Maxwell Konadu (born 4 December 1972) is a football coach and a retired Ghana international

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player. He was the head coach of the

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, the manager of the

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, and formerly the

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club

. Konadu was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the

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, Spain. He also won gold as assistant coach of Ghana's Men's Olympic Team at the

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in 2011.

Playing career

Konadu began his youth career with Nkoranza Republic and Upper West Republic in Ghana. He began his professional career with the legendary Kumasi Asante Kotoko FC, with whom he won the Ghana Premier League in his debut season. After brief spells playing in

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and

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, he returned to Asante Kotoko in January 1996, before moving to

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of the

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in July of the following year. He would play for Leiria in the

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during the 1998–99 season, and then moved to rival but relegated lower division club

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, and A.C. Marinhense. He then had a brief spell playing in

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, before returning to play for

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side

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in 2003.

Coaching career

Following his playing career, Konadu became a coach. first interning at Ghana's Feyenoord Academy before taking on the assistant coach position of Red Bull Academy's U-17 team in Sogakope. After participating in the 31st and 32nd International

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(German Football Association) coaching courses in Hennef, Germany, he received the International DFB Coaching Certificates "B" and "A" in 2008 and 2009 respectively. By then, he had moved to Ghana Premier League club

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, leading them during the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons. In July 2011, Konadu was appointed as assistant coach of

, the club where he first gained fame as a prolific goal scorer. He however signed on as head coach following his return from the All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique, following the sacking of Serbian coach Bogdan Korak. On 3 May 2012, Konadu was appointed as the assistant coach of the

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by the GFA (Ghana Football Association), succeeding

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. On 5 June 2012, Konadu resigned as

club

after guiding the club to their 22nd league title and securing qualification to the 2013 CAF Champions League. Konadu was succeeded as manager of

by, Mas-ud Didi Dramani. On 10 July 2012, Konadu was appointed as the

of the

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, succeeding Orlando Wellington and in January 2013, Konadu was appointed as the manager of the

. He was appointed caretaker manager of the men's senior national team, for the second time, in March 2017. He also served as coach of the ''local Black Stars'' -

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Honours

Player

Asante Kotoko *

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: 1991–92, 1992–93 Ghana U23 *

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Bronze medalist:

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Manager

Asante Kotoko * Ghana Premier League: 2011–12 *

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: 2019 Ghana A' *

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Individual * WAFU Nations Cup Coach of the Tournament: 2019 *

Manager of the month: April 2022

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Konadu, Maxwell 1972 births Living people Ghanaian football managers Ghanaian men's footballers Ghana men's international footballers Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Ghana Olympic bronze medalists for Ghana U.D. Leiria players S.C. Beira-Mar players Olympic medalists in football Ghana national football team managers Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Men's association football forwards Footballers from Kumasi Asante Kotoko S.C. managers Ghana Premier League managers