Kaizer Chiefs defender Edmilson and Polokwane City midfielder Kambala have both been include in a preliminary squad of 46 players name by Mozambique for next month’s Africa Cup of Nations finals in the Ivory Coast.
The squad will be trimmed to 27 by January 3 with both likely to make the final cut, along with former Premier Soccer League Player of the Season Domingues (Elias Pelembe). Now 40-years-old, Dominguez left Royal AM last season to return to Mozambique where he played at UD Songo over the last six months.
The squad also includes former Ajax Cape Town winger Telinho and Tanzania-based Luis Miquissone, who Mamelodi Sundowns previously signed but never fielded.
There are 24 home-based players in the squad, who have already began preparations for the tournament. The Mambas have scheduled a series of training matches over the next fortnight, including against Eswatini as well as provincial teams inside Mozambique.
Coach Chiquinho Conde said he was concerned about keeping the players match fit as the Mozambican season finished at the end of November.
Mozambique play their first Group B game against Egypt in Abidjan on January 14. They are also up against the Cape Verde Islands and Ghana in their group.
SQUAD:
Goalkeepers: Ernan (UD Songo), Fazito (Ferroviário Nampula), Ivane (Associação Black Bulls), Kimiss (Maritimo, Portugal), Victor (Costa do Sol)
Defenders: Bonera (Al Hala, Bahrain), Chamboco (Associação Black Bulls), Chico (Costa do Sol), Edmilson (Kaizer Chiefs, South Africa), Foia (Ferroviário Beira), Infren (UD Songo), Bruno Langa (Chaves, Portugal), Domingos Macandza (Costa do Sol), David Malembana (Noah, Armenia), Martinho (Associação Black Bulls), Mexer (Bandirmaspor, Turkey), Nené (Associação Black Bulls), Jeremias Nhambire (Maritimo, Portugal), Reinildo (Atletico Madrid, Spain)
Midfielders: Alfons Amade (KV Oostende, Belgium), Amadou (Ferroviário Beira), Clésio Bauque (Honka, Finland), Geny Catamo (Sporting Lisbon, Portugal), Dario, Dominguez (both UD Songo), Ezequiel (Ferroviário Maputo), Guima (Chaves, Portugal), João (Ferroviário Beira), Kambala (Polokwane City, South Africa), Keyns (Chaves, Portugal), Gianluca Lorenzoni (Gudja United, Malta), Gildo Lourenco (Sporting Covilha, Portugal), Melque (Associação Black Bulls), Luis Miquissone (Simba, Tanzania), Jonathan Muiomo (Carl Zeiss Jena, Germany), Nelson (UD Songo), Shaquille (Ferroviário Maputo), Telinho (Ferroviário Nampula), Witi (Nacional, Portugal)
Forwards: Dayo (UD Songo), Estevão (Ferroviário Beira), Isac (Costa do Sol), Kamo-Kamo (Uniao Santarem, Portugal), Lau King (Sagrada Esperanca, Angola), Melvin (Ferroviário Beira), Stanley Ratifo (CFR Pforzheim, Germany).
Source: Supersport
