{"id":71977,"date":"2023-05-30T17:57:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T17:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/ghana-coach-announces-strong-squad\/"},"modified":"2023-05-30T17:57:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T17:57:34","slug":"ghana-coach-announces-strong-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/ghana-coach-announces-strong-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana coach announces strong squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"460\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2022-11-29-090632-696x460.png\"   alt=\"Black Stars\" title=\"Black Stars\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Stars <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chris Hughton has named a Black Stars squad for next month\u2019s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON)\u00a0qualifier against Madagascar.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars will be hosted at Stade Kianja Barea IN Antananarivo\u00a0on Sunday, June 18, 2023, in the matchday five games. Kick-off is at 17:00GMT.<\/p>\n<p>Among the squad, Alidu Seidu and Kwasi Okyere Wreidt make a return while Denmark-based Ernest Nuamah earns his first senior national team call-up following his eye-catching performance for Nordsjaelland in the Danish Superliga.<\/p>\n<p>There is also recall for Amiens defender Nicholas Opoku, Moldova-based Patrick Kpozo and Anderlecht midfielder Majeed Ashimeru.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana goes into the game\u00a0sitting on top of their\u00a0group with 8 points after two wins and two draws in the first four matches and will need a draw to secure qualification to the tournament that is scheduled to be hosted in Ivory Coast next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Squad below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-05-29-at-11.08.17-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Goalkeepers<\/strong>: Lawrence Ati-Zigi (St. Gallen), Joseph Wollacott (Charlton Athletic), Abdul Manaf Nurudeen (KAS Eupen)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defenders:\u00a0<\/strong>Denis Odoi (Club Brugge), Alidu Seidu (Clermont Foot), Gideon Mensah (Auxerre), Patrick Kpozo (Sheriff Tiraspol), Daniel Amartey (Leicester City), Joseph Aidoo (Celta Vigo), Alexander Djiku (Strasbourg), Nicholas Opoku (Amiens)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midfielders:\u00a0<\/strong>Thomas Partey (Arsenal FC), Mohammed Kudus (Ajax Amsterdam), Majeed Ashimeru (Anderlecht), Salis Abdul Samed (Lens), Edmund Addo (Spartak Subotica)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wingers:\u00a0<\/strong>Joseph Painstil (Genk), Osman Bukari (Red Star Belgrade), Kamal Deen Sulemana (Southampton), Ernest Nuamah (FC Nordsjaelland)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Attackers:\u00a0<\/strong>Andre Ayew (Nottingham Forest), Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), Inaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), Kwasi Okyere Wriedt (Holstein Kiel).<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"5eWZ21FBOgY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Badwam Mpensenpensemu on Adom TV (30-05-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5eWZ21FBOgY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Stars Chris Hughton has named a Black Stars squad for next month\u2019s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON)\u00a0qualifier against Madagascar. The Black Stars will be hosted at Stade Kianja Barea IN Antananarivo\u00a0on Sunday, June 18, 2023, in the matchday five games. Kick-off is at 17:00GMT. Among the squad, Alidu Seidu and Kwasi Okyere Wreidt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ghana coach announces strong squad - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/ghana-coach-announces-strong-squad\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ghana coach announces strong squad - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Black Stars Chris Hughton has named a Black Stars squad for next month\u2019s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON)\u00a0qualifier against Madagascar. The Black Stars will be hosted at Stade Kianja Barea IN Antananarivo\u00a0on Sunday, June 18, 2023, in the matchday five games. Kick-off is at 17:00GMT. Among the squad, Alidu Seidu and Kwasi Okyere Wreidt [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/ghana-coach-announces-strong-squad\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-30T17:57:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2022-11-29-090632.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"916\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"606\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/ghana-coach-announces-strong-squad\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/ghana-coach-announces-strong-squad\/\",\"name\":\"Ghana coach announces strong squad - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/ghana-coach-announces-strong-squad\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/ghana-coach-announces-strong-squad\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2022-11-29-090632.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-30T17:57:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-30T17:57:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/ghana-coach-announces-strong-squad\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/ghana-coach-announces-strong-squad\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/ghana-coach-announces-strong-squad\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2022-11-29-090632.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2022-11-29-090632.png\",\"width\":916,\"height\":606},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/ghana-coach-announces-strong-squad\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ghana coach announces strong squad\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ghana coach announces strong squad - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/ghana-coach-announces-strong-squad\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ghana coach announces strong squad - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Black Stars Chris Hughton has named a Black Stars squad for next month\u2019s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON)\u00a0qualifier against Madagascar. The Black Stars will be hosted at Stade Kianja Barea IN Antananarivo\u00a0on Sunday, June 18, 2023, in the matchday five games. Kick-off is at 17:00GMT. Among the squad, Alidu Seidu and Kwasi Okyere Wreidt [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/ghana-coach-announces-strong-squad\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2023-05-30T17:57:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":916,"height":606,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2022-11-29-090632.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/ghana-coach-announces-strong-squad\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/ghana-coach-announces-strong-squad\/","name":"Ghana coach announces strong squad - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/ghana-coach-announces-strong-squad\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/ghana-coach-announces-strong-squad\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2022-11-29-090632.png","datePublished":"2023-05-30T17:57:34+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-30T17:57:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/ghana-coach-announces-strong-squad\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/ghana-coach-announces-strong-squad\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/ghana-coach-announces-strong-squad\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2022-11-29-090632.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2022-11-29-090632.png","width":916,"height":606},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/ghana-coach-announces-strong-squad\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ghana coach announces strong squad"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}