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U17 World Cup: four Cameroonians left out of squad

By , based on Actu Cameroun

Rony Baliag, Omar Amir Tsombeng, Nathan Priso Awoumou and Alain Traoré, all present at the U17 AFCON, are not in Cameroon’s squad for the U17 World Cup in Qatar. The four players had played four matches at the U17 AFCON, according to Actu Cameroun.

Four Cameroonian players who took part in the last U17 Africa Cup of Nations are not in the squad selected for the U17 World Cup in Qatar: Rony Baliag, Omar Amir Tsombeng, Nathan Priso Awoumou and Alain Traoré, reports Actu Cameroun.

Rony Baliag, a Galactique FA forward, played four matches at the U17 AFCON and finished as Cameroon’s top scorer at the UNIFFAC tournament, with one assist. Omar Amir Tsombeng, a Player FC player, also played four matches and scored one goal at the U17 AFCON. Nathan Priso Awoumou, of KSA, and Alain Traoré, of TDHA, also took part in all four matches played by the Cameroonian team in the competition.

The four players had played under Saidou Alioum, then coach of Cameroon’s U17 team. Saidou Alioum was replaced by Thomas Libiih last June, according to Actu Cameroun.

Rony Baliag’s absence from the World Cup squad in Qatar had already been reported on 8 November in the article on Rony Baliag.

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