{"id":79612,"date":"2025-03-12T18:16:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T18:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/angolan-coach-summons-27-players-for-world-cup-qualifying"},"modified":"2025-04-06T07:28:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T07:28:52","slug":"angolan-coach-summons-27-players-for-world-cup-qualifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/angolan-coach-summons-27-players-for-world-cup-qualifying","title":{"rendered":"Angolan Coach Summons 27 Players for World Cup Qualifying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span><b>The head coach of Angola&#8217;s senior men&#8217;s national football team, Pedro Gonc\u0327alves, called up 27 players for the double qualifying round for the 2026 World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the USA on Tuesday in Luanda.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The following players were summoned by the coach:<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeepers: Neblu (1o de Agosto), Dominique (Etoile Carouge-Switzerland) and Nsesani (Sagrada Esperanc\u0327a)<\/p>\n<p>Defenders: Kinito, Hossi (Petro de Luanda), To\u0301 Carneiro (FAR Rabat-Morocco), Bastos Quissanga (Botafogo-Brazil), David Carmo (Olympiacos-Greece), Clinton Mata (Lyon-France), Pedro Bondo (FC Famalica\u0303o-Portugal), Kialonda Gaspar (Lecce-Italy) and Sandro Cruz (Gil Vicente)<\/p>\n<p>Midfielders: Fredy (Bodrumspor-Turkey), Beni Mukendi (Vito\u0301ria Guimara\u0303es-Portugal), Maestro (Adana Demirspor-Turkey), Domingos Andrade (FC Porto-Portugal) and Manuel Keliano (Estrela da Amadora-Portugal)<\/p>\n<p>Forwards: Afimico Pululu (Jagiellonia-Bialystok), Andre\u0301 Vidigal (Stoke City-England), Gilberto \u2018Gibele\u0301\u2019 (Petro de Luanda), Mbala Nzola (Lens-France), Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari-Italy), Mabululu (Al Ahly Tripoli-Libya), Chico Banza (Estrela da Amadora-Portugal), Milson (Estrela Vermelha-Serbia), Zine Salvador (Levadiakos-Serbia), Manuel Benson (Burnley-England) and Gelson Dala (Al Wakrah SC-Qatar).<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Angola<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. The head coach of Angola&#8217;s senior men&#8217;s national football team, Pedro Gonc\u0327alves, called up 27 players for the double qualifying round for the 2026 World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the USA on Tuesday in Luanda. 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