Soccer-Ivory Coast name squad for World Cup qualifier

ABIDJAN, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast Vahid Halilhodzic named the following 22-man squad for the World Cup African zone Group E qualifier against Guinea in Abidjan on Nov. 14.

Goalkeepers: Vincent Angban (ASEC Abidjan), Ibrahim Kone (Boulogne-sur-Mer), Aristides Zogbo (Maccabi Netanya).

Defenders: Souleymane Bamba (Hibernian), Arthur Boka (VfB Stuttgart), Benjamin Angoua Brou (Budapest Honved), Guy Demel (Hamburg SV), Emmanue Eboue (Arsenal), Abdoulaye Meite (West Bromwich Albion), Kolo Toure (Manchester City).

Midfielders: Jean-Jacques Gosso Gosso (Monaco), Emmanuel Kouamatien Kone (CFR Cluj), Gervais Yao Kouassi (Lille), Ndri Romaric (Sevilla), Siaka Tiene (Valenciennes), Cheik Ismael Tiote (Twente Enschede), Yaya Toure (Barcelona), Didier Zokora (Sevilla).

Forwards: Aruna Dindane (Portsmouth), Didier Drogba (Chelsea), Salomon Kalou (Chelsea), Abdelkader Keita (Galatasaray).

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