{"id":141058,"date":"2024-01-19T13:44:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T13:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/19\/kouyate-exits-afcon-to-mourn-dad\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T13:44:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T13:44:19","slug":"kouyate-exits-afcon-to-mourn-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/19\/kouyate-exits-afcon-to-mourn-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"Kouyate Exits AFCON&#8230;To Mourn Dad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Cheikhou Kouyate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nottingham Forest defender Cheikhou Kouyate has left Senegal\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) squad following the death of his father.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old was forced to leave the camp following his father Bangiougou\u2019s passing on Tuesday, and attended his funeral in Senegal\u2019s capital Dakar Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released by Senegal\u2019s football federation, the team offered their condolences with \u2018regret and deep pain\u2019 to the national team veteran in the wake of the sad news.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president of the Senegalese Football Federation Mr. Augustin Senghor, the members of the executive committee, the coach of the national football team Mr. Aliou Cisse, the players of the national football team and the football family have the regret and deep pain to inform you of the death of Mr. Bangiougou Kouyate, father of Cheikhou Kouyate, member of the Senegal national team,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis death occurred this Tuesday, January 16, in Dakar. The funeral is planned for Wednesday January 17 at the Khar Yalla mosque followed by the burial at the Musalman cemetery in Yoff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this painful circumstance, the Senegalese Football Federation presents its most saddened condolences to Cheikhou Kouyate who was also authorised to leave the national team gathering today, to go to the funeral in Dakar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kouyate \u2013 who is attending his fifth AFCON with the national team \u2013 was an unused substitute during the titleholder\u2019s opening tie against Gambia, which saw the Lions of Teranga swipe a 3-0 victory.<\/p>\n<p>The defender is the team\u2019s vice-captain, and has garnered 90 caps for the side.<\/p>\n<p>It is unknown whether the Premier League player will be available for selection by Aliou Cisse for the team\u2019s next group stage match, which sees them face Cameroon today.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheikhou Kouyate Nottingham Forest defender Cheikhou Kouyate has left Senegal\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) squad following the death of his father. The 34-year-old was forced to leave the camp following his father Bangiougou\u2019s passing on Tuesday, and attended his funeral in Senegal\u2019s capital Dakar Wednesday afternoon. In a statement released by Senegal\u2019s football federation, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":141059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kouyate Exits AFCON...To Mourn Dad - 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\/2024\/01\/19\/kouyate-exits-afcon-to-mourn-dad\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kouyate Exits AFCON...To Mourn Dad - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cheikhou Kouyate Nottingham Forest defender Cheikhou Kouyate has left Senegal\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) squad following the death of his father. 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