Ghana have announced their final 26-man group that will to travel to Qatar for the World Cup this week ahead of Group H meetings with Portugal, Uruguay and South Korea. Notably, head coach Otto Addo included 28-year-old Athletic Club striker Iñaki Williams in his squad for the tournament after the player switched allegiances from Spain.
Iñaki’s brother, Nico, was, meanwhile, included in Spain’s party for the tournament, a situation reminiscent of Jérôme Boateng and his brother Kevin-Prince playing for separate nations at previous tournaments, with Germany and Ghana respectively.
So far, Iñaki has had just one cap for Ghana against Brazil in September after being included on Spain’s standby list for EURO 2016 and playing in a friendly for La Roja against Bosnia in May of that year. Here’s the squad in full:
Goalkeepers:
Lawrence Ati-Zigi (St. Gallen)
Ibrahim Danlad (Asante Kotoko)
Abdul Manaf Nurudeen (Eupen)
Defenders:
Joseph Aidoo (Celta Vigo)
Daniel Amartey (Leicester)
Abdul-Rahman Baba (Reading)
Alexander Djiku (Strasbourg)
Tariq Lamptey (Brighton)
Gideon Mensah (Bordeaux)
Denis Odoi (Brugge)
Mohammed Salisu (Southampton)
Alidu Seidu (Clermont)
Midfielders:
Elisha Owusu (Gent)
Thomas Partey (Arsenal)
Salis Abdul Samed (Lens)
André Ayew (Al Saad)
Daniel Afriyie Barnieh (Hearts of Oak)
Mohammed Kudus (Ajax)
Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (St. Pauli)
Forwards:
Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace)
Osman Bukari (Red Star Belgrade)
Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (Sporting)
Antoine Semenyo (Bristol City)
Kamal Sowah (Brugge)
Kamaldeen Sulemana (Rennes)
Iñaki Williams (Athletic Club)
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