Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Romaric Déguénon
Published on 2024-03-08 13:26:19
Called up with the Cheetahs for the international truce of March 2024, Mariano Ahouangbo and Lenny Pirringuel could make their debut with the Beninese selection in the clashes against Ivory Coast and Senegal. Brief overview of these two new finds from coach Gernot Rohr.
The list of Cheetahs called up for the first international truce of the year 2024 is now known. The national coach of Benin, Gernot Rohr, has indeed published this Friday a group of 25 players for the friendly matches against Ivory Coast and Senegal, on March 23 and 26 in Amiens, France. While the eternal regulars litter this list, two new faces stand out. These are Mariano Ahouangbo and Lenny Pirringuel.
Destined for a bright future, Mariano Ahoungbo was trained at Oslo Football Academy in Senegal. Spotted by Maghreb recruiters, the young midfielder signed with Avenir Sportif de Soliman, an elite team in Tunisia. Since then, he has been consistently performing well. With AS Soliman, he has appeared 14 times, including 4 times in the Plays Out currently ongoing in Tunisia. He has delivered two assists.
Lenny Pirringuel, the successor to Stéphane Sessegnon?
A pure product of the Girondins de Bordeaux training center, Lenny Pirringuel is a young 19-year-old playmaker. The youngest player to turn pro with Bordeaux in 2020, the Franco-Beninese played the first part of the 2023/2024 season before returning to the Marine et Blanc. With the Girondins, Lenny Pirringuel has played 10 matches, scored one goal, and provided one assist.
Now a former French youth international, the attacking midfielder has played for all the French youth teams since the U16 category. He won the U18 Mediterranean Games in 2022 by scoring the winning goal in the final against Italy. A great recruit for the Beninese selection, which has undoubtedly found the ideal successor to Stéphane Sessegnon, the iconic captain and playmaker of the Cheetahs, who recently retired from international duty, according to local press.
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