{"id":2000113382,"date":"2026-05-27T18:10:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T16:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000113382"},"modified":"2026-05-27T18:10:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T16:10:37","slug":"jacques-and-joy-lance-mickels-left-out-as-former-man-united-player-noam-emeran-earns-first-amavubi-call-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/jacques-and-joy-lance-mickels-left-out-as-former-man-united-player-noam-emeran-earns-first-amavubi-call-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacques and Joy-Lance Mickels left out as former Man United player Noam Emeran earns first Amavubi call-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Amavubi will face Comoros and Tanzania in early June as part of preparations for the group stage of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, which are set to begin in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several notable players are absent from the squad, including defender Manzi Thierry and the Mickels brothers, Joy Slayd Mickels and Leroy Jacques Mickels, who have all been ruled out due to injury. Also missing is midfielder Hakim Sahabo of AEK Athens, reportedly due to limited playing time at the club level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A major highlight of the squad is the inclusion of Noam Emeran, an attacking forward currently signed with FC Groningen in the Netherlands. The winger, who previously featured for Manchester United&#8217;s youth system, earns his first senior call-up for Rwanda. He is the son of former Amavubi player Fritz Emeran Nkusi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of the 24 players selected, 11 ply their trade in Rwanda\u2019s domestic league. This group includes six players from league champions APR FC, as well as representatives from Rayon Sports, Police FC, Marine FC, and Kiyovu Sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kiyovu Sports striker Uwiyaremye Fidali is among those receiving a maiden national team call-up following an impressive domestic campaign in which he scored 11 goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rwanda will open its tour with a match against Comoros on June 6, before facing Tanzania on June 9. Both fixtures will be played in Marrakech, Morocco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Full Squad List<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Goalkeepers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Niyongira Patience (Police FC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Hakizimana Adolphe (APR FC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Kwizera Olivier (Rayon Sports)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Defenders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Mutsinzi Ange (Zira FK)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Niyigena Cl\u00e9ment (APR FC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Kavita Phanuel Mabaya (Birmingham Legion)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Nshimiyimana Yunus (APR FC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Byiringiro Jean Gilbert (APR FC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Emmanuel Imanishimwe (AEL Limassol)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Niyomugabo Claude (APR FC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Midfielders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Noam Fritz Emeran (FC Groningen)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Kwizera Jojea (Rhode Island)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Kury Johan Marvin (AC Bellinzona)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Mugisha Bonheur (Al Masry)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Bizimana Djihad (CS Constantine)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Samuel Marie Gueulette (RAAL La Louvi\u00e8re)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Ruboneka Jean Bosco (APR FC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Muhire Kevin (Jamus SC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Forwards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Nshuti Innocent (Al Wafaq)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Ren\u00e9 Uwineza (Kiyovu Sports)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Biramahire Abeddy (Assabah)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Uwiyaremye Fidali (Kiyovu Sports)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Mbonyumwami Taiba (Marine FC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/noam_emeran_scores_his_first_goal_for_fc_groningen_since_joining_from_manchester_united_two_yea-eeada.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2000113447\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Noam Fritz Emeran has received his first call-up to the national team, the Amavubi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/whatsapp_image_2026-04-03_at_4.56_30_pm_1_-9f26c-bb526-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2000113451\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kiyovu Sports striker Uwiyaremye Fidali has also received his first national team call-up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/q_l_b_il_tamamlanan_gec_d_n_kadrlar__sabahfc_sabahbizik_gameday_sabahqarabag_photo_2_-88873-c3e3f-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2000113450\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joy-Lance Mickels, who has been one of the top scorers in the Azerbaijan Premier League, was not called up due to injury.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/field_22844_26032722021219238-35fcd-c37b1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2000113449\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Leroy Jacques Mickels, who impressed during the FIFA Series 2026, has also been left out of the squad due to injury.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1250\" src=\"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hedt1otbwaa05uv-19d7c-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2000113448\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hakim Sahabo, pictured holding a jersey in his hand, has once again been left out of the squad after failing to secure sufficient playing time in Greece.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda national team head coach Stephen Constantine has named a 24-man squad to attend a training camp ahead of two international friendly matches scheduled to take place in Morocco. The squad includes former Manchester United player Noam Emeran, who has received his first-ever call-up to the national team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000113447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000113382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000113447,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/noam_emeran_scores_his_first_goal_for_fc_groningen_since_joining_from_manchester_united_two_yea-eeada.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/noam_emeran_scores_his_first_goal_for_fc_groningen_since_joining_from_manchester_united_two_yea-eeada.jpg","width":150,"height":150},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/noam_emeran_scores_his_first_goal_for_fc_groningen_since_joining_from_manchester_united_two_yea-eeada.jpg","width":300,"height":300},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/noam_emeran_scores_his_first_goal_for_fc_groningen_since_joining_from_manchester_united_two_yea-eeada.jpg","width":768,"height":768},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/noam_emeran_scores_his_first_goal_for_fc_groningen_since_joining_from_manchester_united_two_yea-eeada.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/noam_emeran_scores_his_first_goal_for_fc_groningen_since_joining_from_manchester_united_two_yea-eeada.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000113382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000113382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000113382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000113453,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000113382\/revisions\/2000113453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000113447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000113382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000113382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000113382"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000113382"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000113382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}