Maximo names 29 for Challenge Cup

Taifa stars coach Marcio Maximo

Taifa stars coach Marcio Maximo yesterday announced 29 players who will form the new Mainland team.

The coach said the team would soon start residential training to prepare for the Cecafa`s Challenge Cup to be held in Dar es Salaam from December 8-22.

The players are:
Goalkeepers: Ivo Mapunda (Yanga), Shaaban Dihile (JKT) and Frank Mutego (Prisons).

Defenders: Salum Sued (Mtibwa), Bakari Omary Nzige (Kagera), Aloyce Adam (Prisons), Meshack Abel (Mtibwa), Shadrack Nsajigwa (Yanga), Amir Maftah (Yanga), Said Sued (Simba), Stephan Mwasika (Prisons) and Juma Hamis (Ashanti).

Midfielders: Henry Joseph (Simba), Erasto Nyoni (Burundi), Shaaban Nditi (Mtibwa), Casthori Mumbala (Toto African), Haruna Moshi (Simba), Denis Mukebezi (Coastal), Nizar Khalfan (Kuwait), John Kanakamfumu (Police Dodoma), Samuel Ngasa (Pan African) and Misango Magae (Prisons).

Forwards: Mokili Lamboss (Police Moro), Vincent Barnabas (Kagera), Danny Mrwanda (Kuwait) Mike Chuma (Denmark) Uhuru Selemani (Coastal), Kigi Makasi (Mtibwa) and Suleiman Misenghi (Toto).

Maximo revealed that he had put much emphasis on the players` age, behaviour and on-pitch co-operation during the selection.

``I have used many factors to pick the players and I am sure the team will perform well in the coming Challenge Cup,`` added Maximo.