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Nigerian players in Helsinki team for Europa League fixture

Taye Taiwo, Nnamdi Oduamadi and Paul Onovo with HJK Helsinki
Taye Taiwo, Nnamdi Oduamadi and Paul Onovo with HJK Helsinki
Taye Taiwo has featured in the Europa League in the past with Marseille and Dynamo Kiev.
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Helsinki will be aiming to make it to the group stage of the Europa League and will have to beat Atlantas to progess.

If they overcome FK Atlantas, Helsinki will face either Beroe Stara Zagora from Bulgaria or FK Radnik Bijeljina from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the second qualifying round.

For the game, Helsinki have named a 23-man squad to face Atlantas which also includes another Nigerian player Paul Onovo.

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This will be an European debut for Oduamadi and Onovo while Taiwo has featured in this competition in the past with Marseille and DynamoKiev.

The former Super Eagles left-back will make his 30th appearance if he features in the encounter.

He has scored four times in the competition.

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