{"id":17558,"date":"2026-05-16T04:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T04:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrika\/17558\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T04:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T04:24:08","slug":"two-bundesliga-youngsters-included-in-cote-divoires-world-cup-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrika\/17558\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Bundesliga youngsters included in C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire&#8217;s World Cup squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire became the first team to announce their full <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/de\/wettbewerb\/fifa-world-cup-12\/spiele\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup<\/a> squad from Germany\u2019s group. As expected, Yan Diomand\u00e9 and <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/de\/spieler\/bazoumana-toure-515379\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bazoumana Tour\u00e9<\/a> are included in the 26-man squad by Emerse Fa\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>The 2023 African Cup of Nations winners are grouped with <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/de\/team\/germany-96\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Germany<\/a>, Ecuador and Cura\u00e7ao. Both youngsters were impressive in their first tournament until C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire were knocked out by Egypt in the quarter-final of this year&#8217;s AFCON.<\/p>\n<p>Diomand\u00e9 is one of the highly-rated prospects right now, while Hoffenheim&#8217;s Tour\u00e9 is also courted by Premier League teams. Defenders Odilon Kossounou (Bayer Leverkusen) and Evan Ndicka (Eintracht Frankfurt) have Bundesliga experience from the squad, while Elye Wahi is currently loaned by Frankfurt to Coupe de France finalists OGC Nice.<\/p>\n<p>C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire were eliminated from the group stage in all three of their previous <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/de\/wettbewerb\/fifa-world-cup-12\/spiele\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup<\/a> participations. In the middle of games against Ecuador and Cura\u00e7ao, they will face <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/de\/team\/germany-96\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Germany<\/a> in Toronto on June 20th.<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeepers: Yahia Fofana (\u00c7aykur Rizespor), Mohamed Kon\u00e9 (Royal Charleroi SC), Alban Lafont (Panathinaikos F.C.)<\/p>\n<p>Defenders: Emmanuel Agbadou (Be\u015fikta\u015f J.K.), Cl\u00e9ment Akpa (AJ Auxerre), Ousmane Diomand\u00e9 (Sporting CP), Gu\u00e9la Dou\u00e9 (RC Strasbourg), Ghislain Konan (Gil Vicente), Odilon Kossounou (Atalanta), Evan Ndicka (AS Roma), Wilfried Singo (Galatasaray S.K.)<\/p>\n<p>Midfielders: Seko Fofana (FC Porto), Parfait Guiagon (Sporting Charleroi), Christ Inao Oula\u00ef (Trabzonspor Kul\u00fcb\u00fc), Franck Kessi\u00e9 (Al-Ahli), Ibrahim Sangar\u00e9 (Nottingham Forest F.C.), Jean-Micka\u00ebl Seri (NK Maribor)<\/p>\n<p>Forwards: Simon Adingra (AS Monaco), Ange-Yoan Bonny (Inter Milan), Amad Diallo (Manchester United), Oumar Diakit\u00e9 (Cercle Brugge KSV), Yan Diomand\u00e9 (RB Leipzig), Evann Guessand (Crystal Palace), Nicolas P\u00e9p\u00e9 (Villarreal CF), Bazoumana Tour\u00e9 (TSG Hoffenheim), Elye Wahi (OGC Nice)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire became the first team to announce their full World Cup squad from Germany\u2019s group. 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