Coventry City centre-forward Brandon Thomas-Asante has expressed elation after finally getting his debut goal for Ghana but described the defeat to Nigeria as a very frustrating one
The 26-year-old opened his goal-scoring account for the Black Stars of Ghana against Nigeria last Wednesday night in the 2025 Unity Cup semi-final game
Thomas-Asante, who made his debut for the West African nation in a World Cup Qualifier against Central African Republic in June 2024, scored the consolation goal in Ghana's 2-1 defeat to the Super Eagles of Nigeria at the Gtech Community Stadium in London.
He came off the bench after the first half for Asante Kotoko's Kwame Opoku, who had been handed a starting berth by Otto Addo to lead the Black Stars upfront with Christopher Bonsu Baah and Jordan Ayew.
The ex- West Brom attacker tapped in brilliantly from a close range after a great team build-up in the 70th minute but wasn't enough to rescue Ghana from a defeat
Speaking after the game, the versatile attacker was very excited to finally score his first goal in the national colours and will hope for more in subsequent matches
“On the whole, it was a bit frustrating, this is a big game for us. We know we can win this game against this team so a bit frustrating on that note.
"But I’m happy to make my start and score a goal for Ghana which I intended to do for a long time,” he said.
“It’s amazing [to play in front of the fans], it just shows what football is about and coach is about even though half of the fans are for you and half against you but that’s amazing and we want to see more days like this hopefully everyone is happy, we enjoyed it.”
Thomas-Asante had an incredible season under Frank Lampard at Coventry City and played an instrumental in their qualification to the Championship playoffs where they lost to Sunderland. He netted four goals and provided three assists in 38 Championship games.
