Ghana: 24 named for Egypt 2009

  1. Posted on Thursday 27 August 2009 - 18:56
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    Daniel Nana Aforo, AfricaNews reporter in Accra, Ghana
    The Head Coach of Ghana's under 20 soccer team, the Black Satellite, Sellas Tetteh, has named a 24-man squared for the Egypt 2009 tournament. The selected 24 includes local and foreign based players who are to begin vigorous training this week in Accra before they depart to Qatar for acclimatization.
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    Ghana’s Black Satellites won the Africa Championships hosted in Rwanda and are poised to become the first African country to annex the world trophy.

    Already, the Chairman of the Black Satellite Management Team, Jordan Anagbla has promised the country the only Africa team to win the coveted trophy for the first time “will be Ghana.”

    According to the management chairman “the team to be declared winner after the tournament in Egypt will be the Black Satellite”.

    With this, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has put in place the necessary measurement to motivate the juvenile team before and after the tournament. This year’s Under 20 World Cup kick starts in Egypt on September 24.

    Invited Players:

    Goalkeepers:Joseph Addo (Heart of Lions), Daniel Adjei (Liberty Professionals) and Robert Dabuo (Wa All Stars).

    Defenders:Samuel Inkoom (Basel, Switzerland), Daniel Opare (Real Madrid, Spain), David Addy (Randers, Denmark), Philip Boampong (Berekum Arsenals), Daniel Addo (King Faisal), Bright Addai (Wa All Stars) and Jonathan Mensah (Free State Stars, South Africa)

    Midfielders:Gladson Awako (Heart of Lions), Kassinu Ghandi (Liberty Professionals), Emmanuel Agyeman-Badu (Asante Kotoko) James Bissue (Eleven Wise), Rabiu Mohammed (Sampdoria, Italy), Abeiku Quansah (Nice, France), Andre Ayew (Marseille, France) Ishmael Yartey (SC Beira-Mar, Portugal)

    Attackers:John Benson (Aspire Academy, Qatar) Opoku Agyemang (Al Sadd, Qatar) Ransford Osei (Meccabi Haifa, Israel), Latif Salifu (Liberty Professionals), Dominic Adiyiah (Fredrikstad, Norway) and Sadick Adams (Athletic Madrid, Spain)

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