Plymouth striker Oseni's 'disbelief' at Nigeria call-up

Owen Oseni scored 10 goals in his first season with an English Football League club

Plymouth Argyle striker Owen Oseni says he was in "disbelief" when he was called up to the Nigeria squad.

The 23-year-old is part of the group that will play Poland and Portugal next month in pre-World Cup friendly matches.

He will also feature in the group playing in the Unity Cup in London later this month against Zimbabwe and then India or Jamaica.

"I know I had an alright season, but to get called up for a country where there's more than 240 million people and probably 50% want to play for their country was quite a big deal for me so I was really buzzing," Oseni told BBC Sport.

"The coaches were watching me, obviously they picked up on the form I'd hit just towards the end of the season."

Oseni found the net three times in Plymouth's final four games of their League One campaign, where they narrowly missed out on a place in the play-offs.

The Irish-born forward ended his first spell in the English Football League with 10 goals from 33 appearances, having joined Plymouth last summer from Scottish side St Mirren after a spell with National League club Gateshead.

Oseni is eligible for Nigeria through his father, while his mother is from Ivory Coast, meaning he could represent the Elephants as well as the Republic of Ireland.

"I'd love to represent any country on a national level," he says. "It's massive for me and my career and Nigeria, the Super Eagles, when they came knocking, it was a decision that I couldn't turn down.

"I didn't think there was a possibility that that could happen. All I know is to just work hard and many doors could open, but I definitely didn't think that I would be one of them."

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Time training alongside the likes of Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman - as well as possibly lining up against Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandowski - may not be how Oseni expected the end of the season to go.

But now that he has the chance, he is hopeful it can help him in his second season in England's third tier as he looks to continue to impress.

"It'll definitely boost my confidence coming back into pre-season," he said.

"I'm looking to come back and nail down the starting position now for Argyle next year and I think this will help me a lot, this call-up."

He added: "I feel like in League One being the third tier in England, it could get looked upon as not the highest standard because it's third tier.

"But there's a lot of great players in League One, there's a lot of good internationals in League One who go and do well for the country.

"So it definitely gives League One that recognition I think it deserves because I think in terms of the individual quality, and the players this season, the league was very good."