Former Super Eagles Goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee injury.
Enyeama missed Saturday’s 3-0 win over Gingham and Manager, Franck Passi, has now confirmed he will undergo arthroscopic surgery and miss the club’s last four Ligue 1 games.
The 34-year-old who had 101 caps for Nigeria before retiring in 2015, has played 34 times for Lille in all competitions this season.
Ifeanyi Ubah football club have named Super Eagles Goalkeeper, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, as their captain for the 2016/ 2017 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), season.
The Federation Cup winners will face Kano Pillars in the opening fixture of the 2016/2017 NPFL season at the Sani Abacha stadium on Saturday.
Ezenwa, took over from Wilson Elu, who would now act as the Deputy Skipper of the Anambra Warriors.
The experienced shot stopper linked up with the Nnewi-based side, from Sunshine Stars during the mid-season transfer window last term.
Two Nigerian internationals have been shortlisted by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in a 37-man list for the 2015 African Footballer of the year.
Super Eagles striker, Ahmed Musa and goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama, who recently announced his retirement from international football made the list released by CAF on Sunday.
The current African Player of the year, Yaya Toure is also on the list.
England-based players Riyad Mahrez from Algeria, Yannick Bolasie of DR Congo, Ghana’s Andre Ayew, Mame Diouf from Senegal, Kenya’s Victor Wanyama and Gabon skipper, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang were also on the list.
Meanwhile, no Nigerian player plying their trade in the domestic league made the shortlist of 24 players shortlisted for the African player of the year based in Africa.
