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

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leading to Ghana winning the tournament for a second time. He was joint top goalscorer in

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.

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 TVBBC 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 {{Ghana-footy-forward-stub