Just about a week after breaking into the AS Roma first team, Ghanaian teen sensation Felix Ohene Afena-Gyan has chalked another first – a call-up to the senior national team.
The 18-year-old has been listed in a 28-man squad by Black Stars coach Milovan Rajevac for this month’s final round of games in the African qualifiers to the 2022 Fifa World Cup.
Afena-Gyan joined Roma in January after impressing on trial. He was first spotted back home by scouts while playing school football.
He has been the subject of attention since manager Jose Mourinho handed him a senior debut against Cagliari in the Italian Serie A last week. He went on to feature in his second game in last Sunday’s defeat to AC Milan.
There is also a first-time call-up for FC Sheriff midfielder Edmund Addo
Ghana – currently placed second in Group G – will play Ethiopia (away) and South Africa (home) to complete their campaign on November 11 and 14 respectively.
Full squad
Goalkeepers:
Joseph Wollacott (Swindon Town), Lawrence Ati-Zigi (St.Gallen), Manaf Nurudeen (KAS Eupen), Richard Attah (Hearts of Oak)
Defenders:
Andy Yiadom (Reading FC), Philemon Baffour (Dreams FC), Baba Abdul Rahman (Reading FC), Gideon Mensah (Girondins Bordeaux), Daniel Amartey (Leicester City), Alexander Djiku (Strasbourg), Joseph Aidoo (Celta Vigo), Jonathan Mensah (Columbus Crew), Ismail Abdul Ganiyu (Asante Kotoko)
Midfielders:
Baba Idrissu (Real Mallorca), Thomas Partey (Arsenal FC), Mubarak Wakaso (Shenzhen F.C), Edmund Addo (Sheriff Tiraspol), Mohammed Kudus (Ajax Amsterdam), Daniel Kofi Kyere (FC St. Pauli)
Wingers:
Andre Ayew (Al Sadd), Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (Dreams FC), Kamaldeen Sulemana (Rennes), Samuel Owusu (Al Fayha)
Strikers:
Richmond Boakye-Yiadom (Beitar Jerusalem), Benjamin Tetteh (Yeni Malatyaspor), Felix Afena Gyan (AS Roma), Caleb Ekuban (Genoa)
