German-born Nigerian forward who also plays for Werder Bremen) about playing for the national team and we think it would be like a dream come true to play for Nigeria.
“Also, it would put a smile on our fathers’ faces if we represent Nigeria.”
– Made Is Bundesliga Debut In 2020
Agu made his Bundesliga debut in Werder Bremen’s 1–1 draw against Bayern Munich on 21 November 2020.
He was brought on as a substitute in the 66th minute and played in midfield instead of his usual full-back position.
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He should be ignited into the team the left back role has been the missing link in the super eagles
Apart from Felix Agu(SV Werder Bremen, Germany) ,in subsequent games involving the Super Eagles, expected Coach Eric Sekou Chelle to also run the rule over other footballers of dual nationality who have declared interest in representing the national team of Nigeria like Dapo Afolayan (FC St.Pauli, Germany),Chuba Akpom(Lille OSC, France),Faustino Anjorin(FC Empoli,Italy),Tim Iroegbulam (Everton FC, England) , Elijah Adebayo (Luton Town, England), German Onugkha(FC Copenhagen, Denmark). Not all of them need FIFA clearance to lace their boots for Nigeria. especially Akpom and Afolayan who did so well for their respective clubs this concluded football season. The more,they say, the merrier.
The left back or the attacking midfield.
And why’s Joe Aribo not in the squad as that would be a good time for him to express him self in that role.
Since we have not gotten Carney Chukwuemeka to play for the Super eagles.
@martin those home base guys are far better than Aribo,