Black Meteors striker Samuel Obeng Gyabaa has expressed his excitement after he was named in the final 21 man squad for the upcoming U23 African Cup of Nations.

The Real Oviedo striker revealed that this is the first time he is coming to Ghana since he left the country at the age of 10.

“It’s very exciting to be called to the Black Meteors team because I left Ghana for a long time.

“I was about ten years when I left Ghana for Spain and I’m coming to Ghana for the first time so that makes me very excited,” he told footballmadeinghana.com.

Samuel also vowed to work hard and score a lot of goals for Ghana in the competition

“I’m a striker so for sure I will try to help score a couple of goals at the tournament.

“I urge Ghanaians to rally behind us because we have a very good team and I believe we will get far in the tournament”

Ghana open their campaign against Cameroon on an opening day before facing Egypt and Mali on 11 and 14 November respectively.