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Ransford Osei
Ransford Osei (born 5 December 1990) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer, who played as a striker for Lithuanian club Palanga. Club career Early career Osei began his career at his homeland club Kessben FC now Medeama Sporting Club, On 28 February 2008, he was set to join Polish club Legia Warsaw on a six-month loan contract which gave the Polish club the option to buy the player during that time. Due to a work permit issue, the transfer was blocked by FIFA. Osei stayed in Kessben. Maccabi Haifa In 2008, he joined Israel-based side Maccabi Haifa on loan. He subsequently signed a three-year contract of employment. Twente In July 2009, Osei joined Dutch side FC Twente on a year-long loan deal. Granada In August 2010, Granada CF announced that they had signed Osei on loan, and that he would join up with their second team Granada B. Bloemfontein Celtic After a short trial period, South African club Bloemfontein Celtic gave Ransford Osei a six-month contract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghana National Under-17 Football Team
The Ghana national U-17 football team, known as the Black Starlets, is the youngest team that represents Ghana in football. They are two-time FIFA U-17 World Cup Champions in 1991 and 1995 and a two-time Runner-up in 1993 and 1997. Ghana has participated in nine of the 17 World Cup events starting with their first in Scotland 1989 through dominating the competition in the 1990s where at one time they qualified for 4 consecutive World Cup finals in Italy 1991, Japan 1993, Ecuador 1995 and Egypt 1997 to their most recent participation in South Korea 2007 where they lost in the World Cup Semi-finals 1–2 to Spain in extra time. They have also won the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations two times in 1995 and 1999 and were Runners-up in 2005 and 2017 as well. History The Ghana U-17 national team is known as ''The Riley Goon Squad''. A couple of Ghana's U-17 players have won the FIFA Golden Ball award: Nii Odartey Lamptey i1991an In the 1999 FIFA U-17, Ghanaian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professionalism In Association Football
Association football is the world's most popular sport and is worth US$600 billion worldwide. By the end of the 20th century it was played by over 250 million players in over 200 countries. Around the world, the sport is played at a professional level by professional footballers, and millions of people regularly go to football stadiums to follow their favourite football teams, while billions more watch the sport on television or on the internet. Football has the highest global television audience in sport. The sport had amateur origins and evolved into the modern professional competition. History Association football was first codified in 1863, with the formation of the Football Association (FA) in England. At this time the sport was played mainly by public schools, or teams with public school roots, and amateurism was the norm. This remained the case until the 1880s, when working-class teams began to vie for supremacy. Blackburn Olympic, a team composed mainly of factory w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Youth Championship
The U-20 Africa Cup of Nations also called TotalEnergies U-20 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsoring reason (previously known as the African Youth Championship or the African U-20 Championship) is the main international youth football competition for CAF nations, and is competed for by under 20 year olds. It is held every two years with the top 4 teams qualifying for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. History From 1979 until 1989, the African representatives were determined purely on a home and away qualifying basis without a final tournament, with the African champions determined through the same qualification. Since 1991 there has been a qualifying stage followed by a final tournament played by 8 teams in a chosen country. On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the name of the tournament from the African Youth Championship to the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, similar to the senior's version, Africa Cup of Nations. In July 2016, Total has secured an eight-year s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 FIFA Under-17 World Cup
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FIFA Under-17 World Cup
The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to U-17 in 1991 and to its current name in 2007, is the world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( FIFA). The current champion is Brazil, which won its fourth title at the 2019 tournament on home soil. History The FIFA U-17 World Cup is a competition that was inspired by the Lion City Cup that was created by the Football Association of Singapore in 1977. The Lion City Cup was the first under-16 football tournament in the world. Following FIFA's then secretary-general Sepp Blatter's recommendation after he was in Singapore for the 1982 Lion City Cup, FIFA created the FIFA U-16 World Championship. The first edition was staged in 1985 in China, and tournaments have been played every two years since then. It began as a competition for players under the age of 16 with the age limit raised to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 African Under-17 Championship
The 2007 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Togo. For the first time, the top four teams qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007, the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four ... (because of his expansion from 16 teams to 24) instead of three, as it has been on previous tournaments. Qualification Qualified teams * * * * * * * (host nation) * Group stage Group A Group B Knock-out stage Semifinals ---- Third place match Final Winners External linksRSSSF.com: African U-17 Championship 2007 {{CAF African U-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Under-17 Championship
The U-17 Africa Cup of Nations also called TotalEnergies U-17 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsoring reason (previously known as the African U-17 Championship) is a bi-annual football competition organised by the sport's African governing body, CAF. The competition has been held since 1995. Between 1985 and 1993 only qualifying competitions for the FIFA U-17 World Cup were played. History After FIFA World Cup qualifying tournaments from 1985 to 1993, the first African championship edition started on 1995. On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the name of the tournament from the African U-17 Championship to the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, similar to the senior's version, Africa Cup of Nations. In July 2016, Total has secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support 10 of its principal competitions, including the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations Champions, renamed Total U-17 Africa Cup of Nations. Results A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghana Super Cup
The Ghana Super Cup is a football competition involving a match played between the champion of the Ghana Premier League and the winner of the Ghanaian FA Cup in Ghana. The first Ghana Super Cup competition took place in the 1996–1997 season, after which there was a thirteen-year hiatus between the 1998 and 2010 seasons. Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, simply known as Asante Kotoko, is a professional football club founded on 31 August 1935 and based in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Nicknamed the ''Porcupine Warriors'', they compete in the Ghana Premier Le ... are the two most successful clubs in the competition's history. The current cup holders are Accra Hearts of Oak, champions of both the 2020-21 Ghana Premier League and the 2021 Ghanaian FA Cup. Winners Top performing clubs Notes and references {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghana Super Cup Football competitions in Ghana National association football supercups Football c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghanaian FA Cup
The Ghanaian FA Cup, currently known as the MTN Group, MTN FA Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the top Single-elimination tournament, knockout tournament of the Ghanaian association football. The competition is played between the clubs of the Ghana Premier League, Premier League, Ghana Football Leagues#Division One League .28Poly Tank Division One League.29, Division One League, Ghana Ghana Football Leagues#Division Two League, Division Two League, Ghana Ghana Football Leagues#Division Three League, Division Three League and Ghana Football Leagues#GAFCOA, GAFCOA. The first G.F.A. Cup competition took place in the season 1957–1958, with an eight years hiatus between the seasons 2002-2010. Accra Hearts of Oak SC, Hearts of Oak is the most successful club, having won the competition on 10 occasion, followed by Asante Kotoko S.C., Asante Koko who have won the cup on nine occasions. In 2016, Bechem United defeated Okwawu United 2–1 in the 2016 final. The current holder is Accra He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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