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Ghana captain Andre Ayew has become only the third player to feature in eight different Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournaments.

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<p>He joins Egypt’s Ahmed Hassan and Cameroon’s Rigobert Song in the exclusive list of players to have achieved this feat.</p>

<p>The 34-year-old came on as a second-half substitute in the Black Stars’ disappointing defeat to Cape Verde in their opening game of the 2023 AFCON on Sunday.</p>

<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">André Ayew officially joins Ahmed Hassan &amp; Rigobert Song as a member of the exclusive club of 8 different tournament participations. 👏🇬🇭<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TotalEnergiesAFCON2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TotalEnergiesAFCON2023</a> <a href="https://t.co/VqDVBPlHgO">pic.twitter.com/VqDVBPlHgO</a></p>&mdash; CAF_Online (@CAF_Online) <a href="https://twitter.com/CAF_Online/status/1746663210873221339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<p>A lacklustre performance saw the Black Stars fall behind after just 17 minutes following Jamiro Monteiro's rebound.</p>

<p>Ghana bounced back in the second half through Alexandre Djiku’s header and, for a moment, it looked like the night could belong to them.</p>

<p>However, Cape Verde stunned them late in the game, with Garry Rodrigues taking advantage of a defensive mix-up to score the winner.</p>

<p>Ayew, however, came on to chalk a piece of history when he replaced Ranford Yeboah Konigsdoffer in the 62nd minute of the game.</p>

<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Andre Ayew on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AFCON2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AFCON2023</a>   <br><br>We just have to stay calm; we do our job and take it game by game. We are not going to promise anything but I can assure that we are going be there and give our hundred percent to make sure we have a good start.<br><br>📸 <a href="https://twitter.com/Skefonzi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Skefonzi</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/442GH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@442GH</a> <a href="https://t.co/RAWxHWhEBd">pic.twitter.com/RAWxHWhEBd</a></p>&mdash; Fredrick Gyan-Mante (@Freddie_GH) <a href="https://twitter.com/Freddie_GH/status/1746510994166411732?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<p>The Le Havre man is now the joint record holder for playing in the most AFCON tournaments, alongside Hassan and Song.</p>

<p>The Black Stars skipper is also just one more appearance away from equaling Song’s record of 36 appearances in the AFCON.</p>

<p>Ayew recently revealed his ambition to break every record in sight, saying: <em>“I think there are two or three records to be broken. I will be happy to achieve that but the most important thing is the team and not my personal achievement. </em></p>

<p><em>“Breaking records and not winning or not having the results as a team is not my ambition as the captain of the team. I want to do everything possible to break the record but most importantly, I want to win games as the leader of the team,”</em> he added.</p>

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