Every Championship player going to AFCON as 11 players called up for tournament
The African Cup of Nations (AFCON) is one of the most prestigious trophies in international football.
Players from around the world are travelling to Morocco for this year’s tournament, hoping to take the trophy back to their homeland.
In total, 24 teams are taking part in AFCON, including giants like Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Algeria. With the tournament taking place in the winter months, many teams have bid farewell to some of their top players mid-season.
Premier League stars like Bryan Mbeumo, Mohamed Salah and Omar Marmoush are all competing for their countries, with some already on a plane to join up with their national teams.
But there are also plenty of players from further down the English football pyramid who will feature in the tournament - with 11 players from the Championship also taking part. Watford and Sheffield Wednesday are losing the most players, with two from each club departing.
Here is every player from England’s second-tier who has been called up by their country:
Angola
Manuel Benson (Swansea City)
Burkina Faso
Issa Kabore (Wrexham)
DR Congo
Edo Kayembe (Watford)
Mali
Mamadou Doumbia (Watford)
Nigeria
Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham City)
Ryan Alebiosu (Blackburn Rovers)
South Africa
Tylon Smith (Queens Park Rangers)
Tunisia
Yan Valery (Sheffield Wednesday)
Zambia
Patson Daka (Leicester City)
Zimbabwe
Sean Fusire (Sheffield Wednesday)
Andrew Rinohmhota (Reading)