Africa-Press – Gambia. MAURITANIA on Thursday called up 16-year-old midfielder Beyatt Lekweiry to the provisional squad for the Africa Cup of Nations to be held in Cameroon next month.
Lekweiry plies his trade for for Dakar-based AS Douanes in Senegal, and was the surprise inclusion in the squad. The teenager has grown accustomed to skipping stages, having been selected for the Mauritania Under-20 national team at the age of 15, when he played in the Under-20 Arab Cup in Saudi Arabia in 2020.
However, his progress was hampered by a serious injury that did not allow him to take part in the Under-20 Afcon that took place in Mauritania in February earlier this year. The provisional squad will be reduced to 28 players on December 28.
Meanwhile, Mauritania coach Didier Gomes da Rosa gave a debut call to three more players. They are Pape Ibnou Ba, French Le Havre forward, Souleymane Doukara (Giresunspor Kulubu, Turkey) and defender Souleymane Karamako (Nancy, France).
Apart from the new faces, the French coach, who led the Mauritania during the Arab World Cup, recalled the regulars of captain Abdoul Ba and Adama Ba.
Mauritania have been drawn in Afcon Group F with Mali, Gambia and Tunisia. Provisional Squad: Goalkeepers: Babacar Diop (FC Nouadhibou), Mbacké Ndiaye (Nouakchott Kings), Mohamed El Moktar (AS Douanes)
Defenders: Bakary Ndiaye (AS Rhodes, Greece), Abdoul Ba (Al Ahli, Libya), Diadié Diarra (Goal FC, France), El Hassen Houbeibib (Al Zawaraa, Iraq), Harouna Abou Demba (Unattached), Souleymane Karamoko (Nancy, France), Aly Abeid (Valenciennes, France), Houssen Abderahmane (Royal Francs Borains, Belgium), Abdoulkader Thiam (US Boulogne, France)
Midfielders: Mohamed Dellah Yaly (Unattached), Guessouma Fofana (Cluj, Romania), Ibréhima Coulibaly (Le Mans, France), Yacoub Sidi (AS Vita, DR Congo), Khassa Camara (NorthEast United FC, India), Almike Moussa Ndiaye (Goal FC, France), Mohsen Bodda (FC Nouadhibou), Mahmoud Abdallahi (NK Istra, Croatia), Mohamed Soueid (FC Nouadhibou), Beyatt Lekweiry (AS Douanes)
Forwards: Aboubakar Kamara (Aris Thessaloniki, Greece), Hemeya Tanjy (FC Nouadhibou), Oumar Camara (Beroe Stara Zagora, Bulgaria), Adama Ba (RS Berkane, Morocco), Souleymane Doukara (Giresunspor Kulubu, Turkey), Idrissa Thiam (ASAC Concorde), Souleymane Anne (Royal Excelsior Virton, Belgium), Pape Ibnou Ba (Le Havre, France) – African News Agency
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