Sonko gets Senegal call

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Reading defender Ibrahim Sonko is one of the four uncapped players called to the Senegal squad for a 16 August friendly against the Ivory Coast.
The other three are Russia-based defender Pascal Mendy, striker Ibrahima Sidibe and French-born teenager Mame Ndiaye.

Ndiaye played one game for French club Olympique Marseille last season.

Senegal coach Henri Kasperczak also gave a surprise recall to goalkeeper Khadim Faye, who has not played for the national side in over a decade.

Faye, who plays for Portuguese side Boavista, won his last cap for his country in a World Cup qualifier against Togo in June 1996.

The match serves as preparation for both countries, who begin the qualifiers for the 2008 African Nations Cup finals in September.

Squad

Goalkeepers: Khadim Faye (Boavista, Portugal), Cheikh Tidiane Ndiaye (Rennes, France), Tony Sylva (Lille, France).
Defenders: Habib Beye (Olympique Marseille, France), Lamine Diatta (Olympique Lyon, France), Souleymane Diawara (Sochaux, France), Pape Malikou Diakhate (Nancy, France), Boukary Dramé (Paris St Germain, France), Ibrahima Faye (Troyes, France), Pascale Mendy (Dinamo Moscow, Russia), Guirane Ndaw (Sochaux, France), Sylvain Ndiaye (Levante, Spain), Ibrahim Sonko (Reading, England)
Midfielders: Issa Ba (Auxerre, France), Malick Ba (Basel, Switzerland), Pape Bouba Diop (Fulham, England), Abdoulaye Diagne Faye (Bolton Wanderers, England), Amdy Faye (Newcastle United, England), Moussa Ndiaye (Istres, France), Ousmane Ndoye (Academica Coimbra, Portugal)
Strikers: Rahmane Barry (Lorient, France), Henri Camara (Wigan Athletic, England), El Hadji Diouf (Bolton Wanderers, England), David Amadou Mbodji (Creteil, France), Frederic Mendy (Bastia, France), Mame Ndiaye, Mamadou Niang (both Olympique Marseille, France), Ibrahima Sidibe (Debrecen, Hungary)