Charles Kabore, who said he was retiring from international football, has been named by Burkina Faso in their squad for next month’s friendly in Chile and the African Nations Cup qualifier against Angola.
The 29-year-old Kabore said at the Nations Cup finals in Gabon at the start of the year that he was ending his career with the Burkinabe national team but looks to have had a change of heart and has been included in the squad by coach Paulo Duarte.
The Burkinabe Football Federation named 25 players, 22 of them from clubs based outside the country, for the friendly in Santiago on June 3 and then the opening match of the 2019 Nations Cup qualifying campaign in Ouagadougou on Saturday, June 10.
SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Herve Koffi (ASEC Abidjan, Ivory Coast), Moussa Sanou (Beauvais, France)
Defenders: Yacouba Coulibaly (RC Bobo Dioulasso), Patrick Malo (Smouha, Egypt), Mohamed Ouattara (Etoile Filante), Dylan Ouédraogo (Monaco, France), Issouf Paro (Santos, South Africa), Issoufou Sayo (RC Berkane, Morocco), Steeve Yago (Toulouse, France)
Midfielders: Abdoul Aziz Kaboré (Valenciennes, France), Charles Kaboré (Krasnodar, Russia), Stéphane Aziz Ki (Omonia Nicosie, Cyprus), Bakary Saré (Moreirense, Portugal), Ibrahim Blati Touré (Omonia Nicosia, Cyprus), Abdou Razack Traoré (Karabukspor, Turkey), Alain Traoré (Kayserispor, Turkey)
Forwards: Aristide Bancé (ASEC Abidjan, Ivory Coast), Yaya Banhoro (Londrina, Brazil), Cyrille Bayala (Sheriff Tiraspol, Moldavia), Banou Diawara (Smouha, Egypt), Ismaël Karambiri (AJE Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso), Anthony Koura (Nancy, France), Préjuce Nakoulma (Nantes, France), Abdoul Gafar Sirima (FK Baltika Kaliningrad, Russia), Bertrand Traoré (Ajax Amsterdam, Netherlands).
