Abukari Damba (born 30 December 1968) is a retired

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

ian football goalkeeper.

Career

He played for

Real Tamale United Real Tamale United, often abbreviated as RTU, is a football club based in Tamale, Northern Region of Ghana. The team previously competed in the Ghana Division One League, after being relegated to the second tier in the 2013–14 Ghana Football ...

in Ghana, and also in Perak FA in Malaysia. He was also capped for

. Damba was selected as a reserve goalkeeper for the

1992 African Cup of Nations The 1992 African Cup of Nations was the 18th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Senegal. The field expanded to twelve teams, split into four groups of three; the top two teams in ea ...

finals. After he retired from playing, Damba became a football coach. He was the Ghana national team's goalkeeping coach before being asked to step down following corruption accusations in July 2007. Damba is the goalkeeping coach for Accra Hearts of Oak SC.

References

Living people Ghanaian men's footballers Ghana men's international footballers 1992 African Cup of Nations players Accra Great Olympics F.C. players Perak F.C. players Dagomba people Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia 1978 births Men's association football goalkeepers People from Northern Region (Ghana) Real Tamale United players Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. non-playing staff Association football goalkeeping coaches {{Ghana-footy-goalkeeper-stub