Overview
- The long-serving captain was named in Eric Chelle’s preliminary 54-man list but has ruled himself out of the tournament.
- He ends a decade with 83 caps, an Olympic bronze, AFCON bronze and silver, and the 2023 AFCON Player of the Tournament award in Ivory Coast.
- He had resolved before the DR Congo World Cup play-off that it would be his final involvement, citing ongoing fitness issues after last year’s hamstring surgery.
- He was an unused substitute in the Morocco play-offs as Calvin Bassey and Semi Ajayi started in central defence, with Wilfred Ndidi taking the armband.
- His last cap came in a 2-1 win over Lesotho, and he says he will continue community work through The Troost-Ekong Foundation and support the Super Eagles.