Accra Hearts Of Oak defender Mohammed Alhassan has been named in a 32 man man provisional squad for next month’s Afcon 2021 qualifie against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa.
Black Stars head coach Charles Kwablan Akonnor on Friday named an all-home-base players to start preparations for next months soccer showdown.
The squad consists of both Premier League and Division One players who have been identified by the coach following their performances at their various clubs in the ongoing 2020/21 Ghana Premier League football season.
The Bissa man happened to be the only player from the camp of the Phobian to have passed the coach’s test.
He has been phenomenal for the twenty-times League Champions despite their struggle in the 2020/21 league campaign.
He has maintained consistency at the back of the Rainbow club, which has earned him with his second call up to the Senior National Team.
Alhassan, was first called into the Black Stars camp for the 2019 Afcon in Egypt but could not make it into Coach Kwesi Appiah’s final 22 man squad that later failed to go pass the Second Round.
The Black Stars, who are four-time Afcon champions, will face the Bafana Bafana of South Africa in the match-day five of 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers on March 22.
A win over the South African national team will hand CK Akonnor’s side a ticket to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations which will be staged in Cameroon.
The team will be joined later by other foreign based players for the two qualifiers, the coach explains.
The players selected are to report to the M Plaza Hotel in Accra on Monday, February 15, 2021.
Below is the 32-man squad list
Goalkeepers: Joseph Addo (Aduana Stars), Razak Abalora (Asante Kotoko), Bawa Lord Martey (Elmina Sharks), Eric Ofori Antwi (Medeama SC)
Central Defenders: Haruna Jamal Deen (Great Olympics), Yussif Mubarik (Asante Kotoko), Ganiyu Ismail (Asante Kotoko), Konadu Yiadom (WAFA), Mohammed Alhassan (Hearts of Oak)
Full Backs: Amoako Kwadwo (AshantiGold SC), Christopher Nettey (Asante Kotoko), Ibrahim Moro (Asante Kotoko), Dennis Korsah Akoumah (Ebusua Dwarfs)
Midfielders: Justice Blay (Medeama SC), Rashid Nortey (Medeama SC), Salifu Moro (Bechem United), Gladson Awako (Great Olympics), Michael Otou (Great Olympics), George Asamoah (Ebusua Dwarfs), Ben Acquah (Ebusua Dwarfs)
Attacking Midfielders: Yaw Annor (AshantiGold SC), Salifu Ibrahim (Techiman Eleven Wonders), Maxwell Abbey (Great Olympics), Augustine Boakye (WAFA), Michael Agbekornu (Dreams FC)
Strikers: Kwame Pepprah (King Faisal), Diawusie Taylor (Karela United FC), Kwame Opoku (Asante Kotoko), Joseph Esso (Dreams FC), Evans Etti (Accra Lions FC), Andy Kumi Francis (Unistar Academy), Welbeck Takyi (Tano Bofoakwa)