Jojo Wollacott officially gained qualification to the 2022 Qatar World Cup with Ghana after their 1-1 draw with Nigeria in March.
The 25-year-old shot-stopper will be a familiar face to fans of Gloucester City and Forest Green Rovers, with Wollacott having stints at both clubs in 2018/19 and 2029/20 respectively.
Now at Swindon Town, the Ghanaian received his first international call-up in October 2019 and was then a part of the 2022 African Cup of Nations squad, playing in every match.
This should see Wollacott travel to Qatar this Winter to compete at his first World Cup, and with the draw having been made last week, Ghana saw themselves drawn into Group H alongside Portugal, Uruguay and Korea Republic.
So, let’s take a deeper look into Wollacott’s World Cup oponents.
Portugal
Portugal are without doubt the toughest team Wollacott will face in the group stage, with Fernando Santos’ side boasting some of the biggest names in world football, including one Cristiano Ronaldo.
Whilst finishing second in their qualifying group, Ronaldo bagged six goals, meanwhile, Diogo Jota scored four and Joao Paulinha picked up two.
Portugal had to qualify the hard way, as a second-placed finish behind Serbia was not enough for automatic qualification, but play-off victories over Turkey and North Macedonia saw the European side book their place.
The 2016 European Championship winners have also seen themselves earn an eighth place finish in FIFA’s latest world rankings, with an increase of 14.53 points.
Uruguay
This will be just the second time Ghana and Uruguay have ever played each other, with the only other occasion happening to be one of the most famous and controversial matches in World Cup history back in the 2010 South Africa tournament.
It is unlikely that Ghana fans will have forgiven Uruguay striker Luis Suarez, who quite literally took the game in his hands by punching the ball off the line in a last minute attempt to see Uruguay hold on for a penalty shootout, with the game set at 1-1.
With a penalty awarded and Suarez sent off, Asamoah Gyan missed the penalty, and Uruguay ended up heading through to the semi-finals.
Whilst Gyan retired in 2019, the pantomime villain in Suarez is likely to be at the tournament for what should be a fierce encounter.
Korea Republic
Korea will be seen as Ghana’s best chance at a result in the group stage, but they are certainly no push over side.
The name that will come to most people’s minds when it comes to the Korea squad is Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min, the Korea captain.
Alongside his 122 goals in all competitions, Son also has 31 goals for his nation, and will be one of Wollacott’s toughest opponents in his career so far.
Other Korean names such as Hwang Hee-chan, Hwang Ui-jo and Kwong Chang-hoon will also be ones to look out for when it’s Wollacott’s time to face them.