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Africa Cup 2022 - National Football Team - Mauritania - Squad

 MAURITANIA
 Group F

Appearance: Second
Best finish: Group stage (2019)
Coach: Didier Gomes da Rosa
Captain: Abdoul Ba
Fifa ranking: 103
Nickname: Mourabitounes


MAURITANIA
• Squad


Goalkeepers

Babacar Diop 
(FC Nouadhibou, Mauritania) 

Mbacke Ndiaye 
(Nouakchott Kings, Mauritania) 

Mohamed El Mokhtar 
(AS Douanes, Mauritania)


Defenders

Abdoul Ba 
(Al Ahli, Libya) 

Diadie Diarra 
(Goal FC, France) 

El Hassen Houbeibib 
(Al Zawaraa, Iraq)

Harouna Abou Demba 
(Unattached)

Souleymane Karamoko 
(Nancy, France)

Aly Abeid 
(Valenciennes, France)

Houssen Abderrahmane 
(Royal Francs Borains, Belgium) 

Abdoulkader Thiam 
(US Boulogne, France)


Midfielders

Mohamed Dellah Yali 
(Unattached)

Guessouma Fofana 
(Cluj, Romania)

Ibrehima Coulibaly 
(Le Mans, France) 

Khassa Camara 
(NorthEast United FC, India) 

Almike Moussa Ndiaye 
(Goal FC, France) 

Yacoub Sidi Ethmane 
(AS Vita, DR Congo) 

Mohsen Bodda 
(FC Nouadhibou, Mauritania) 

Abdallahi Mahmoud 
(NK Istra, Croatia)

Mohamed Soueid 
(FC Nouadhibou, Mauritania) 

Beyatt Lekweiry 
(AS Douanes, Mauritania)


Forwards

Aboubakar Kamara 
(Aris Thessaloniki, Greece)

Hemeya Tanjy 
(FC Nouadhibou, Mauritania)

Oumar Camara 
(Beroe Stara Zagora, Bulgaria) 

Adama Ba 
(RS Berkane, Morocco)

Souleymane Doukara 
(Giresunspor Kulubu, Turkey)

Idrissa Thiam 
(ASAC Concorde, Mauritania) 

Pape Ibnou Ba 
(Le Havre, France)

 

 

 

20 Jan 2022
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