Cameroon, host of the Africa Cup, announced on Wednesday his list of summoned for the tournament, which includes former Barcelona player André Onana. This list includes seven of the players who won the 2017 Africa Cup with Cameroon. This edition begins on January 9 and ends on February 6.
The Cameroonian team, coached by Toni Conceiçao, debuts in the tournament on January 9 against Burkina Faso in Yaoundé. His other rivals in group A are Ethiopia and Cape Verde.
Defenders Collins Fai, Michael Ngadeu Ngadjui and Ambroise Onyango, winger Clinton Njie and forwards Vincent Aboubakar, Christian Bassogog and Karl Toko Ekambi are, from the current list, those who were proclaimed African champions in 2017. The last of the five African Cups won by Cameroon.
Njie is back, excluded from the six qualifying matches for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Onana and Choupo Moting were called up for 2017 but in the end decided to remain in their clubs. Angers winger Enzo Ebosse has now been called up for the first time, opting to play for Cameroon after having played for France in the youth ranks.
The Cameroon list:
Goalkeepers: Jean Efala (Akwa United), Devis Epassy (OFI Creta), Simon Omossola (Vita Club), André Onana (Ajax)
Defenses: Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes), Enzo Ebosse (Angers), Collins Fai (Standard Lieja), Olivier Mbaizo (Philadelphia Union), Michael Ngadeu Ngadjui (Gante), Harold Moukoudi (Saint-Étienne), Jerome Onguene (Salzburgo), Ambroise Oyongo (Montpellier), Nouhou Tolo (Seattle Sounders)
Midfielders: Samuel Gouet Oum (KV Malinas), Martin Hongla (Verona), Pierre Kunde Malong (Olympiacos), James Lea Siliki (Middlesbrough), Jean Onana (Burdeos), Yvan Neyou (Saint-Étienne), Andre Zambo Anguissa (Nápoles)
Forwards: Vincent Aboubakar (Al Nasr), Stephane Bahoken (Angers), Christian Bassogog (Shanghai Shenhua), Eric Maxim Choupo Moting (Bayern), Ignatius Ganago (Racing Lens), Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu (Young Boys), Clinton Njie (Dinamo Moscú), Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon)