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 CHAN training squad announced

 CHAN training squad announced

Hesron Kapanga

The national team coaches for the upcoming TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (Chan) qualifiers on Sunday announced a 36-man squad set to report for a training camp at the Namibia Football Association (NFA).

The called-up players for the uniquely-reserved competition for players plying their trade in their local leagues started with training sessions at the NFA Technical Centre yesterday afternoon.

Namibia is scheduled to take on Lesotho in the first round of qualifiers, scheduled between 25 and 27 October, as well as 1 and 3 November 2024. 

The second and final round of qualifiers is set for 20 to 22 December, and 27 to 29 December 2024.

The winner between Namibia and Lesotho will face Angola in the second round of qualifiers. 

The winners of that round will book themselves a slot in the final competition that will be staged in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania from 1 to 28 February 2025.

The eighth edition of the tournament will for the first time in the history of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) be jointly hosted by three nations, with 16 other African teams joining them in competing for silverware.

The selected squad is as follows

Goalkeepers: Kamaijanda Ndisiro (African Stars), John Muronga (Eeshoke Chula Chula), Donald Boois (Ongos) and Tomwell Damaseb (Mighty Gunners).

Defenders: Charles Hambira (African Stars), Ngero Katua (African Stars), Tuli Nashixwa (Tigers), Tusha Ikeinge (Khomas Nampol), Sergio Damaseb (Mighty Gunners), Gerson Paulus (Julinho Athletic Football Club), David Aingwafa (Eeshoke Chula Chula), Petrus Kamati (Namibia Correctional Service (NCS), Kennedy Eib (Eeshoke Chula Chula) and Dominikus Narib (Okahandja United).

Midfielders: Lawrence Doeseb (Eeshoke Chula Chula), Godwin Eiseb (African Stars), Mbakondja Tjihikika (African Stars), Ole Somseb (Tigers), Dwayne Kinda (Tigers), Wangu Gome (Ongos), Simon Elago (Ongos), Sem Ndahangwapo (Blue Waters), Pollen Rooi (Young Brazilians), Quinton van Staden (Young Brazilians), Paulus Amutenya (University of Namibia) Festus Petrus (Eeshoke Chula Chula), Motjari Kazondunge (Quiver) and Nathanael Nakare (Julinho Athletic Football Club).

Forwards: Willy Stephanus (African Stars), Paulus Aluhodi (African Stars), Nani Fares Haidula (Eeshoke Chula Chula), Garland Kaengurova (Okahandja United), Nashiku Muyeka (Airborne FC); Marcelino George (Eeshoke Chula Chula), Barnand Horaseb (Mighty Gunners) and Jackson Nangolo (Eeshoke Chula Chula). – Nampa