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Ghana Releases List of 25 Players For Playoff Tie With Egypt
 
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Tue, 1 Oct 2013   ||   Nigeria,
 

In preparation for the final playoff qualification match for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Coach Kwesi Appiah have handed veteran goalkeeper Richard Kingson a recall to the national team after a two-year absence, CEOAFRICA sports desk gathered.

Coach Appiah also extends invitation to some experienced players which include Sulley Muntari, Jordan Ayew, and Jerry Akaminko.

The Black Stars will be facing Egypt in a match which bookmakers predicted to be a cracker of all the playoffs in the continent.

Ghana will host the first leg of the tie on 15th of October in Kumasi, while the second leg would be played on November 19 in Cairo.

And the winners will book their place at next year's tournament in Brazil.

Ghana squad:

Goalkeepers: Fatau Dauda (Orlando Pirates, South Africa), Adam Kwarasey (Stromgodset, Norway), Richard Kingson (Doxa Katokopias, Cyprus)

Defenders: Samuel Inkoom (Dnipro, Ukraine), Daniel Opare (Standard Liege, Belgium), David Addy (Vitoria Guimaraes, Portugal), Baba Abdul Rahman (Greuther Furth Germany), John Boye (Rennes, France), Jerry Akaminko (Eskisehirspor, Turkey), Rashid Sumaila (Mamelodi Sundowns, South Africa), Mohammed Awal (Maritzburg United, South Africa)

Midfielders: Michael Essien (Chelsea, England), Emmanuel Frimpong (Arsenal, England) Sulley Muntari (AC Milan, Italy), Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus, Italy), Emmanuel Agyemang Badu (Udinese, Italy), Kevin Prince Boateng (Schalke, Germany), Albert Adomah (Middlesbrough, England), Mubarak Wakaso (Rubin Kazan, Russia), Christian Atsu (Vitesse Arnhem, Holland), Andre Ayew (Marseille, France)

Strikers: Asamoah Gyan (Al Ain, UAE), Abdul Majeed Waris (Spartak Moscow, Russia), Jordan Ayew (Marseille, France), Mahatma Otoo (Sogndal, Norway).

 

 

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