AFCON Qualifiers: Guinea Bissau name crack squad for S/Eagles
Guinea-Bissau head coach, Baciro Cande has unveiled a solid 25-man squad for the Djurtus 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double-header against the Super Eagles of Nigeria.
Cande unveiled the squad during an interaction with the local media on Friday. Interestingly no player from the country’s domestic league was included in the squad by Conde. It will thus be a battle of all foreign based players on both side considering the Eagles equally parade foreign based legion.
Mamadi Camara, who plays for Sky Bet Championship club, Reading and CD Feirense of Portugal forward, Esmiraldo Sa Silva are some of the big stars named in the squad by Cande.
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Guinea-Bissau will open camp for the qualifiers on Sunday, March 19 and travel to Abuja two days later for the first leg encounter billed for March 24 at the MKO Abiola Stadium Abuja.
The reverse fixture will take place three days later at the 24 de Setembro National Stadium.
The Super Eagles top the group with six points from two games, while the Djurtus occupy second spot with four points same four number of matches.
FuLL LIST
GOALKEEPERS
JONAS MENDES [KALAMATA, GREECE]
MANUEL M. BALDE [ VIZELA, PORTUGAL]
FERNANDO EMBADJE [ ALCANENENSE, PORTUGAL]
DEFENDERS
FALI CANDÉ [MET, FRANCE]
OPA BLOOD [ CHATEAUROUX, FRANCE]
MANCONI S. MANÉ [MORERIENSE, PORTUGAL]
TITO JUNIOR [VARZIM, PORTUGAL]
PROSPER MENDY [KAISAR, KAZAKHSTAN]
JEFERSON ENCADA [PHARCOS, EGYPT]
EULANIO CHIPELA GOMES [SANTA CLARA, PORTUGAL]
PEDRO JUSTIANO GOMES [ RADOMIAK, POLAND]
MIDFILEDERS
ALFA SEMEDO [AL-TAEE, SAUDI ARABIA]
MAURO TEIXEIRA [YVERDON, SWITZERLAND]
MAMADI CAMARÁ [READING, ENGLAND]
MARRETO GASSAMA , OMONIA, CYPRUS]
JUDILSON M. T. GOMES [ FAMALICÃO, PORTUGAL]
JORGE B. C. NOGUEIRA [MES KERMAN, IRAN]
EUCIDÁLCIO GOMES [APOEL, CYPRUS]
FORWARDS
DJASSI PICKET [AL-SHOALAH, SAUDI ARABIA]
MAMA SAMBA BUCKET [ TROYES, FRANCE]
JOÃO MÁRIO [ SPARTAK VARNA, BULGARIA]
JORGE F. INTIMA [LUDOGORETS, BULGARIA]
ZINHO GANO [WARAGEM, BELGIUM]
TONI CORREIA GOMES [ZIRA FK, AZERBAIJÃO]
ESMIRALDO SÁ SILVA [ FEIRENSE, PORTUGAL]