Samuel Obeng Gyabaa says he is excited to be back in Ghana after a long while .

The Real Oviedo striker who moved to Catalonia at the tender age of 10 years and has not been back to his motherland until the call-up to play for the national U-23 side.

Born in Nsapor in the Brong-Ahafo Region, Obeng moved to Gurb, Barcelona, Catalonia at the age of ten and has been there ever since playing for lower tier sides in Spain.

“It’s very exciting to be called to the Black Meteors team because I left Ghana for a long time.

“I was about ten years when I left Ghana for Spain and I’m coming to Ghana for the first time so that makes me very excited,” he told footballmadeinghana.com.

Samuel also vowed to work hard and score a lot of goals for Ghana in the competition

“I’m a striker so for sure I will try to help score a couple of goals at the tournament.

“I urge Ghanaians to rally behind us because we have a very good team and I believe we will get far in the tournament”