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AFCON: Mo Salah to lead Egypt against Nigeria

Salah will lead Egypt, seven-time winners of the AFCON, when they face Nigeria’s Super Eagles in a group stage game on January 11.

• December 30, 2021
Super Eagles/Mo Salah
Super Eagles/Mo Salah

Egypt on Wednesday listed Mo Salah in their squad for the forthcoming African Nations Cup scheduled to hold in Cameroon in January 2022. 

Carlos Quieroz, Egypt coach, announced a 25-man squad on Wednesday for the AFCON campaign. 

Salah will lead Egypt, seven-time winners of the AFCON, when they face Nigeria’s Super Eagles in a group stage game on January 11. 

Egypt, Nigeria, Sudan and Guinea-Bissau are in Group D. 

Egypt AFCON squad

Goalkeepers 

Mohamed el-Shennawi (Al-Ahly/EGY), Mohamed Abu Gabal (Zamalek/EGY), Mohamed Sobhi (Pharco/EGY), Mohamed Gad (ENPPI/EGY) 

Defenders 

Akram Tawfik (Al-Ahly/EGY), Omar Kamal Abdel Wahed (Future/EGY), Ahmed Hegazy (Ittihad Jeddah/KSA), Mahmoud Hamdy El Wensh (Zamalek/EGY), Ayman Ashraf (Al-Ahly/EGY), Ahmed Abou El Fotouh (Zamalek/EGY), Mohamed Abd El Moneim (Future/EGY), Mahmoud Alaa (Zamalek/EGY) 

Midfielders 

Amr Al Suleya(Al-Ahly/EGY), Hamdi Fathi (Al-Ahly/EGY), Emam Ashour (Zamalek/EGY), Abdallah Said (Pyramids/EGY), Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal/ENG), Zizo (Zamalek/EGY), Mohanad Lasheen (El Gaish/EGY) 

Strikers 

Omar Marmoush (Stuttgart/GER), Mohamed Sherif (Al-Ahly/EGY), Mostafa Mohamed (Galatasaray/TUR), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool/ENG), Trezeguet (Aston Villa/ENG), Ramadan Sobhi (Pyramids/EGY)

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