{"id":13816,"date":"2026-11-10T06:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T06:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/afcon-2027q-tanzania-coach-bolsters-squad-with-new-addition-following-two-late-withdrawals\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T06:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T06:01:15","slug":"afcon-2027q-tanzania-coach-bolsters-squad-with-new-addition-following-two-late-withdrawals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/afcon-2027q-tanzania-coach-bolsters-squad-with-new-addition-following-two-late-withdrawals\/","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2027Q: Tanzania Coach Bolsters Squad With New Addition Following Two Late Withdrawals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taifa Stars head coach Miguel Gamondi has handed a late call-up to Iddi Seleman Nado ahead of Tanzania\u2019s 2027 Africa Cup of Nations  qualifying double-header against Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>Nado\u2019s late inclusion came after Young Africans duo Clement Mzize and Dickson Job were withdrawn from the squad while continuing to undergo medical supervision.<\/p>\n<p>Young Africans requested the release of both players due to their ongoing medical assessments.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old Nado, who plays as a winger for Azam FC in Tanzania\u2019s NBC Premier League, has scored once in 11 appearances for the Taifa Stars.<\/p>\n<p>He was among the Tanzanian contingent that travelled to Uyo on Monday ahead of Friday\u2019s Matchday Three encounter at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Gamondi\u2019s men will be eager to claim their first victory in the qualifiers after managing just one draw and suffering one defeat in their opening two matches.<\/p>\n<p>They will host the Super Eagles at home in a matchday four encounter next week Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By Adeboye Amosu <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taifa Stars head coach Miguel Gamondi has handed a late call-up to Iddi Seleman Nado ahead of Tanzania\u2019s 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double-header against Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles. Nado\u2019s&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}