Edmilson Dove: Mozambican Defender Laments Over Lack of Kaizer Chiefs Players at AFCON 2023

• Edmilson Dove has shared his thoughts about the low numbers of Kaizer Chiefs players at the 2023 AFCON
• The former Cape Town City defender made the final 27-man squad to represent Mozambique in Ivory Coast
• The Mambas will be featuring in their first Africa Cup of Nations after failing to qualify since Egypt 2010

Mozambican defender Edmilson Dove has lamented about the low numbers of Kaizer Chiefs players at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast.

The 29-year-old defender was named in the final 27-man squad representing Mozambique at the 34th edition of the AFCON.

The last time the Mambas featured in the competition was in 2010, and they failed to make it out of the group stage.

In a recent interview, according to iDiskiTimes, Dove claimed he wished the AmaKhosi had more players in AFCON but admitted that their slow start to the season could have been the cause.

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"We did not start the season as well as we would have wished," he said.

"But we have been steadily picking up the pieces and ended the year on a high, so now we want to go into 2024 with the same momentum. I would have liked to see some of my club teammates called into the national team."

Dove is the only Kaizer Chiefs player going to AFCON, with South Africa national team boss Hugo Broos opting against including a player from the club in his 23-man squad.

"But at the end of the day, the coach is the right guy to decide who he wants to pick. I wish Bafana Bafana well [in AFCON] and hope they do their country proud."

Toure includes South Africa in AFCON favourites

Sports Brief earlier reported that Ivory Coast and Manchester City legend Yaya Toure had picked his favourite teams to win the 2023 AFCON.

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The 2015 AFCON winner surprisingly ignored his own country while listing the nations he believes can win the tournament in Ivory Coast.

Toure cited qualification form as the reason for his selection, with Senegal and Guinea Bissau part of the best.