Tiofack in Irish Squad - Ipswich Town News

New academy striker Carel Tiofack has been named in the Republic of Ireland U17 international squad for an eight-nation friendly tournament in Hungary next week. Tiofack has just started the first year of his scholarship at Playford Road.

The Irish youngsters travel to Budapest on Monday ahead of Wednesday’s game against Croatia in Telki. Their following fixture will be against either Hungary or Belgium the next day depending on the first day’s scorelines.

On the Saturday, Ireland will face team from the other group, one of Czech Republic, Israel, Romania or Serbia.

The games are a warm up for the European Championships first phase qualifiers against Albania, Norway and Malta, who will be hosting the group games, in September.

Republic of Ireland U17s: Joe Coll - Manchester United, Ian Lawlor - Manchester City, Sean Kavanagh - Belvedere, Luke Gallagher - Cherry Orchard, Pierce Sweeney - Belvedere, Joe O'Brien - Salthill Devon, Steven Smith - Arsenal, Tommy Hoban - Watford, Conor Pepper - Portmarnock, Kenneth McEvoy - Tottenham Hotspur, Gareth Brady - Belvedere, Kealan Dillon - Derby County, Darragh Lenihan - Belvedere , Jack Grealish - Aston Villa, Carel Tiofack - Ipswich Town, James Murphy - Reading, Philip Roberts - Arsenal, Sam Byrne - St Joseph's Boys.

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