Coach Otto Addo has named a 33-man Ghana squad to prosecute games in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers and the Kirin Cup Soccer tournament in Japan this June.
Captain Andre Ayew returns after missing out on the World Cup playoffs last March due to suspension.
Joining Dede on the returns list are SV Darmstadt winger Braydon Manu, Jonathan Mensah, Benjamin Tetteh, Mubarak Wakaso and Kamaldeen Sulemana.
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Home-based stars Daniel Afriyie of Hearts of Oak and Bechem United playmaker Augustine Okrah join the senior national team for the first time.
Bristol City forward Antoine Semenyo, as well as France-based centre-back Alidu Seidu, complete the quartet of new faces in the squad.
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The Black Stars will host Madagascar at Cape Coast and then take on the Central African Republic in Luanda on June 1 and 5 respectively.
As part of preparations for the World Cup, the team will then head to Japan to feature in the four-nation Kirin Cup Soccer tournament. Ghana are to battle the hosts on June 10 and either Chile or Tunisia on the 14th.
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The 33-man Black Stars squad:
Goalkeepers (4):
Joseph Wollacott (Swindon Town), Abdul Manaf Nurudeen (KAS Eupen), Lawrence Ati-Zigi (St Gallen), Richard Ofori (Orlando Pirates)
Defenders (8):
Denis Odoi (FC Brugge), Alidu Seidu (Clermont Foot), Gideon Mensah (FC Bordeaux), Baba Abdul Rahman (FC Reading), Abdul Mumin (Vitoria Guimaraes), Daniel Amartey (Leicester City), Joseph Aidoo (Celta Vigo), Jonathan Mensah (Columbus Crew)
Midfielders (6):
Baba Iddrisu (RCD Mallorca), Edmund Addo (FC Sheriff), Mohammed Kudus (Ajax), Elisha Owusu (KAA Gent), Mubarak Wakaso (Shenzhen FC), Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (FC St. Pauli)
Wingers (8):
Augustine Okrah (Bechem United), Andre Ayew (Al Sadd SC), Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (Sporting CP), Osman Bukari (FC Nantes), Joseph Paintsil (KRC Genk), Yaw Yeboah (Columbus Crew), Christopher Antwi-Adjei (VFL Bochum), Kamaldeen Sulamana (Stade Rennais)
Strikers (7):
Daniel Ariyie Barnieh (Hearts of Oak), Antoine Semenyo (Bristol City), Felix Afena-Gyan (AS Roma), Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), Kwasi Okyere Wriedt (Holstein Kiel), Benjamin Tetteh (Yeni Malatyaspor), Braydon Manu (SV Darmstadt)
