England-based Brandon Thomas-Asante earns maiden Black Stars Call-Up for 2026 World Cup Qualifiers

English Championship side West Bromwich Albion’s striker, Brandon Thomas-Asante, has been named in Ghana’s squad for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.

Coach Otto Addo has selected 26 players for the double-header, which starts with a trip to Bamako to face Mali on June 6. The Black Stars will then return home to battle the Central African Republic in Kumasi on June 10.

Among the squad, there is a debut call-up for West Bromwich forward Brandon Thomas-Asante. The Baggies forward, who has finished as the club’s top goalscorer in each of his two seasons at The Hawthorns, will join the Black Stars squad ahead of their two upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifiers in June.

Thomas-Asante will hope to earn his debut when Ghana travels to Bamako to take on Mali on Thursday, June 6. Ghana’s second qualifier is a home fixture against the Central African Republic on Monday, June 10, at the Baba Yara Stadium.

Otto Addo’s 26-man squad will report for duty on Thursday morning as they begin to prepare for the qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the USA, Mexico, and Canada. The Black Stars will train at the University of Ghana Stadium for six days before departing for Bamako on Tuesday, June 4, 2024.

Ghana sits fourth with three points in their six-team group after the first two games.