Coach Paul Put Names Burkina Faso Afcon Squad

Burkina Faso coach Paul Put has unveiled a 23 - man final list for the African Cup of Nations which begins next weekend in South Africa.

The squad comprises of three goalkeepers, five defenders, eleven midfielders and four strikers. All the players selected for the tournament play professionally outside Burkina Faso.

The Stallions are in the same group with traditional Africa powerhouse Nigeria, defending champions Zambia and Ethiopia.

Nigeria faces Burkina Faso in her first game on January 21 in Nelspruit, capital of the Mpumalanga province.

Burkina Faso 23 - man Squad
Goalkeepers:Abdoulaye Soulama (Asante Kokoko/Ghana), Germain Sanou (St Etienne/France), Daouda Diakité (Lierse/Belgium)

Defenders: Mohammed Koffi (Petrojet/Egypt), Henry Traoré (Ashanti Kotoko/Ghana), Bakary Koné (Lyon/France), Mady Panandétiguiri (R. Antwerp/Belgium), Paul Koulibaly (Dynamo Buccarest/Romania)

Midfielders: Wilfried Balima (FC Sheriff Tiraspol/Moldavia), Florent Rouamba (FC Sheriff Tirasplo/Moldavia), Issouf Ouattara (Chernomorets Burgas/Bulgaria), Préjuce Nakoulma (Gornik Zabrze/Poland), Wilfried Sanou (Kyoto Sanga/Japan), Abdoul Razack Traoré (Lechia Gdansk/Poland), Ali Rabo (Al Shorta/Egypt), Charles Kaboré (Marseille/France), Djakaridja Koné (Evian Thonon-Gaillard/France), Jonathan Pitroïpa (Rennes/France), Alain Traoré (Lorient/France)

Strikers: Aristide Bancé (Augsburg/Germany), Moumouni Dagano (Lekwiya/Qatar), Pierre Koulibaly (Al Dhaid Sharja/Emirates), Wilfried Hughes Dah (Al Dhaid Sharja/Emirates)

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