Ghana coach Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo has named seven foreign-based players among a pool of 33 to begin preparations for the 2018 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.
There is a first-time call-up for US-based Oklahama Baptist University striker Markella Suka while tough-tackling defender Linda Eshun has been recalled after being excluded from the team’s recent assignments.
Goalkeeper Barikisu Issahaku has also been drafted into the senior national team after missing out on the final squad for Ghana’s campaign at the Under-20 Women’s World Cup.
The Black Queens will begin using the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence in Prampram as their camping base from Thursday, August 2.
Ghana is hosting the Women’s Afcon scheduled for November 17 to December 1, 2018.
Invited Players
Goalkeepers:
Patricia Mantey (Immigration Ladies), Nana Ama Asantewaa (Police Ladies), Fafali Dumahisi (Police Ladies), Barikisu Issahaku (Northern Ladies)
Defenders:
Ellen Coleman (Lady Strikers), Priscilla Lartey (Valued Girls), Gladys Amfobea (Ladystrikers), Edem Atorvor (Ladystrikers), Linda Addae (Soccer Intellectuals), Janet Egyiri (Aftuklding FC, Iceland), Linda Eshun (Grindavik FC, Iceland), Faustina Ampah (FC Minsk, Belarus), Rosemary Ampem (Immigration Ladies)
Midfielders:
Perpetual Agyekum (Hasaacas Ladies), Rita Okyere (Prisons Ladies) Ellen Ampong (Sea Lions), Juliet Acheampong (Prisons Ladies), Mary Essiful (Soccer Intellectuals), Leticia Zikpi (Immigration Ladies), Mavis Owusu (Ampem Darkoa), Diana Wiegbe (Halifax Ladies), Alberta Asante (Police Ladies), Ernestina Tetteh (Halifax Ladies) Elizabeth Addo (Reign FC, USA), Priscilla Okyere (ZFK Spartak Subotica, Serbia)
Forwards:
Alice Kusi (Ashtown Ladies), Lily Niber-Lawrence (Hasaacas Ladies), Ruth Appiah (Lady Strikers), Gifty Appiah (Immigration Ladies) Stephanie Appiah (Samaria Ladies), Portia Boakye (Djurgardens HF, Sweden) Markella Suka (Oklahama Baptist University, USA)
