FACTBOX-Soccer-Profile on Mauritania team for 2021 Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations record Previous appearances in finals: (1) 2019 Best performance: Group phase Drawn in Group F with Gambia, Mali and Tunisia - - - Coach: Didier Gomes Da Rosa The French-born coach was drafted in by Mauritania in November after the surprise sacking of long-time incumbent Corentin Martins Gomes Da Rosa coached amateur sides in France before spending the last nine years in Africa where he has taken charge of clubs in Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Guinea, Rwanda, Sudan and Tanzania.


Reuters | Updated: 06-01-2022 06:40 IST | Created: 06-01-2022 06:40 IST
FACTBOX-Soccer-Profile on Mauritania team for 2021 Africa Cup of Nations

Factbox on Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers Mauritania. Africa Cup of Nations record

Previous appearances in finals: (1) 2019 Best performance: Group phase

Drawn in Group F with Gambia, Mali and Tunisia - - -

Coach: Didier Gomes Da Rosa The French-born coach was drafted in by Mauritania in November after the surprise sacking of long-time incumbent Corentin Martins

Gomes Da Rosa coached amateur sides in France before spending the last nine years in Africa where he has taken charge of clubs in Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Guinea, Rwanda, Sudan and Tanzania. It is the 52-year-old's first national team appointment. - - -

Key player: Khassa Camara Age: 29 Midfielder The defensive midfielder was one of the first players from France with Mauritanian heritage to commit to the national team and help build their talent base.

He debuted in 2013 when he was still at Troyes but now plays his club football in India. He was the only player in Mauritania's squad at the last Cup of Nations finals who played for a team in the top flight of a European league.

- - - FIFA world ranking Dec 2021: 103

How they qualified: Second placed team in Group E, behind Morocco but ahead of Burundi and the Central African Republic. Squad:

Goalkeepers: Babacar Diop (Police), Mohamed El Mokhtar (AS Douanes), Mbacke Ndiaye (Nouakchott Kings) Defenders: Houssen Abderahmane (Francs Borains), Aly Abeid (Valenciennes), Harouna Abou Demba (unattached), Abdoul Ba (Al Ahli Tripoli), Diadie Diarra (Grand Ouest Lyonnais), El Hassen Houbeibib (Al Zawraa), Souleymane Karamoko (Nancy), Abdoulkader Thiam (US Boulogne)

Midfielders: Mohsen Bodda (FC Nouadhibou), Khassa Camara (NorthEast United), Ibréhima Coulibaly (Le Mans), Mohamed Dellahi Yaly (unattached), Guessouma Fofana (CFR Cluj), Beyatt Lekweiry (AS Douanes), Abdallahi Mahmoud (Istra 1961), Almike Ndiaye (Grand Ouest Lyonnais), Yacoub Sidi (Vita Club), Mohamed Soueid (FC Nouadhibou) Forwards: Adama Ba (unattached), Pape Ibnou Ba (Le Havre) Oumar Camara (Beroe Stara Zagora), Souleymane Doukara (Giresunspor), Aboubakar Kamara (Aris Salonika), Hemeya Tanjy (FC Nouadhibou), Idrissa Thiam (ASAC Concorde). (Compiled by Mark Gleeson; Editing by Peter Rutherford)

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