Charles Kumi Gyamfi (4 December 1929 – 2 September 2015) was a Ghanaian

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and coach, who as a player became the first African to play in Germany when he joined

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in 1960, and later became the first coach to lead the Ghana national football team to an Africa Cup of Nations victory. Gyamfi had his primary school education at the Accra Royal School in James Town. As coach of the Ghana national football team, he won the African Cup of Nations three times (

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, 1965 and 1982), making him the most successful coach in the competition's history. This record has since been equalled by Egypt's Hassan Shehata. Gyamfi was also the coach of the Ghana national football team during their Olympic debut at the

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Summer Olympics. He returned to coach the Olympic team for the

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tournament. He was a member of FIFA's Technical Study Group for the

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and 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. In January 2008 he publicly lamented the modern obsession of players with money rather than the love of the game. He died in September 2015.

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