Chippa United manager, Vusumuzi Vilakazi has expressed doubt over Nigerian goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali’s chances of taking part in the 2026 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, in Morocco.
Vilakazi explained that Nwabali is still recovering from an injury he sustained while on international duty with the Super Eagles in Morocco.
He added that the shot-stopper needs to undergo a hand operation.
“I don’t think he [Stanley] will make it [to the 2025 AFCON ] but when I was talking to him, he was confident that he will recover very soon,” Vilakazi told SuperSport.
“It is an ankle injury, but then also the hand needs an operation because he is been playing with that [injured] hand for a while now and he aggravated the injury while he was in Morocco.”
Nwabali has been Nigeria’s first-choice goalkeeper even before Eric Chelle was appointed head coach of the Super Eagles some months ago.
