The issue is the fact that the athlete, who had previously confirmed his presence, claims that he needs to prioritize commitments with his club.
In his place, the Portuguese coach called up right-back António Hossi, from Petro de Luanda.
Angola, which has already qualified for the CAN2025, with 12 points, faces its counterpart Ghana, in Lunda, on November 15, and three days later travels to the city of Benghazi, in Libya, to face Sudan, on a ground loaned by the Sudanese, in matches of the fifth and sixth rounds of group F.
The biggest African football tournament in Africa will be played from December 21, 2025 to January 18, 2026, in Morocco.
List of players called up:
Goalkeepers: Neblú - (1.° de Agosto), Ricardo Baptista (Casa Pia/Portugal) and Rui (Interclube);
Defenders: Bastos Quissanga (Botafogo/Brazil), To Carneiro (Dar Rabat/Morocco), David Carmo (Olympiacos/Greece), Kialonda Gaspar (Lecce/Italy), Jonathan Buatu (Gil Vicente/Portugal), Clinton Mata (Lyon/France), Núrio Fortuna (KAA Gent/Belgium), Jordy Gaspar (Pau FC/France) and António Hossi (Petro de Luanda);
Midfielders: Aldair Ferreira (FC Botosoni/Romania), Fredy Ribeiro (Bodrumspor/Turkey), Domingos Andrade (Porto B/Portugal), Maestro (Adana Demirspor/Turkey), Randy Nteka (Rayo Vallecano/Spain), Show (FC Dallas/USA) and Pedro Francisco (Petro de Luanda);
Forwards: Gilberto (Orlando Pirates/South Africa), Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari/Italy), Zini Salvador (Levadiakos/Greece), Mabululu (Al Ahly Tripoli/Libya), Milson (Red Star/Serbia), Chico Banza (Portimonense/Portugal) and Mbala Nzola (Lens/France).
