James Kwesi Appiah

James Kwesi Appiah
Personal information
Full nameJames Kwesi Appiah
Date of birth30 June 1960
Place of birthKumasi, Ashanti, Ghana
Playing positionLeft back
Club information
Current team
Al Khartoum (manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1983–1993Asante Kotoko
National team
1987–1992Ghana
Teams managed
2011Ghana U23
2012–2014Ghana
2014–Al Khartoum
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

James Kwesi Appiah (born 30 June 1960),[1] also known as Akwasi Appiah,[2] is a Ghanaian football coach and former player. He became manager of Sudanese club Al Khartoum in December 2014.

Education

Kwesi Appiah attended Opoku Ware School in Kumasi.

Career

Playing career

Appiah, a left back, played club football with Asante Kotoko,[2] playing for them between 1983 and 1993.[3]

Appiah played for the Ghanaian national team between 1987 and 1992,[3] appearing in two FIFA World Cup qualifying matches;[4] he also captained the team.[2]

Coaching career

He has received technical training from English clubs Manchester City,[5] and Liverpool.[6]

James Kwesi Appiah was Ghana's assistant coach between 2007 and 2012.[7]

Appiah was coach of Ghana U23 as they won the 2011 All-Africa Games.[8]

He was appointed as the Head coach of the Ghanaian national team in April 2012,[9] describing himself as "the underdog" in the process.[10] His Ghana team qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil,[11] making him the first black African coach to take the country to the World Cup.[12][13] He was given a new two-year contract in May 2014.[14] After the country exited the World Cup in the group stages, Appiah defended his team.[15]

He left his position as Ghana manager by mutual consent in September 2014.[16]

He became manager of Sudanese club Al Khartoum in December 2014.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". L'Equipe. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Patrick Akoto (10 April 2012). "Ghana FA reaches agreement with Kwesi Appiah, set to be unveiled on April 17". Ghana Soccernet.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 James Kwesi Appiah at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ↑ James Kwesi Appiah – FIFA competition record
  5. ↑ "Ghana coach Appiah back to share skills with Man City". BBC Sport. 24 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Ghana coach to get Liverpool tips". BBC Sport. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  7. ↑ http://www.modernghana.com/sports/496627/2/ten-things-about-ghana-coach-kwesi-appiah-you-do-n.html.
  8. ↑ "Ghana beat South Africa for Gold". Kickoff.com. 18 September 2011.
  9. ↑ "Ghana appoint James Kwesi Appiah as new head coach". BBC Sport. 10 April 2012.
  10. ↑ Michael Oti Adjei (18 April 2012). "New Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah keen to silence doubters". BBC Sport.
  11. ↑ "World Cup 2014: Ghana make it through to Brazil". BBC Sport. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  12. ↑ "Africa needs more local coaches, says Caf coach". BBC Sport. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  13. ↑ "World Cup 2014: Appiah prepares to name Ghana squad". BBC Sport. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  14. ↑ Michael Oti Adjei (23 May 2014). "Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah given new contract". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  15. ↑ "World Cup 2014: Appiah happy with Ghana performances". BBC Sport. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  16. ↑ "Kwesi Appiah leaves his post as Ghana coach by mutual consent". BBC Sport. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  17. ↑ "Former Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah takes over at SC Khartoum". BBC Sport. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.