Sports News of Wednesday, 12 June 2024

Source: footballghana.com

Euro 2024: Lens defender of Ghanaian descent Kevin Danso makes Austria's final squad

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RC Lens defender Kevin Danso, who is of Ghanaian descent, has made Austria's final squad for the 2024 European Championship.

In the recently concluded season, the 25-year-old featured in 30 Ligue 1 games and has been one of the club's standout players this season.

He scored one goal during the campaign and is expected to be integral for Austria if they are to make an impact at the tournament.

Austria will begin their campaign against France on Monday, June 17.

See the full squad below:

Goalkeepers

• Niklas Hedl (Rapid Wien)

• Heinz Lindner (Union SG)

• Patrick Pentz (Brøndby)

Defenders

• Flavius Daniliuc (Salzburg)

• Kevin Danso (Lens)

• Philipp Lienhart (Freiburg)

• Phillipp Mwene (Mainz)

• Stefan Posch (Bologna)

• Leopold Querfeld (Rapid Wien)

• Gernot Trauner (Feyenoord)

• Patrick Wimmer (Wolfsburg)

• Maximilian Wöber (Mönchengladbach)

Midfielders

• Christoph Baumgartner (Leipzig)

• Florian Grillitsch (Hoffenheim)

• Marco Grüll (Rapid Wien)

• Florian Kainz (Köln)

• Konrad Laimer (Bayern München)

• Alexander Prass (Sturm Graz)

• Marcel Sabitzer (Dortmund)

• Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen)

• Matthias Seidl (Rapid Wien)

• Nicolas Seiwald (Leipzig)

Forwards

• Marko Arnautović (Inter)

• Maximilian Entrup (Hartberg)

• Michael Gregoritsch (Freiburg)

• Andreas Weimann (West Brom)