Brandon Thomas-Asante has been named in Ghana's squad for the World Cup starting next week, giving the Coventry City forward a place on the biggest stage of his career. The 27-year-old has made only five senior appearances for Ghana, but he is in the group that will travel to a tournament co-hosted by the USA, Canada and Mexico.
His selection matters now because Ghana open their campaign against Panama on Thursday 18 June, with Group L also including England and Croatia. For Thomas-Asante, it is a rapid climb into a World Cup squad after scoring his first Ghana goal in May 2025, when he found the net against Nigeria in a 2-1 Unity Cup defeat at Brentford's Gtech Stadium.
The call-up also sits inside a bigger Ghana story. This is only the fifth World Cup they have qualified for, even though the team reached the quarter-finals in South Africa in 2010. That gap between a breakout tournament and a long wait for the next one is part of what gives Thomas-Asante's selection extra weight: Ghana are not simply filling a squad, they are trying to turn a rare appearance into a serious run.
Thomas-Asante's place does not guarantee him a major role once the tournament starts, but it does show how quickly he has moved into contention after a handful of senior caps and one international goal. For Ghana, the next question is less about how they got there and more about who settles fastest when the games begin against Panama.
