I'm very glad and honoured to captain Black Princesses - CAF Young Player of the Year Evelyn Badu

Published on: 22 July 2022

CAF Young Player of the Year, Evelyn Badu has expressed his delight as she gets the nod as the team captain of the Black Princesses during the FIFA Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2022.

The former Hasaacas Ladies midfielder will be assisted by Anasthesia Achiaa and Cynthia Fiindib Konlan as 1st Deputy and 2nd Deputy captains respectively.

Evelyn Badu is embracing her new role and is ready to work with her teammates to achieve remarkable success as a team.

"I am very glad and honoured to captain the team during the qualifying matches and to lead the team in Costa Rica," she told ghanafa.org

"I am grateful to the Technical team for the trust and I know the team will work together to achieve great things in Costa Rica. We will work hard as a team to achieve success."

The Black Princesses are expected to pitch camp in Europe as part of preparations for the World Cup.

The 2022 FIFA Women’s U20 World Cup is scheduled to be staged in Costa Rica from Wednesday, August 10 to Sunday, August 28, 2022.

Ghana are pitted in Group D with the United States, the Netherlands, and Japan.

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