South Africa have announced the list of players that will be representing them at the U17 Africa Cup of Nations, which will take place in Algeria and will will be played between 29 April and 19 May 2023.
Grouped alongside Nigeria, Zambia and Morocco in Group B. They will open their campaign in the tournament against Morocco on the 30th of April before further games against Zambia and Nigeria on the 3rd and 6th of May respectively.
In their official list of players for the tournament, they picked three foreign based players in Kyle Jansen of MLS side Atlanta United, Waylon Renecke of Norwich City and Michael Dokunmu of Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem.
16 year old Dokunmu is seen as a future star by the Dutch side and only recently signed his first professional deal at the club. He was born in South Africa to a South African mother and a Nigerian father.
He is eligible for Nigeria and South Africa but for now he is settled with the U17 team of latter and will be hoping to help them beat Nigeria to one of the four tickets available for the U17 World Cup via the tournament.
SA U17 squad in full for AFCON:
Goalkeepers:
Takalani Mazhamba – Kaizer Chiefs
Genaro Johnson – Cape Town Spurs
Kyle Jansen – Atlanta United
Defenders:
Xhosa Manyama – Cape Town City
Keitumetse Lesia – SuperSport United
Waylon Renecke – Norwich City
Benjamin Wallis – SuperSport United
Vincent Sithole – Mamelodi Sundowns
Tyler Cicero – Stellenbosch
Thato Sibiya – Mamelodi Sundowns
Midfielders:
Xolani Tshaka – Orlando Pirates
Gomolemo Kekana – TS Galaxy
Vicky Mkhwana – Kaizer Chiefs
Xavier Jodamus – Ubuntu
Dhakier Lee – Cape Town Spurs
Forwards:
Michael Dokunmu – Vitesse
Orifha Maubelo – Capital City
Bennet Mokoena – Mamelodi Sundowns
Gabriel Amato – Cape Town City
Siyabonga Mabena – Mamelodi Sundowns
Luke Baartman – Cape Town Spurs
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