Cecil Jones Attuquayefio (18 October 1944 – 12 May 2015) was a

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ian

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player and coach.

International career

Attuquayefio played many times for the Ghana national team and helped the team win the 1965 African Nations Cup.

Coaching career

Attuquayefio managed the Benin national team to the 2004 African Nations Cup, Hearts of Oak to the 2000 African Champions League title and the

2004 CAF Confederation Cup The 2004 CAF Confederation Cup was the first edition of the newly created CAF Confederation Cup. Hearts of Oak of Ghana beat fellow Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It ab ...

. He also managed Ghana's national team. In 2008–09 Attuquayefio coached

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and became the title coach of the Century. Attuquayefio was named African coach of the year in 2000 after his club Accra Hearts of Oak of Ghana won the African Champions league with only one loss throughout the entire tournament (to DC Motema Pembe). In 2015, Jones Attuquayefio died in the early hours of 12 May 2015 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in

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's capital, from throat cancer.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones Attuquayefio 1944 births 2015 deaths Ghanaian footballers Ghana international footballers 1965 African Cup of Nations players 1968 African Cup of Nations players 1970 African Cup of Nations players Africa Cup of Nations-winning players Footballers from Accra Okwawu United players Ghanaian football managers Ghana national football team managers Benin national football team managers Ghanaian expatriate football managers Deaths from throat cancer Deaths from cancer in Ghana 2004 African Cup of Nations managers Association football forwards Olympic footballers of Ghana Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. managers Ashanti Gold S.C. managers Accra Great Olympics F.C. managers Liberty Professionals F.C. managers Ga-Adangbe people Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Benin Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Ivory Coast Expatriate football managers in Benin Expatriate football managers in Ivory Coast