Fred Osam-Duodu is a legendary Ghanaian coach and a FIFA Instructor. A former Ghana national football team coach, he led Ghana to win the 1982 African Cup of Nations in Libya and also led Ghana's Under-20 team to win the 1993 African U-20 Cup of Nations and a silver medal at the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship. He was also Ghana's coach during the 2002 African Cup of Nations, held in Mali.
Recently in 2005 he led Gambia's Under 17 to win the African Youth Cup, qualifying them for a FIFA Youth Tournament for the first time. He is currently the Coach of Ghana's Under-17 team, known as the "Black Starlets" that has qualified for the African Championship in Togo to be held in March 2007.
On January 15, 2007, the Ghana coach, was handed the job of leading Africa’s All-Star U-17 team to play an European U-17 All-Star select side in February 2007 in a UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup. The game which comes up in Barcelona mini Nou Camp stadium is to celebrate the forthcoming tenth anniversary of the Meridian Project.
Osam Duodu would be assisted by Egypt’s Coach Shakwi Gharib Bayoumi.[1]
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