Skipper Yaw Yeboah leads 11 foreign-based players for Ghana’s squad to the 2019 Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) scheduled for Egypt from November 8.
The Celta Vigo B attacker, whose crucial goal in the final qualifier away to Algeria, has already joined the Black Meteors camp in Accra.
There are first time call-ups for Robin Polley (son of ex-international Prince Opoku Polley), Emmanuel Lomotey, Edward Sarpong, Issah Abass, Samuel Obeng and Evans Mensah – having not taken part in the qualifiers.
Simon Zibo and Kwabena Owusu make a return after missing the last doubleheader against Algeria with Kingsley Fobi and Joseph Paintsil completing the list of players who are expected to arrive in camp by close of day October 30.
Ghana are making a first appearance at the U-23 Afcon tournament which is in its fourth edition. The Black Meteors enter the competition with a mission to break a 15-year Olympic Games jinx by qualifying for the 2020 edition in Tokyo, Japan. The team last featured at the Olympics in Athens 2004.
The Black Meteors are placed in Group A alongside hosts Egypt, Cameroon and Mali.
List of foreign-based players:
Yaw Yeboah (Celta Vigo, Spain), Robin Polley (ADO Den Haag, Holland), Issah Abass (FC Utrecht, Holland), Simon Zibo (Vitória Guimarães SC B, Portugal), Edward Sarpong (C.F. Esperança de Lagos, Portugal), Kwabena Owusu (Córdoba CF, Spain), Emmanuel Lomotey (Extremadura UD, Spain), Kingsley Fobi (CD Badajoz, Spain), Samuel Obeng (Real Oviedo, Spain), Evans Mensah (HJK Helsinki, Finland) and Joseph Paintsil (KRC Genk Belgium).
