AS Roma youngster Felix Afena-Gyan finally broke his Ghana duck as he scored his first goal for Ghana in the 3-0 win over Madagascar in the opening game of the 2023 African Cup of Nations qualifier at the Cape Coast Stadium.

The 19 year old striker made his debut for Ghana in March this year at the Baba Yara Stadium in the 2022 FIFA World Cup play off first leg.

Ghana finally got the opener in the 54th  minute after some good work from  Dennis Odoi on the right flank with a great run before squaring to Afena-Gyan but Andre Ayew missed the ball as he tried a back flick but Kudus Mohammed was waiting as he struck into the roof of the  net.

Ghana made it 2-0 from  the resulting corner kick in the 56th minute as a short corner routine was flicked home by Felix  Afena-Gyan for his first Ghana goal since making his debut in March against Nigeria in the 2022 FIFA World Cup play offs.

The 19 year old striker came to prominence in November last year when he scored a brace for AS Roma from the bench in their win against Genoa in the Italian Serie A.

Since then he has been in and out of the Roma first team with most of his appearances coming from the bench.

He joined AS Roma last year and in October was promoted to  the first team after scoring for fun for the Primavera side.

Since his brace he has failed to start any match but mostly comes on from the bench.

Afena-Gyan made his Black Stars debut in the 2022 FIFA World Cup play offs against Nigeria  at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.