{"id":118493,"date":"2026-01-02T17:59:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/a-look-at-rwanda-based-players-featuring-at-afcon-2025"},"modified":"2026-01-02T18:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T18:14:15","slug":"a-look-at-rwanda-based-players-featuring-at-afcon-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/a-look-at-rwanda-based-players-featuring-at-afcon-2025","title":{"rendered":"A look at Rwanda-based players featuring at AFCON 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Although Rwanda did not qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco, fans can still follow several players from the Rwanda Premier League (RPL) who are featuring for other countries.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the RPL has 19 players participating in AFCON, representing Sudan and Uganda. These players come from Al Hilal, Al Merrikh, and APR FC.<\/p>\n<p>Al Hilal players at AFCON:<\/p>\n<p>Ali Aboeshren, Altayeb Abaker, Yasser Awad Boshara, Mustapha Kharshom, Mohamed Saeed Ahmed, Mohamed Abuaagla, Salahedin Adil, Walieldin Khidir, Abdelrazig Omer, Mohamed Abderahman, and Yasir Mozamil.<\/p>\n<p>Al Merrikh players at AFCON:<\/p>\n<p>Mohamed Abooja, Ahmed Tabanja, Awad Zaid, Musa Ali Hussain, Al-Gozoli Nooh, and Muhamed Tia Asad.<\/p>\n<p>APR FC players at AFCON:<\/p>\n<p>Striker Denis Omedi and midfielder Ronald Ssekiganda, both representing Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>The number of local league players at AFCON this year surpasses the 14 who played domestically when Rwanda qualified for the 2004 edition. Back then, Amavubi, coached by Serbian Ratomir Dujkovic\u0301, had APR FC players like Patrick Mbeu, Jean Paul Habyarimana, Abdul Sibomana, Fre\u0301de\u0301ric \u201cFred Ntare\u201d Rusanganwa, Jimmy Gatete, Olivier Karekezi, Elias Ntaganda, Eric Nshimiyimana, Nkunzingoma Ramadhan, and Jimmy Mulisa.<\/p>\n<p>Other players in 2004 included Le\u0301andre Bizagwira (Kiyovu Sports), Canisius Nshimiyimana (Mukura VS), and Jean Re\u0301my Bitana and Jean Claude Ndagijimana (Rayon Sports).<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Although Rwanda did not qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco, fans can still follow several players from the Rwanda Premier League (RPL) who are featuring for other countries. This year, the RPL has 19 players participating in AFCON, representing Sudan and Uganda. These players come from Al [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":118492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[6161,767,758,3314],"class_list":["post-118493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-afcon-2025","tag-morocco","tag-rwanda","tag-rwanda-premier-league"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A look at Rwanda-based players featuring at AFCON 2025 - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Although Rwanda did not qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco, fans can still follow several pla ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/a-look-at-rwanda-based-players-featuring-at-afcon-2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A look at Rwanda-based players featuring at AFCON 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Although Rwanda did not qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco, fans can still follow several pla ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/a-look-at-rwanda-based-players-featuring-at-afcon-2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-02T17:59:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-02T18:14:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2026\/01\/sm_1767364978.241393.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/a-look-at-rwanda-based-players-featuring-at-afcon-2025#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/a-look-at-rwanda-based-players-featuring-at-afcon-2025\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"A look at Rwanda-based players featuring at AFCON 2025\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-02T17:59:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-02T18:14:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/a-look-at-rwanda-based-players-featuring-at-afcon-2025\"},\"wordCount\":225,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/a-look-at-rwanda-based-players-featuring-at-afcon-2025#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2026\/01\/sm_1767364978.241393.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"AFCON 2025\",\"Morocco\",\"Rwanda\",\"Rwanda Premier League\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/a-look-at-rwanda-based-players-featuring-at-afcon-2025#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/a-look-at-rwanda-based-players-featuring-at-afcon-2025\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/a-look-at-rwanda-based-players-featuring-at-afcon-2025\",\"name\":\"A look at Rwanda-based players featuring at AFCON 2025 - 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