Ime Okon, dan wasa mai shekara 22 wanda aka haife shi a Najeriya, an zaɓe shi a cikin 'yan wasa 26 na Afirka ta Kudu don FIFA World Cup 2026. Okon, wanda yake buga kwallon kafa ga kulob ɗin Bundesliga Hannover 96, ɗan Najeriya ne ta hannun ubansa, kuma ɗan Afirka ta Kudu ne ta hannun uwargidansa.

Zaɓen nan muhimmin mataki ne a rayuwar Okon, wanda ya taka wasanni biyar don Bafana Bafana amma ba a taɓa ganin sa a wani babban gasar duniya ba. Ya rasa damar shiga tawagar Africa Cup of Nations 2025, don haka wannan zai zama karon farko da ya shiga gasar Kofin Duniya.

Sabbin fuskokin a cikin tawagar

Kocin Hugo Broos ya kuma kira 'yan wasa biyu sabbin da ba su taba wakiltar ƙasar ba a karon farko: Olwethu Makhanya na Philadelphia Union da Bradley Cross na Kaizer Chiefs. Zaɓensu yana ƙara ƙarfi ga tawagar da ke da 'yan wasa sanannun.

Daga cikin 'yan wasa 26 da aka zaɓa, 19 suna buga ƙwallon kafa a gasar Afirka ta Kudu, wanda ke nuna muhimmancin gasar cikin gida a shirin Broos.

Tarihin Afirka ta Kudu a Kofin Duniya

Bafana Bafana sun shiga gasar Kofin Duniya sau uku a baya. Sun fara a shekarar 1998, sun dawo a 2002, kuma a shahararriyar shekarar 2010 sun karɓi bakuncin gasar a ƙasar su — kasancewar su ƙasar Afirka ta farko da ta yi haka. Duk da haka, a kowace lokaci an cire su a matakin rukuni.

Cikakkiyar jerin 'yan wasa

Masu gadin raga: Ronwen Williams (Mamelodi Sundowns), Ricardo Goss (Siwelele), Sipho Chaine (Orlando Pirates)

Masu tsaro: Khuliso Mudau, Aubrey Modiba, Khulumani Ndamane (dukkansu Mamelodi Sundowns), Olwethu Makhanya (Philadelphia Union, USA), Bradley Cross (Kaizer Chiefs), Thabang Matuludi (Polokwane City), Nkosinathi Sibisi, Kamogelo Sebelebele (dukkansu Orlando Pirates), Ime Okon (Hannover 96, Jamus), Samukele Kabini (Molde FK, Norway), Mbekezeli Mbokazi (Chicago Fire, USA)

Masu tsakiya: Teboho Mokoena, Jayden Adams (dukkansu Mamelodi Sundowns), Thalente Mbatha (Orlando Pirates), Sphephelo Sithole (Tondela, Portugal)

Masu kai hari: Oswin Appollis, Tshepang Moremi, Evidence Makgopa, Relebohile Mofokeng (dukkansu Orlando Pirates), Lyle Foster (Burnley, Ingila), Iqraam Rayners, Themba Zwane (dukkansu Mamelodi Sundowns), Thapelo Maseko (AEL Limassol, Cyprus)