Benin will look up to some useful insight from their South African based goalkeeper Marcel Souke Dandjinou when the two countries square in a World Cup qualifier on November 18.
Dandjinou is unknown to many but has been the first choice at Motsepe Foundation Championship club JDR Stars since the beginning of the 2022/23 season.
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The 25-year-old joined from Benin club ESAE FC in February 2021 at the recommendation of Michel Sinha – who works as an agent on the local market.
With JDR Stars boxing their way in the top three bracket of the first division standings, Dandjinou has been the man who has kept goals in nine of the 10 league games played to date.
"I obviously have a bit of information that I have been giving to everyone in Benin who has been asking me since I'm the only one based here," Dandjinou tells KickOff.com.
"With the game approaching, I have people from Benin asking me every day about South Africa and Bafana Bafana.
"I have told them the players here are technical and even if they have a lot of locally based players, it doesn't mean they are not a strong team.
"The local league here is strong and most of the national team players are from Mamelodi Sundowns.
"Just look at what Mamelodi Sundowns is doing on the continent and then you will have your answer.
"It is like we will be playing against Sundowns.
"At our club we usually play friendly games against Sundowns, SuperSport United, TS Galaxy, and Orlando Pirates so I have good information.
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"We want to start properly by collecting points in the first game so Bafana will not have it easy against us," says Dandjinou.
Les Guepards have veteran coach Gernot Rohr in charge.
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