Liberia coach Ansu Keita has summoned 16 foreign-based players for this monthโs 2023 AFCON Group K qualifier doubleheader against Bafana Bafana.
The Lone Stars will be away in the first leg on March 24 in Johannesburg and will later host South Africa in Monrovia on March 28.
Eight out of the eleven call-ups from last June’s 2-0 home loss to Morocco under ex-coach Peter Butler have made the cut for the Englishmanโs replacement.
Former Liberian Under-17 coach Keita is the new man in charge. He took over from Butler in late January after the latterโs contract was not renewed.
Seven of Keitaโs overseas call-ups started against Morocco including defenders Prince Balde of Al Diwanyah in Iraq, Slovenian-based Mark Pabai plus the Czech-based duo of Samson Dweh and Oscar Dorley.
In addition, midfielder and captain Brem Soumaoro of Canadian side York City FC has made the team.
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Keita has also handed a debut call-up to 20-year-old midfielder Nohan Kenneth of Scottish Premiership club Ross Country who is currently on loan at Hibernian.
Kenneth was born in Liberia and moved to the United Kingdom with his parents when he was six years old.
Missing is the Malaysian-base trio of Kpah Sherman, Marcus Macaulay and Abu Kamara.
Meanwhile, Keita has spent his first month on the job holding weekly training camps over the last three weeks with 25 home-based players in Monrovia.
Liberian media reports say that seven local players will make the trip to South Africa.
Liberia is will fly out from Monrovia on March 19 for the first leg match to be played at Orlando Stadium.
The Samuel K. Doe Stadium will host the final leg of the tie.
Liberia and Bafana will be playing for their first points in Group K following their respective defeats to Morocco who lead the pool on maximum 6 points.
Morocco is on bye in the three-team Group K where the fourth side Zimbabwe is still serving a FIFA ban due to government interface in ZIFA’s affairs.
But the Atlas Lions have a busy March schedule with two friendlies against Brazil at home in Tangier on March 25 and Peru away in Madrid, Spain on March 28.
LIBERIA SQUAD
DEFENDERS: ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ (๐๐น ๐๐ต๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ต๐ฎz๐ถ, ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐ฎ), ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฑ (๐๐น ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ต, ๐๐ฟa๐พ). ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฒ๐ต (๐ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ธ๐ผ๐ , ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ.). ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ถ (๐ง๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ, ๐ฆ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ), ๐ข๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐ (๐ฆ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ฒ ,๐๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ)
MIDFIELDERS: ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ผ ( ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ), ๐ ๐ผ๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ (๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ). J๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ธ๐ผ๐ฟ (๐จ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ), N๐ผ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ต. (R๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ ,๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐นa๐ป๐ฑ), ๐๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป ๐ก๐ท๐ถ๐ฒ (๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ). ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ผ๐ป (๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป). ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐น (๐ฆ๐๐บ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐, ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ท๐ฎ๐ป), T๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ถ๐d๐ฒ๐น๐น (๐ง๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ด๐p๐ ,๐๐ด๐๐ฝ๐)
FORWARDS: ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐๐ผ๐ป (๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐), ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ (๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐๐ , ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ), ๐ ๐ผ๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ (๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฎ, ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น).
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