{"id":44760,"date":"2025-11-01T00:43:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T00:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=44760"},"modified":"2025-11-01T00:43:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T00:43:48","slug":"ibrahim-salifu-considering-benin-switch-over-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/ibrahim-salifu-considering-benin-switch-over-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Ibrahim Salifu considering Benin switch over Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former Hearts of Oak midfielder Salifu Ibrahim is close to switching nationality to Benin.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Salifu left Hearts of Oak some two seasons ago to join FC Drita in Kosovo and has been a consistent performer for the club.<\/p>\n<p>He was pivotal in aiding FC Drita in winning the Kosovo league.<\/p>\n<p>The diminutive playmaker was the toast of many fans in the Ghana Premier League, where he led Hearts of Oak to the treble under coach Samuel Boadu.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s said that Salifu&#8217;s family roots give him the opportunity to play for Ghana&#8217;s neighbors on the right side of the geographical map.<\/p>\n<p>Benin will be at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations alongside DR\u00a0Congo, Senegal, and Botswana in Group D.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Hearts of Oak midfielder Salifu Ibrahim is close to switching nationality to Benin.\u00a0 &nbsp; Salifu left Hearts of Oak some two seasons ago to join FC Drita in Kosovo and has been a consistent performer for the club. 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