Black Stars: SV Darmstadt defender Patrick Pfeiffer misses out on Brazil and Nicaragua games

DARMSTADT, GERMANY - AUGUST 27: (BILD ZEITUNG OUT) Patrick Pfeiffer of SV Darmstadt 98 poses during the team presentation on August 27, 2020 in Darmstadt, Germany. (Photo by TF-Images/Getty Images)

SV Darmstadt 98 defender, Patrick Pfeiffer has been excluded from Black Stars squad for the friendly games against Brazil and Nicaragua later this month.

Otto Addo on Tuesday has named a 29-man squad for the two friendly games.

The 23-year-old earlier this year switched allegiance from Germany to Ghana alongside Inaki Williams, Mohammed Salisu, Ransford Yeboah, Tariq Lamptey, and Stephan Ambrosius.

The above five all made the 30-man squad named by Otto Adoo for the September qualifiers whilst Pfeiffer, unfortunately, missed out.

The center back will hope to make the cut in the next round of call-ups.

The date with the Brazilians is the first of the friendlies for the Black Stars on Friday, September 23. It is slated for the 25,000-seat multi-purpose Stade Océane in the latter’s Normandy port city of Le Havre in France.

After the match in Le Havre, the Black Stars will then make a trip across the border into Spain to play Nicaragua four days later. The September 27 game comes off at Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco based in Lorca.

The two games form part of Ghana's preparations for the upcoming 2022 World Cup scheduled to be hosted in Qatar later this year.

Invited players

• Goalkeepers (3):

Joseph Wollacott (Swindon Town), Abdul Manaf Nurudeen (KAS Eupen), Richard Ofori (Orlando Pirates)

• Defenders (10):

Salisu Mohammed (Southampton FC), Tariq Lamptey (Brighton and Hove Albion), Denis Odoi (FC Brugge), Alidu Seidu (Clermont Foot), Gideon Mensah (AJ Auxerre), Baba Abdul Rahman (FC Reading), Alexander Djiku (RC Strasbourg), Daniel Amartey (Leicester City), Joseph Aidoo (Celta Vigo), Stephan Ambrosius (Karlsruher SC)

• Midfielders (6):

Thomas Partey (Arsenal), Baba Iddrisu (RCD Mallorca), Mohammed Kudus (Ajax), Elisha Owusu (KAA Gent), Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (SC Freiburg), Andre Ayew (Al Sadd)

• Wingers (7):

Daniel Ariyie Barnieh (Hearts of Oak), Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer (Hamburg), Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (Sporting CP), Osman Bukari (Red Star Belgrade), Kamaldeen Sulamana (Stade Rennais), Antoine Semenyo (Bristol City), Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace)

• Strikers (3):

Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), Felix Afena-Gyan (U.S Cremonese), Benjamin Tetteh (Hull City)