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April 2, 2014

2014 FIFA World Cup teams: Ghana (CAF), prominent players in 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifying (theoretical best XI for Ghana, with 6 other player-options listed).

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Ghana national team. AFC (Africa). Nickname: The Black Stars (Akan: Nsoroma Tuntum). Home jersey: white, with black, red, gold, and green trim.
-Ghana is in Group G (with Germany, Portugal, and the United States). ‘2014 FIFA World Cup/Group G‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification: 3rd qualification out of 14 tries [since 1962]. Ghana has now qualified for 3 straight World Cups (2006, 2010, 2014).
Previous WC Q: 2010, Quarterfinals / 2-2-1.
Highest WC finish: 2010.

Population of Ghana: 24.2 million {2010 estimate}. Capital and largest city: Accra, pop. 2.29 million. Largest metro area in Ghana: Kumasi, metro area pop. 3.56 million {2013 census}.
-Largest settlements in Ghana, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_Settlements_in_Ghana_(by_population)#Top_ten_largest_metropolitan_areas. On the map below all the Regions of Ghana which have players featured in the squad list are shown. Also shown are Ghana’s 4 largest metro areas, in order {2013 census figures}: Kumasi (metro pop. 3.5 million), Accra (metro pop. 2,2 million), Tamale (metro pop. 562 K), Sekondi-Takoradi (metro pop. 445 K).
-Ghana national team coach, James Kwesi ‘Akwasi’ Appiah. Kwesi Appiah.
-Ghana squad captain, FW Asamoah Gyan. Asamoah Gyan.

Below: Theoretical Best XI for Ghana (with 6 other player-options further below) -
[Note: players shown below reflect 2014 WC final roster selection, 'Ghana national football team/currnet squad' (en.wikipedia.org).]
ghana_2014-fifa-world-cup_squad_best-xi_alternate-options_j-k-appiah_z9_.gif
Photo and Image credits above -
Ghana 2014 home jersey, photo from worldsoccershop.com.
Ghana on globe map by Marcos Elias de Oliveira Júnior at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ghana_(orthographic_projection).svg.
Ghana map by Bemoeial2 / CIA at ‘commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ghana-map-blank.png‘.
Coach,
Akwasi Appiah, photo from graphic.com.gh.
Goalkeeper,
Adam Larsen Kwarasey (Strømsgodset), photo from ghanasoccernet.com.
Defenders,
Samuel Inkoom (Dnipro/Platanias [Greece]), photo from Samuel Inkoom’s Facebook page, facebook.com/inkoomsamuel.
Jonathan Mensah DF/RB (Evian TG), photo from football365.fr/france.
John Boye (Rennes), photo from ghanasoccernet.com.
Daniel Opare (Standard Liège), photo from the Daniel Opare twitter page, https://twitter.com/OPARE4.
Midfielders,
Christian Atsu (Vitesse), photo by VI Images at gettyimages.co.uk.
Michael Essien (Milan), photo by Press Association via dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/Follow-news-Sportsmails-live-rolling-service.
Sulley Muntari (Milan), photo by Claudio Villa/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Forwards/Wings,
Majeed Waris (Spartak Moscow/Valenciennes), photo by gettyimages.com.
Asamoah Gyan (Al-Ain [UAE]), photo from v1.sport360.com/football.
André Ayew (Marseille), photo by Clément Bucco-Lechat at commons.wikimedia.org.
Other player-options,
Rashid Sumaila (Mamelodi Sundowns), photo from kickoff.com/news/psl-match-report-mamelodi-sundowns-vs-moroka-swallows.
Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu MF/CM/DM (Udinse), photo from viasat1.com.gh.
Wakaso Mubarak LW/RW (Rubin Kazan), photo from ghanasoccernet.com.
Kwadwo Asamoah LW/AM (Juventus), photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Kevin-Prince Boateng CM/AM (Schalke), photo from ghanasoccernet.com/kevin-prince-boateng-makes-winning-debut-schalke.
Mohammed Rabiu CM (Kuban Krasnodar), photo from ghanasoccernet.com/2014-world-cup-ghana-midfielder-rabiu-mohammed-eyes-goals-grabbing-first-kuban-krasnodar.
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Thanks to the contributors at ‘2014 FIFA World Cup qualification‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
Thanks to the contributors at ‘Ghana national football team‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
Thanks to http://www.transfermarkt.com/en/, for player-position details.
Thanks to Soccerway.com, for recent squad line-ups, at int.soccerway.com/international/africa/wc-qualifying-africa.

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