{"id":95035,"date":"2025-12-09T17:18:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T17:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/afcon-2025-angola-squad-trains-in-portugal"},"modified":"2025-12-09T18:26:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:26:00","slug":"afcon-2025-angola-squad-trains-in-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/afcon-2025-angola-squad-trains-in-portugal","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2025 \u2013 Angola Squad Trains in Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Angola. <\/strong><\/span>The National Football Team travelled on Sunday (07) night to Algarve, (Portugal) for a training program as part of the African Cup of Nation, taking place from the current Dec 21st until Jan 18th of 2026, in the Kingdom of Morocco.<\/b><\/p>\n

The national team departed from the 4 de Fevereiro International Airport, in Luanda, with a reduced group, including players who play in the National Championship of the first division (Girabola), namely goalkeepers Neblu\u0301 (1o de Agosto), Hugo Marques, and right-back Eddie Afonso (both from Petro de Luanda).<\/p>\n

The players called up who play professionally abroad will begin to join the Angolan delegation from Monday (8).<\/p>\n

In Portugal, the Angolans will complete a 10-day training program, with confirmed matches against the national teams of Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n

The team heads to the competition venue on the 18th, in a tournament where they are in Group B and will debut against South Africa (on the 22nd), at the Marrakech stadium, at 6 pm.<\/p>\n

In the 2nd round, they will face Zimbabwe at 1:30 pm on the 26th, again at the Marrakech stadium, and will close the group stage against Egypt (29th), at the Adrar stadium, in Agadir, at 5 pm.<\/p>\n

Angola is participating for the 10th time in the AFCON competettion, after the Editions in South Africa (1996 and 2013), Burkina Faso (1998), Egypt (2006 and 2019), Ghana (2008), 2010 (as host), Gabon and Equatorial Guinea (2012) and Co\u0302te d’Ivoire (2023-24).<\/p>\n

Patrice Beaumelle’s call up list:<\/p>\n

Goalkeepers: Neblu\u0301 (1o de Agosto), Hugo Marques (Petro de Luanda) and Dominique (Etoile Carouge, Switzerland)<\/p>\n

Defenders: Eddie Afonso (Petro de Luanda), Clinton da Mata (Lyon, France), Nu\u0301rio Fortuna (Volos FC, Greece), To\u0301 Carneiro (AS FAR, Morocco), Jonathan Buatu (Gil Vicente, Portugal), Kialonda Gaspar (Lecce, Italy), David Carmo (Real Oviedo, Spain), Rui Modesto (Udinese, Italy) and Pedro Bondo (Famalica\u0303o, Portugal)<\/p>\n

Midfielders: Fredy (Bodrumspor, Turkey), Maestro (Alanyaspor, Turkey), Show (Kocaelispor, Turkey), Manuel Keliano (A. Grozny, Turkey), Ma\u0301rio Balbu\u0301rdia (Boluspor, Turkey) and Beni Mukendi (Vito\u0301ria SC, Portugal)<\/p>\n

Forwards: Mabululu (Al-Ahly Tripoli, Libya), Milson (Crvena Zvezda, Serbia), Chico Banza (Zamalek, Egypt), Gelson Dala (Al-Wakrah, Qatar), Manuel Benson (Swansea City, Wales), Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari, Italy), Ary Papel (Al Akhdar, Libya), Randy Nteka (Rayo Vallecano, Spain), and Zine (AEK Athens, Greece).<\/p>\n

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