Cote D'Ivoire 2014 FIFA World Cup Squad: Player-by-Player Guide

The final African nation to reveal their preliminary World Cup squad were Cote d’Ivoire, who announced their list of 28 names on Tuesday afternoon.

There were few surprise inclusions in the squad, although there were returns for Didier Ya Konan and Ali Badra Sangare.

Romaric and Jean-Jacques Gosso Gosso, who have 46 and 21 caps respectively, have been overlooked, while Emmanuel Eboue and Siaka Tiene, with 78 and 85 appearances respectively, are on standby. The potential omission of these four names signals a definitive step away from the “Golden Generation” of the nation’s recent past.

The quartet were all present in South Africa four years ago as the Ivorians were eliminated in the opening round of the last World Cup. Perhaps the refreshed Elephants can finally make the knockout stages this time with the players selected by Sabri Lamouchi.

Squad courtesy of The Guardian.

Name: Boubacar “Copa” Barry 

Date of Birth: 30/12/1979 

Position: Goalkeeper 

Caps: 79 

Club: Lokeren (Belgium) 

Name: Sayouba Mande 

Date of Birth: 15/06/1993  

Position: Goalkeeper 

Caps: 1 

Club: Stabaek (Norway) 

Name: Badra Ali Sangare 

Date of Birth: 30/05/1986

Position: Goalkeeper

Caps: 1

Club: ASEC Mimosas

Name: Sylvain Gbohouo

Date of Birth: 29/10/1988

Position: Goalkeeper 

Caps: 0

Club: Sewe Sport

Name: Didier Zokora 

Date of Birth: 14/12/1980  

Position: Centre-back, defensive midfield, central midfield 

Caps: 119 

Club: Trabzonspor (Turkey) 

Name: Kolo Toure 

Date of Birth: 19/03/1981 

Position: Centre-back 

Caps: 106 

Club: Liverpool (England) 

Name: Arthur Boka 

Date of Birth: 02/04/1983 

Position: Left-back, left wing-back 

Caps: 78 

Club: VFB Stuttgart (Germany) 

Name: Serge Aurier 

Date of Birth: 22/02/1992 

Position: Right-back, right wing-back, right midfield, centre-back 

Caps: 8 

Club: Toulouse (France) 

Name: Brice Dja Djedje 

Date of Birth: 23/12/1990 

Position: Right-back, right wing-back, defensive midfield 

Caps: 3 

Club: Olympique Marseille (France) 

Name: Constant Djakpa 

Date of Birth: 17/10/1986 

Position: Left-back 

Caps: 3 

Club: Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany)

Name: Ousmane Viera

Date of Birth: 21/12/1986

Position: Centre-back

Caps: 3

Club: Caykur Rizespor (Turkey)

Name: Sol Bamba 

Date of Birth: 13/01/1985 

Position: Centre-back 

Caps: 42 

Club: Trabzonspor (Turkey) 

Name: Benjamin Angoua

Date of Birth: 28/11/1986

Position: Centre-back, right-back, right wing-back, defensive midfield, central midfield

Caps: 18

Club: Valenciennes (France)

Name: Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro

Date of Birth: 11/10/1992

Position: Right-back, versatile midfielder

Caps: 0

Club: Toulouse (France)

Name: Cheick Tiote 

Date of Birth: 21/06/1986 

Position: Defensive midfield 

Caps: 43 

Club: Newcastle United (England) 

Name: Yaya Toure 

Date of Birth: 13/05/1983 

Position: Central midfield, attacking midfield, Defensive midfield 

Caps: 83 

Club: Manchester City (England) 

Name: Serey Die 

Date of Birth: 07/11/1984 

Position: Defensive midfield, central midfield, right midfield, right wing

Caps: 5 

Club: FC Basel (Switzerland) 

Name: Mathis Bolly

Date of Birth: 14/11/1990

Position: Midfielder

Caps: 2 

Club: Fortuna Dusseldorf (Germany)

Name: Ismael Diomande

Date of Birth: 28/08/1992

Position: Defensive-midfield

Caps: 0

Club: AS Saint-Etienne (France)

Name: Didier Ya Konan

Date of Birth: 25/02/1984

Position: Attacking midfield, central midfield, right wing, striker

Caps: 25

Club: Hannover 96 (Germany)

Name: Lacina Traore

Date of Birth: 20/05/1990

Position: Striker

Caps: 7

Club: Everton (England), on loan from AS Monaco (France)

Name: Salomon Kalou 

Date of Birth: 05/08/1985 

Position: Forward 

Caps: 64 

Club: LOSC Lille (France) 

Name: Gervinho 

Date of Birth: 27/05/1987 

Position: Left wing, forward 

Caps: 53 

Club: AS Roma (Italy) 

Name: Didier Drogba 

Date of Birth: 11/03/1978 

Position: Striker 

Caps: 99 

Club: Galatasaray (Turkey) 

Name: Max Gradel 

Date of Birth: 30/11/1987 

Position: Winger, forward 

Caps: 24 

Club: Saint-Etienne (France) 

Name: Wilfried Bony 

Date of Birth: 10/12/1988 

Position: Striker 

Caps: 24 

Club: Swansea City (Wales) 

Name: Giovanni Sio 

Date of Birth: 31/03/1989

Position: Striker 

Caps: 6 

Club: FC Basel (Switzerland)