AFCON 2021: Ghana forward Benjamin Tetteh among 20 African players from Turkish league to partake in continental showpiece

Ghana forward Benjamin Tetteh is among the 20 African players from the Turkish Super League set to partake in the upcoming 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

The much-anticipated tournament has been scheduled between January 9 and February 6, 2022.

Ghana is among the 24 country’s to battle for the covetous trophy in the Central Africa country next year.

The four-time African Champions is in search of a fifth AFCON title after last winning in 1982.

Tetteh, who ply his trade for Yeni Malatyaspor made Milovan Rajevac’s provisional 30-man list and will hope to make the final cut for the tournament.

He is part of the 20 players from the Super League that are set to represent their respective country’s at the continental showpiece.

They are expected to miss at least 3 matches in the second half of the Super League, which will start on January 7, 2021.

Below are the players and their teams:

Hatayspor – Munir (Fas) Ayoub El Kaabi (Fas) Adama Traore (Mali)

Galatasaray – Mostafa Mohamed (Mısır) Sofiane Feghouli (Cezayir)

Trabzonspor – Jean Kouassi (Fildişi Sahili) Djaniny (Yeşil Burun)

Basaksehir – Ponck (Yeşik Burun

Sivasspor – Max Gradel (Fildişi Sahili) Faycal Fajr (Fas)

Alanyaspor – Famara Diedhiou (Senegal) Chidozie Awaziem (Nigeria)

Yeni Malatyaspor – Oussama Haddadi (Tunisia) Benjamin Tetteh (Ghana)

Gaziantep FK – Steven Caulker (Sierra Leone)

Kayserispor – Mame Thiam (Senegal)

Altay – Andre Biyogo Poko (Gabon)

Adana Demirspor – Simon Deli (Fildişi Sahilleri)

Fatih Karagumruk – Ahmed Musa (Nigeria)

Giresunspor – Souleymane Doukara (Mauritania)