{"id":429243,"date":"2017-10-16T17:30:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T17:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/16\/derrick-luckassen-opts-to-play-for-ghana\/"},"modified":"2017-10-16T17:30:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T17:30:26","slug":"derrick-luckassen-opts-to-play-for-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/16\/derrick-luckassen-opts-to-play-for-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Derrick Luckassen opts to play for Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday, 16 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ultimatefmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-10-16<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/60692112.295.jpg\" alt=\"Derrick Luckassen\" title=\"Derrick Luckassen\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Derrick Luckassen has finally opted to play for Ghana.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1508175026_612_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Dutch-born Ghanaian defender Derrick Luckassen has finally opted to play for Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The PSV Eindhoven defender who is capable of playing in any of the four positions in defence tells sportsworldGhana.com in an exclusive interview he\u2019s ready to accept a call-up to the Black Stars anytime Coach Kwesi Appiah and his technical team invite him.<\/p>\n<p>Born in the Netherlands to Ghanaian parents, the 22-year-old remains eligible to represent either nation at senior level despite featuring for the Dutch youth national teams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dMy father and mother both come from Ghana so why not if the opportunity comes I\u2019m ready to honor it and do my best for the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The former AZ Alkmaar centre back added \u201dGhana has got great history in world football therefore playing for my motherland in future would be a great felling and I am looking forward to that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThough I was born and raised here in Amsterdam, I won\u2019t hesitate to play for the Black Stars despite representing Holland at the U17, U20 and U23 levels. 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