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The Ghana national football team represents Ghana in men's international football. [5] The team is named the Black Stars after the Black Star of Africa in the flag of Ghana. [6] It is governed by the Ghana Football Association, the governing body for football in Ghana. [7] Prior to 1957, it played as the Gold Coast. [8]
The Ghana national football team manager was officially established in 1958 by Ohene Djan, whom the Ohene Djan Sports stadium was named after. This happened after he was elected General Secretary of the Football Association by the clubs and the Ghana Amateur Football Association was officially founded.
He is Ghana's most successful football player and highest goalscorer of the Ghana national team to date, and has received the Golden Foot award. In the 1990s, Abédi Pelé and Anthony Yeboah received FIFA World Player of the Year top ten nominations: the following decade Sammy Kuffour and Michael Essien received Ballon d'Or nominations.
He was first called up to the senior national team for the 2016 African Nations Championship qualification, where he played both legs against the Ivory Coast. He was later called up by head coach Avram Grant for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. [14] He is the second deputy captain of the Ghana national football team. [15] [16]
Ghana national football team navigational boxes (3 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Ghana national football team" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Nana Otto Addo (born 9 June 1975) [2] is a Ghanaian football manager and former association football player. He is the manager of the Ghana national football team, and previously worked as a talent coach and interim first team assistant coach for Borussia Dortmund. [3]
[3] [4] In May 2017, he was appointed as the goal keeper's coach for the Ghana national football team. [33] In 2019, he was relieved of duties along with the whole technical team. After a reshuffle of the technical national teams, he was appointed as the goal keeper's coach of the Ghana A' national football team in June 2021. [34]
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 November 2024 (UTC) Joseph Aidoo (born 29 September 1995) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Spanish club Valladolid on loan from Celta Vigo , and the Ghana national team .