Soccer-Mauritania name 16-year-old in Cup of Nations squad

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Arab Cup - Group B - Tunisia v Mauritania - Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar - November 30, 2021 Mauritania coach Didier Gomes Da Rosa before the match REUTERS/Suhaib Salem/File Photo

(Reuters) - Mauritania have called up three new European-based players plus 16-year-old midfielder Beyatt Lekweiry in a 28-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations, the football federation said on Friday.

Lewatt is a surprise inclusion from coach Didier Gomes Da Rosa, who took over in November and has had limited time working with the squad at a training camp in Abu Dhabi.