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Antoine Semenyo is Ghana’s most followed footballer on football apps, enjoying a significant lead over Mohammed Kudus and other Black Stars teammates in a ranking of the country’s most popular players.

The Manchester City forward has attracted 40,834 follows, more than twice the 18,035 recorded by Kudus, who occupies second position.

The rankings, based on player-follow data from football statistics platform Flashscore, cover the 50 most followed Ghanaian footballers, with the top 20 accounting for 167,152 of the 217,055 follows recorded.

Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey occupies third place with 11,250 follows, while Athletic Bilbao forward Inaki Williams is fourth with 10,053.

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Sheffield United striker Jordan Ayew completes the top five with 8,521, narrowly ahead of Fatawu Issahaku, who has 8,287.

Coventry City midfielder Caleb Yirenkyi follows in seventh place with 8,271, while Kwasi Sibo, who plays for Libyan side Al-Swehly, is eighth with 7,259.

Hearts of Oak goalkeeper Benjamin Asare is the highest-ranked locally based player, occupying ninth position with 6,372 follows. Coventry City forward Brandon Thomas-Asante completes the top 10 with 5,883.

Kamaldeen Sulemana (5,817), Ernest Nuamah (5,441) and Lawrence Ati-Zigi (5,148) occupy positions 11 to 13.

Gideon Mensah is the highest-ranked defender at 14th with 4,313 follows, ahead of Prince Adu (4,029), Christopher Bonsu Baah (3,946), Jerome Opoku (3,779), Jonas Adjetey (3,628), Marvin Senaya (3,166) and Alidu Seidu (3,120).

The popularity of Ghanaian players extends beyond Flashscore, with platforms such as Sofascore, LiveScore and GOAL also serving as major destinations for fans tracking scores, player performances and match statistics.

Semenyo and Kudus, in particular, remain two of the country’s biggest names in the digital football space, attracting significant interest from supporters who follow their performances across these platforms.

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