Republic of Ireland Men’s under-19 squad named for European Qualifiers

Former Shamrock Rovers man Kevin Zefi has been named in the squad. Credit: Gerry Shanahan (ETPhotos)

Tom Mohan has named a twenty man squad for the Republic of Ireland under 19’s three European Championship Qualifiers in Bulgaria this week.

These will be the first competitive fixtures for the side in nearly two years due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Inter Milan’s Kevin Zefi and Wolfsburg’s Anselmo Garcia MacNulty are all included in the squad alongside Brentford’s Val Adedokun and Arsenal’s Jack Henry-Francis.

Sligo Rovers’ Johnny Kenny, Shamrock Rovers’ and UCD’s Evan Caffrey make up some of the League of Ireland contingent selected for this week’s games.

The side take on Montenegro on Wednesday, Bosnia and Herzegovina on Saturday before playing their last game in the series next Tuesday, 16 November against Bulgaria. Kick-off for allt here games is 12.30pm.

Republic of Ireland Men’s Under-19s Squad 

Goalkeepers: Arlo Doherty (Leicester City), Dan Rose (Schalke 04)

Defenders: James Abankwah (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Tayo Adaramola (Crystal Palace), Val Adedokun (Brentford), Sam Curtis (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Anselmo Garcia MacNulty (Wolfsburg) David Okagbue (Stoke City), Sean Roughan (Lincoln City)

Midfielders: Evan Caffrey (UCD), Kian Corbally (St. Patrick’s Athletic) Jack Henry-Francis (Arsenal), Bosun Lawal (Celtic), Ed McJannet (Luton Town)

Forwards: Sinclair Armstrong (Torquay United, on loan from QPR), Aidomo Emakhu (Shamrock Rovers), Cian Hayes (FC United of Manchester, on loan to Fleetwood Town), Johnny Kenny (Sligo Rovers), Andrew Moran (Brighton and Hove Albion), Kevin Zefi (Inter Milan) 



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