The representative of Switzerland based Nigeria international goalkeeper Sebastian Osigwe says the 29 year old has not been treated fairly by the coaches of the senior national team of Nigeria, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Nigeria have had its fair share of issues in goal with erstwhile first choice Maduka Okoye losing his spot following his move to English Championship side Watford, and Francis Uzoho still second fiddle at Omonia Nicosia despite upstaging Okoye as the new first choice.
In the last AFCON qualifiers game, Adebayo Adeleye of Israeli side Hapoel Jerusalem was handed his debut in the 3-2 win over Sierra Leone. In all these years Osigwe wasn’t considered.
Osigwe who was a part of the Nigeria U20 team in 2013 hasn’t been handed his senior national team debut despite the fact that he has been called up thrice. His agent said the situation is unfair because he has been the best Nigerian goalkeeper abroad in the period under review.
Last season at top division Swiss side FC Lugano he made a total of ten appearances in all competitions with seven coming in the league. The other three were in the Swiss Cup. His representative said he wasn’t at any point given a chance to stake a claim.
” For a goalkeeper that has played at this level for the past three years, I think the handlers of the national team have not been fair to him. No Nigerian goalkeeper based abroad played that much but sadly he wasn’t considered. That has been the case for a while but hopefully it will change under Jose Peseiro with the AFCON around the corner”, he told OwnGoalNigeria.com.
Ade Emmanuel