by FSL News | 5 Jan, 2019 | African News
Former AC Milan player Kevin Constant, 31, has joined the Tabriz-based club on a three-and-half-year deal, the club has announced.
The Guinean international has signed his ninth professional contract since 2006 and is expected to play as a defensive midfielder in Tractor Sazi.
Constant career started with the Toulouse’s first-team squad in 2006 before joining Ligue 2 side Châteauroux in 2008.
In September 2010, he was signed by Italian club Chievo on a loan deal, ultimately made permanent in June 2011.
On 20 June 2012, Constant moved to AC Milan on a loan deal and was on 27 July 2013, Milan bought Constant out-right for another €6 million also selling Sierra Leone’s Rodney Strasser to Genoa for €3.5 million on the same day.
In 2014, he joined Turkey’s Trabzonspor, and two years later he returned to Italy to play for Bologna.
On the international stage, Constant made his debut on 14 October 2007, in a 1–3 friendly loss against Senegal.
He scored against Nigeria on 10 October 2010 in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification against Nigeria and, has gone to play over 25 matches for Guinea.
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by FSL News | 5 Jan, 2019 | African News
Paul Pogba’s mother has been appointed an ambassador for women’s football by the Guinea Football Federation (Feguifoot).
Yeo Moriba, who was a former international herself with the Guinea women’s team delighted with her new role following a meeting with Feguifoot President Mamadou Antonio Souare.
The Feguifoot president is hoping that Paul and his twin brothers, Florentin and Mathias, will support their mother in her new role.
“I am proud of what the Guinea Football Federation and its president have done,” she told Feguifoot’s website.
Florentin and Mathias, who have both played for the Syli Nationale, were born in Guinea before Moriba moved to France where Paul was born.
Defender Florentin last played in Turkey with Genclerbirligi. while striker Mathias is currently with French club Tours.
The hope is that the family will be able to rejuvenate women’s football in Guinea.
Unlike their male counterparts, the women’s team has never qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations let alone the World Cup or Olympics.
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by FSL News | 1 Jan, 2019 | African News
Reigning Player of the Year Mohamed Salah, team-mate Sadio Mane and 2015 winner Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, have made the top three on final shortlist.
This year’s ceremony will be held at an awards gala on 8 January in Dakar, Senegal.
A repeat of last year, the three players will be hoping to begin the year with the crown of Player of the Year for their exploits in 2018.
The women’s shortlist has also been revealed with Nigeria duo Asisat Oshoala and Francisca Ordega, and South Africa’s Thembi Kgatlana making the final three.
Oshoala has won the last two Caf awards and three in total, and along with Ordega helped the Super Falcons win the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in 2018.
Kgatlana was the Most Valuable Player and top-scorer at the Nations Cup as Banyana Banyana narrowly lost out to Nigeria on penalties in the final.
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by FSL News | 30 Dec, 2018 | African News
Algerian striker Baghdad Bounedjah has extended his stay with Al-Sadd, until 2024, the club confirmed on Saturday.
Bounedjah initially joined Al-Sadd in 2015 from Tunisian club Etoile du Sahel and, currently the top scorer of the QNB Stars League, with 29 goals from 15 games.
In addition, the striker finished as the top goalscorer of the AFC Champions League with 13 goals.
The Algerian international has impressively scored 50 goals this year across all competitions ahead of Lionel Messi, Christiano Ronaldo, Robert Lewandowski and Edison Cavani.
“This new contract with Al-Sadd makes me proud and happy. I’m really excited to offer more for the team after signing this contract, Bounedjah told clubs website.
“This makes me more committed to this great club, and I consider myself as one of its own,” he added.
“I want to express my gratitude to everyone at the club – the management, the players, the coaches – and also the fans, with whom I share a lot of love.”
“I am happy with the project of the club and I want to promise everyone that I will perform even better in the upcoming challenges. Our goal will be to win more titles.”
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by FSL News | 29 Dec, 2018 | African News
Holders Esperance of Tunisia were handed a favourable pool for the group stages of the African Champions League on when Friday.
The Tunisian club major rivals in Group B will be 1995 champions Orlando Pirates, of South Africa, while they also take on Horoya FC, from Guinea, and Zimbabwe champions FC Platinum.
Group A is likely to be more tightly-contested, containing South Africa’s 2016 winners Mamelodi Sundowns, Morocco’s 2017 champions Wydad Casablanca, Nigeria’s Lobi Stars and past holders ASEC Mimosas, from Ivory Coast.
Democratic Republic of Congo giants TP Mazembe will be confident of topping Group C which features three north African sides in Club Africain (Tunisia), CS Constantine (Algeria) and Ismaily (Egypt).
Egypt’s eight-time winners Al Ahly are the headline act in a Group D that will see them take on Simba SC (Tanzania), JS Saoura (Algeria) and AS Vita Club (DR Congo).
The group stage begins on Jan. 11-13 and will be completed by mid-March.
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by FSL News | 29 Dec, 2018 | African News
Egyptian giants Zamalek are paired against Moroccan champions Ittihad Tanger in the third round of the competition, following Friday’s draw in Cairo.
The Cairo-based outfit, are eyeing their first Confederation Cup title.
The double-header is for a place in the group stage of Africa’s secondary club competition.
The Morrocan side was eliminated from the African Champions League’s first round after losing to Algeria’s JS Saoura 2-1 on aggregate.
Zamalek, on the other hand, secured a comprehensive 7-2 aggregate win over Chad’s CotonTchad to advance to the Confederation Cup third round.
The White Knights are the only Egyptian representative left in the competition after Masry were eliminated following a 2-0 aggregate defeat by Burkina Faso’s Salitas earlier this month.
Ahly, Zamalek’s Cairo rivals, are the only Egyptian side to win the Confederation Cup, having lifted the trophy in 2014.
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