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Paa Kwesi Fabin
Samuel Paa Kwesi Fabin (born 25 March 1959) is a Ghanaian professional football manager. He is the current coach of the Ghana national U-23 team. He is a former coach Ghana Premier League teams; Asante Kotoko S.C, Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. and Aduana Stars F.C. He previously coached the Ghana national U-17 team leading them to 2nd place in the 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations. Early life and education Fabin is a native of Elmina in the Central Region but was born in Tarkwa in the Western region and grew up in Kumasi, Ashanti region. He attended Winneba Specialist Training College where he completed as a trained teacher with a Diploma in Physical Education and Sports in 1987. Prior to that he had his secondary school education from Ebenezer Secondary School in Accra. He developed the love for coaching after his encounter with veteran Ghanaian coaches coach Sam Arday, Cecil Jones Attuquayefio, Jim Amoah and Oko Aryee whilst studying in Winneba. After completing his teacher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aduana Stars
Aduana Football Club is a professional football club, based in Dormaa Ahenkro, Bono Region, Ghana. The club is competing in the Ghanaian Premier League. It made history by winning the Ghana Premier League at their first attempt with 53 points. It became the ninth club to win the Ghana Premier League in its 54-year-old history. History Early years In 1984, four natives of Dormaa Ahenkro, Bono Region led by Agya Donkor, a goldsmith and supported by Kofi Boahen, Iddrisa Issaka and one other unnamed person registered to play in the regional division 4 league of Ghana, bringing Aduana Stars Football Club to birth in 1985. Due to the decision to adopt the official emblem of the Aduana clan, the group had to seek for the permission from the Aduanahene (who was a paramount chief of Aboabo no 3), which he accepted. Aduana Stars went on to play in the division 4 of the Ghana league for two years before gaining promotion into the division 3 league in 1986. After that promotion, the clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Arday
Sam Arday (2 November 1945 – 12 February 2017) was a Ghanaian association football, football coach who has managed the Ghana national football team, Ghana national side on two occasions – from 1996 to 1997, and again in 2004. He retired from the police service where his last position was a Superintendent. He was the originator of the 'multi system' technique of football, which involved playing all attack and all defense simultaneously. This was executed by switching among the 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1 and the 4-4-2 formations. He was a scout for the Black Stars prior to the 2006 World Cup in Germany and again when Akwasi Appiah was the coach of the team. Coaching career Arday was the coach of Ghana Ghana national football team, Olympic Team, which won the Olympic Bronze Soccer Medal at Barcelona '92, the first for an African country, and coach of Ghana national under-20 football team. The Ghana national under-20 football team, Black Satellites won the Bronze Medal at 1991 African Youth C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans-Dieter Schmidt
Hans-Dieter Schmidt (born 9 January 1948) is a former German football player turned manager. Playing career Schmidt's playing career – part of which he spent with Hannover 96 – ended early after a severe injury at the age of 23. Coaching career Following the end of his playing days, Schmidt passed his manager diploma and worked as manager of SV Meppen for several years. After spending a year with Eintracht Nordhorn, Schmidt joined VfB Oldenburg as manager and came in second place in the German amateur football championship in 1988. In the same year, he joined FC Bayern Munich, managing their reserve team for two years, before taking over as managing director of Hannover 96. While working in that office in Hannover, he was interim manager for two matches, before Michael Lorkowski took over. He also managed VfB Lübeck and VfL Osnabrück, before Schmidt went abroad for the first time in 1994. He managed Egyptian top-flight team Baladeyet Al-Mahalla before joining Saudi Premier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Middendorp
Ernst Middendorp (born 28 October 1958) is a German association football coach who coaches South African Premier Soccer League club Maritzburg United. Education Middendorp was born in Freren. In 1984, he enrolled in the University of Bielefeld, West Germany, where he graduated in 1986 with a degree in economics, politics, and history. After graduating, in 1987, he took computer courses at two institutions: the Gesamthochschule Paderborn Institute in Germany, where he earned a degree in special economics, computer studies; and at the Computer College Rheine, Germany, where he studied becoming a system analyst. In 1996, he attained his UEFA Pro License (Fußball-Lehrer) from the Deutsche Sporthochschule in Köln, Germany. In 2000, he began studying communication and management at PR Kolleg Berlin, Germany, where he studied through 2002. Career Middendorp has coached professional football on the highest level for nearly 20 years in Europe, Asia and Africa, having a UEFA Pro Licen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osei Kwadwo
Osei Kwadwo was an Ashanti people, Ashanti king who ruled from c. 1764 to 1777. He was succeeded by Osei Kwame Panyin. See also *List of rulers of Asante References *Adu Boahen. "A New Look at the History of Ghana." ''African Affairs'', Vol. 65, No. 260 (Jul., 1966), pp. 212–222 18th-century Ghanaian people 18th-century monarchs in Africa Ghanaian royalty Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown {{ghana-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Asamoah
Alexander Jeffrey Obiri Asamoah Gyimah (born January 16, 1986) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Aduana Stars. Club career On 7 December 2005 left Berekum Arsenal to sign a two-year contract for Ashanti Gold SC and on 17 January 2009 signed for Asante Kotoko. On 17 March 2010 the Asante Kotoko attacker and top scorer of the 2008/2009 season, changes with immediate effect to South Korean K-League side Gyeongnam FC. The 24-year-old Ghanaian signed with the Changwon-based club, a one-year loan contract and returned on 3 August 2010 to Asante Kotoko. On December 1, 2011, ES Sétif announced that they had reached a mutual agreement to terminate Asamoah's contract. He spent just four months at the club, making two appearances. He returned in January 2012 to Ashanti Gold SC, before signing for Aduana Stars im September 2012. On 12 March 2021, the veteran striker joined Techiman based club, Techiman Eleven Wonders in the Ghana Premier League on a one-year deal. It will be the seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Akwaffo-Boateng
Francis Akwaffo-Boateng (born September 7, 1991, in Anum) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Al Nasr Benghazi. Career He began his career in the youth from Larteh United and joined than in 2004 to Ba United. After two big seasons with Ba United, he was transferred on 24 October 2007 to Asante Kotoko. The right winger started on 15 July 2009 a one-week trial with Germany-based club FSV Frankfurt Fußballsportverein Frankfurt 1899 e.V., commonly known as simply FSV Frankfurt, is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. FSV Frankfurt also fielded a rather successfu ... and turned later back to Asante Kotoko. International career Akwaffo is former member of the Black Meteors. References 1991 births Living people Ghanaian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Asante Kotoko S.C. players Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi) players Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Oduro
Stephen Oduro (born 13 April 1983) is a professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Asante Kotoko. Career Oduro nicknamed "Yaw Zico or Tico Tico" because of his height, began his career with Real Tamale United and was transferred in 2000 to Asante Kotoko. He has been an instrumental part to porcupine warriors since his arrival from the north giants. Asante Kotoko fans also call him the darling boy. Oduro is also one of Ghana-based freekick expert and he scored a brilliant one against rivals Hearts of Oak in a 2–0 win at the Kumasi Sports Stadium. International He is also former Black Stars member and holds one cap and was member Black Starlets squad for the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count .... Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwadwo Poku (footballer, Born 1985)
Kwadwo Gyamfi-Poku (born 5 May 1985), or simply Kojo Poku, is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Poku began his career by Asante Kotoko, the former Ghana Olympic striker came to prominence in 2002 when he was promoted from the junior team of Kotoko and succeeded in making an immediate impact in Kotoko's journey to the finals of the 2002 African Cup Winner Cup, which they eventually lost to Wydad Casablanca of Morocco in the final. Poku moved to Danish side FC Midtjylland on 15 May 2005, with a huge of potential from local side King Faisal Babes in 2004. In the 2006–07 season he played eighteen games and scores 8 goals for the farmteam Ikast fS. He was released from his Midtjylland contract on 13 April 2007, and signed for Asante Kotoko on 13 August 2007. He scored a brace in a 2–2 draw against Liberty Professionals. After one year with Kotoko he returned to King Faisal Babes, signing for the Kumasi based club in April 2008. He played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mensah
John Mensah (born 29 November 1982) is a former Ghanaian professional footballer who last played as a defender for AFC United in the Swedish second-tier . Born in Obuasi, Ashanti, Mensah is a product of the scouting system in Ghana that identifies talented youngsters long before they enter any formal structures and exports them to potential fame and fortune in Europe. A centre-half by choice, he is also adept at right-back and has played in both positions for his national side, also captaining the team on occasions. His physique has earned him the moniker the "Rock of Gibraltar", and Mensah was considered a certainty to be named to Ghana's squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He spent the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons on loan at English club Sunderland in the Premier League. Club career Early career Born in Obuasi, Ashanti, Mensah began playing at a young age, which saw him join MBC Accra. As a teenager, Mensah then moved to Italy to join Bologna and went on to make two a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulley Muntari
Suleyman Ali "Sulley" Muntari (born 27 August 1984) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his career in Italy, playing for clubs such as Udinese, Internazionale, and Milan. During his time with Internazionale, he helped the team win the Champions League in 2009–10 and the Serie A title in 2008–09 and 2009–10. He was also part of the Portsmouth team that won the FA Cup in 2007–08. After becoming a full international in 2002, Muntari earned over 80 caps for the Ghana national team and was selected for two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and three FIFA World Cups. He is the elder brother of Tambov player Sulley Muniru. Club career Early career Muntari's abilities first came to light in youth tournaments, while he was playing for Liberty Professionals youth team. He became a regular member of Ghana under-20 team at the age of 16 as they finished runners-up at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osei Kyeretwie Secondary School
Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School is a coed boarding school in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana. History Osei Kyeretwie Senior High school (known as OKESS) was established in July 1937 as the first secondary school in the Asante region. The school, formerly known as Asante Collegiate started as a private educational institution with just a handful of all boys’ students by the late Rev. J.T. Robert. After many years of private management, the school was taken over by the ministry of education in September, 1958; relocated it to Dichemso in September 1968; and renamed as Osei Kyeretwie (after Nana Sir Osei Ageyman Prempeh II, Otomfuo, the Asantehene) who was known in private life as ''Obarima Osei Kyeretwie''. In 1970, the current Tafo site of about 168-acre land was allocated to enable the school build permanent campus; the school has through 34 years operated from both the Dichemso and Tafo campuses. Following persistent pressures to move, the government eventually agreed and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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