Black Stars coach C.K Akonnor on Friday evening named his 23 man squad to face Mali in an International friendly game in Turkey.

The coach handed debuts to five players amely  France based Alexander Djiku who plays for Strasbourg, Yakubu Mohammed of Azam FC in Tanzania, Benson Anang of MSK Zilina in Slovakia, Emmanuel Lomotey of Amiens in France and youngster Kamal Deen who plays for Danish side Nordsjaelland

According to C.K Akonnor, he handed a call up to former Aduana Stars full back Mohammed Yakubu who now plays for Tanzanian side Azam due to his versatility.

"He is a new guy, known in this country very well through the ranks of Aduana Stars and now with Azam FC where he is captain of the team. His situation is exceptional because he can play a lot of different positions, holding midfielder and right back but his main position is centre-back." he told GFA Communication team in an interview.

"We want to have a chance to look at him in different areas of the game. Have been monitoring him for over a month because they just started and the first match, he didn’t play but now he is been on top of his game." he added.