{"id":1102296,"date":"2022-05-28T12:33:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T12:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/28\/alfred-duncan-retires-from-international-football-at-age-29\/"},"modified":"2022-05-28T12:33:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T12:33:22","slug":"alfred-duncan-retires-from-international-football-at-age-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/28\/alfred-duncan-retires-from-international-football-at-age-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfred Duncan retires from international football at age 29 \u00bb \u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After feeling \u201cput aside for years,\u201d Black Stars midfielder Alfred Duncan has decided to retire from international football. He cited this decision as his motivation.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

On Saturday, May 28, 2022, his club, Fiorentina, made the announcement that their player will no longer compete for his country in international competitions.<\/p>\n

Duncan said in his statement, which was uploaded by the team, that he has been \u201chumiliated,\u201d \u201cdiscriminated,\u201d and also neglected despite doing his best to warrant a call up to the Black Stars. This is despite the fact that the team released Duncan\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n

He continued by saying that because no one had given him the opportunity to make history with the Black Stars, now was as good a moment as any for him to bid farewell.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe time has come to say goodbye to the national team. My heart is sad because I wanted to write a piece of history with the Ghanaian national team but they NEVER gave me the chance to prove it<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you are never considered and there is nothing you can do to change the situation, mentally it becomes more difficult. I have been humiliated, discriminated against, and left aside for years even though I have tried to keep the doors open all the time,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

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As a reminder, Alfred Duncan was a part of the Ghana U-20 team that competed in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup and brought home the bronze medal.<\/p>\n

In 2012, he made his debut for the Black Stars in a match against Cape Verde. A total of ten matches were played by him.<\/p>\n

His most recent match came in 2019, when Ghana competed against South Africa in the qualifiers for the 2021 AFCON. He played for a total of 61 minutes throughout the game.<\/p>\n

Read the full statement below<\/strong><\/p>\n

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