Black Starlets coach Karim Zito names 20-man squad for U-17 AFCON zonal qualifiers

Black Starlets coach Karim Zito has named a 20-man squad for the upcoming U-17 seven-nation zonal qualifying competition in Niger.

The tournament which is set to commence from September 2 to 15, 2018, will see the winner book their ticket to represent WAFU Zone B at next year’s AFCON in Tanzania.

The Black Starlets have been pitted in Group A alongside neighbours Togo and hosts Niger.

The former Dreams FC trainer is having to do without three key players – Emmanuel Bio (Cheetah FC), Adams Saad (Still Believe FC) and Godwin Bentil (Attram De Visser Soccer Academy) – after independent MRI tests proved they were older than the required age limit.

The team will depart from Accra to Niamey on Thursday afternoon.

Full squad:

David Cudjoe, Emmanuel Essiam, Uzah Alhassan, Mohammed Omar, Nathaniel Adjei, Joseph Addo Tetteh, Samson Agyapong, Simon Asamoah Appiah, Tophic Shaibu, Shaibu Yussif Salim, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, Hadi Yahaya, Samed Abdul Karim Mohammed, Ransford Cofie, Abdul Rashid Fuseini, Clinton Quaye, Abdul Samed, Eugene Agyapong Frimpong, Agyenim Boateng, Ebenezer Adade

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