Skipper Yaw Yeboah — Black Meteors

Meteors coach names squad for U-23 AFCON

Albert Tetteh Wayoe Jnr Sports News Nov - 02 - 2019 , 13:17

Ghana’s Black Meteors coach, Ibrahim Tanko, has named his final 21-man squad for the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations in Egypt, which starts next Friday, November 8.

The squad, comprising local and foreign players, will fight for one of the three tickets allocated to Africa for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Coach Tanko retained about 50 per cent of the players who featured in the qualifiers, as the timing of the tournament denied him the services of some first-choice materials in Europe.

Foreign-based players such as skipper Yaw Yeboah, Kwabena Owusu, Ropapa Mensah, Simon Zibo, Kingsley Fobi and Emmanuel Lomotey made the final squad, while Joseph Paintsil, Majeed Ashimeru and Gideon Mensah could not be released by their clubs.

The Black Meteors are currently training in Accra and are expected to leave for Egypt for the tournament which runs from November 8 to 22.

Ghana will open their campaign against Cameroun on the opening day before facing Egypt and Mali on November 11 and 14 respectively.

Below is the full list of the Ghana squad:

Goalkeepers: Kwame Baah (Asante Kotoko), Richmond Ayi (Hearts of Oak), Ibrahim Danlad (Asante Kotoko).

Defenders: Kingsley Fobi (CB Badajoz, Spain), Edward Sarpong (Esperanca de Lagos, Spain), Emmanuel Cudjoe (Attram De Visser), Fuseini Zackaria (Berekum Chelsea), William Ntori Dankyi (Hearts of Oak), Mohammed Habib (Asante Kotoko), Robin Polley (ADO Den Haag).

Midfielders: Evans Osei Wusu (Tema Youth), Simon Zibo (Vitoria Guimaraes, Portugal), Nurudeen Abdul-Aziz (Vision FC), Emmanuel Addoquaye Lomotey (Extremadura, Spain), Yaw Yeboah (Celta Vigo, Spain), Evans Mensah (HJK Helsinki, Finland), Michael Agbekpornu (Dreams FC).