Osei Kofi is a retired Ghanaian
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
. He played for
Asante Kotoko S.C.
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 Lea ...
and the
Ghana national football team. He was a joint top scorer in the
1965 Africa Cup of Nations
The 1965 African Cup of Nations was the fifth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Tunisia. Just like in 1963, the field of six teams was split into two groups of three. Ghana retained ...
tournament held in
Tunis
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leading to Ghana winning the tournament for a second time. He was joint top goalscorer in
1965 Africa Cup of Nations
The 1965 African Cup of Nations was the fifth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Tunisia. Just like in 1963, the field of six teams was split into two groups of three. Ghana retained ...
and he was the third highest scorer in the
1968 Africa Cup of Nations
The 1968 African Cup of Nations was the sixth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Ethiopia. The field expanded to eight teams, split into two groups of four; the top two teams in each gr ...
. Osei Kofi was called the 'wizard dribbler' because of his ball dribbling skills.
Osei Kofi apparently turned down a financial incentive to play in Europe at his prime in 1969. He later became a
priest
A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in partic ...
.
He has also worked as the National Coordinator for National Games.
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Honours
Ghana
* Africa Cup of Nations winner: 1963, 1965
Asante Kotoko
*Ghana Premier League
The is the top professional association football division of the football league system in Ghana. Officially formed in 1956 to replace a previous league incarnation, the Gold Coast Club Competition (which began in 1933 and ended in 1953–54), t ...
winner: 1964, 1965, 1967
References
External links
Video interview on BBC TV
BBC website
1940 births
Living people
Association football forwards
Ghanaian footballers
Ghana international footballers
1965 African Cup of Nations players
1968 African Cup of Nations players
Olympic footballers of Ghana
Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Asante Kotoko S.C. players
Africa Cup of Nations-winning players
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