Talented Ghana striker Jerry Afriyie
Talented Ghana striker Jerry Afriyie has displayed tremendous commitment to play for the Black Satellites at the 2025 CAF U20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament.
The player who has already been capped by the Black Stars is one of the foreign players invited by Ghana U20 coach Desmond Ofei to feature at the U20 AFCON in Egypt.
Due to the ongoing football season in Spain, CD Lugo have been reluctant to release Jerry Afriyie.
Today, the club has announced that it has decided to release the player for just two games at the U20 AFCON after he showed the desire to play at the tournament.
“Club Deportivo Lugo announces that its player Jerry Afriyie has been called up to the Ghana U-20 national team for the matches corresponding to the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations being held these days in Egypt.
“After expressing his desire to be part of his country’s squad, the Club has authorized the Albivermello forward to travel to Egypt to join his national team’s training camp,” the Spanish lower division outfit announced on Wednesday, April 30.
In the club’s statement, the club said, “Jerry will participate in the first two group stage matches of the U-20 continental tournament, facing the Democratic Republic of Congo this Friday, May 2, and Senegal on Monday, May 5. The Ghanaian player will return to Lugo on May 7.”
Determined to help the Black Satellites, Jerry Afriyie is poised to make an impact in the two games against DR Congo and Senegal before returning to CD Ludo.
Should Ghana advance to the knockout stage, the team will miss the quality of Jerry Afriyie, who has been dubbed one of the top five rising stars by CAF to feature at this year’s U20 AFCON.
