Football player from Ghana receives permission from FIFA to play for national team of Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek, June 16, 2023. / Kabar /. Ghanaian footballer Joel Cojo received permission from the International Football Federation (FIFA) to play for the national team of Kyrgyzstan, the Kyrgyz Football Union (KFU) reported.

FIFA, having studied the player's documents sent by the KFU, gave an official written confirmation. Let us clarify that the wife of a football player is a citizen of Kyrgyzstan. They have been married since 2019.

In May, the 24-year-old forward was called up for the training camp of the national team of the Kyrgyz Republic for the first time. His debut for the national team may take place today at the match Kyrgyzstan - Iran as part of the Central Asian tournament CAFA Nations Cup-2023

The central forward played for the local Alai and Dordoi clubs. As part of the teams of the Kyrgyz Premier League, he became the champion of the country and the owner of the Cup of the Kyrgyz Republic and three super cups. Now the football player plays for the Uzbek Dynamo Samarkand.

According to the authoritative German publication Transfermarkt, Kojo is valued at EUR 300,000.

Earlier the central defender from Ghana Daniel Tego played for the national team of Kyrgyzstan. His wife is a citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic. The football player played in the Bishkek Dordoi and was called up to the national team in 2014. In 2019, after the performance of Kyrgyzstan in the Asian Cup, he ended his career in the national team.

As part of Dordoi, he became the champion of Kyrgyzstan 6 times and won the Cup of Kyrgyzstan 4 times, and in 2009 he became the best football player in Kyrgyzstan.