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<\/p>\nChristian Atsu is among ten debutants who will be showing up at the 2013 AFCON<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Ghana coach James Kwesi Appiah picked ten debutants in his final 23-man squad for the 2013 AFCON which kicks off on Saturday in South Africa.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Ghanasoccernet.com takes a look at the CVs of all the debutants.<\/p>\n The list includes three defenders, six midfielders and one striker.<\/p>\n Jerry Akaminko<\/strong> Akaminko scored on his Ghana debut in the 7-0 thrashing of Lesotho in a World Cup qualifier and has gone ahead to make six appearances for the West African side.<\/p>\n Richard Kissi Boateng<\/strong> The 24-year-old glittered in the CAF Champions League with debutants Berekum Chelsea.<\/p>\n Kissi along with Wakaso Mubarak are the only natural left-backs in the squad.<\/p>\n Mohamed Awal<\/strong> He was handed his debut call-up for the friendly against AFCON debutants Cape Verde in November but failed to turn up for the match due to documentation issues.<\/p>\n His performance with South African Premier Soccer League side Maritzburg United is earning raving reviews.<\/p>\n Christian Atsu<\/strong> He is dubbed the \u2018New Messi\u2019.<\/p>\n Since marking his debut in the 7-0 drubbing of Lesotho with a goal and a scintillating performance, the FC Porto starlet has gone ahead to make seven appearances and scored twice.<\/p>\n Solomon Asante<\/strong> Fifa cleared the 22-year-old to play for Ghana in August following uncertainties were raised over his nationality after featuring for\u00a0Burkina\u00a0Faso in an international friendly.<\/p>\n He has two Ghana caps.<\/p>\n Albert Adomah<\/strong> Adomah, born in London to Ghanaian parents, was named in Ghana\u2019s preliminary squad for the 2012 Nations Cup but failed to make the final cut.<\/p>\n He has made five appearances for the Black Stars since making his debut on September 5, 2011 against Brazil at the Craven Cottage.<\/p>\n Rabiu Mohammed<\/strong> The 23-year-old has just one Ghana cap.<\/p>\n Mubarak Wakaso<\/strong> He is expected to play a pivotal role for the Black Stars.<\/p>\n Emmanuel Clottey<\/strong> He was the top scorer of last season\u2019s CAF Champions League after netting 12 goals in the competition for Berekum Chelsea.<\/p>\n Richmond Boakye-Yiadom<\/strong> Richmond has scored twice in four Ghana caps.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Christian Atsu is among ten debutants who will be showing up at the 2013 AFCON Ghana coach James Kwesi Appiah picked ten debutants in his final 23-man squad for the 2013 AFCON which kicks off on Saturday in South Africa.\u00a0 Ghanasoccernet.com takes a look at the CVs of all the debutants. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The 24-year-old plies his trade with Turkish Super Lig side Eski?ehirspor where he has been consistently impressive.<\/p>\n
Kissi Boateng, left-back, is one of the four home-based players who made the final 23-man squad.<\/p>\n
Awal Mohammed is yet to play a competitive game for the Black Stars.<\/p>\n
Christian Atsu is by far the most exciting player in the Ghana squad.<\/p>\n
The pocket-size winger\u2019s electrifying and lightening pace on the flanks has become his trademark.<\/p>\n
The Bristol City winger who is being pursued by Norwich and Swansea City scored his first Ghana goal in the 4-2 friendly win over Tunisia in Abu Dhabi prior to the 2013 AFCON.<\/p>\n
Rabiu Mohammed, was a member of Ghana\u2019s successful 2009 Fifa U-20 World Cup.<\/p>\n
The versatile Espanyol winger is capped thrice and has scored once for the Black Stars.<\/p>\n
The Esperance forward is among ten AFCON debutants and will be hoping to shine in South Africa.<\/p>\n
The 19-year-old Juventus striker is on loan at Serie B leaders Sassuolo where he has bagged nine goals so far in the competition.<\/p>\n