James Kwesi Appiah
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Personal information
Full name
James Kwesi Appiah
Date of birth
30 June 1960
Place of birth
Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana
Playing position
Left back
Club information
Current team
Ghana (manager)
Ghana
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Senior career
Asante Kotoko
1983–1993
National team
Ghana
1987–1992
Teams managed
Ghana U23
2011
Ghana
2012-2014
Al Khartoum
2014-2017
Ghana
2017-
(* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.)
James Kwesi Appiah, also known as Akwasi Appiah, 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, playing for them between 1983 and 1993.
Appiah played for the Ghanaian national team between 1987 and 1992, appearing in two FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.
He also captained the team.
Coaching career
He has received technical training from English clubs Manchester City, and Liverpool.
James Kwesi Appiah was Ghana's assistant coach between 2007 and 2012.
Appiah was coach of Ghana U23 as they won the 2011 All-Africa Games.
He was appointed as the Head coach of the Ghanaian national team in April 2012, describing himself as "the underdog" in the process.
His Ghana team qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, making him the first black African coach to take the country to the World Cup.
He was given a new two-year contract in May 2014.
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.
He became manager of Sudanese club Al Khartoum in December 2014.
In April 2017 he was re-appointed as the coach of the Ghana national team, replacing former Chelsea manager Avram Grant.
The Ghana international, who played at the World Cup in Brazil, spent the second half of last season on loan at French side Valenciennes, where he scored nine goals in 16 games.
Ghana drop Kwarasey and Essien for Nations Cup qualifiers - Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has named a 24-man squad for next month's 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
The 31-year-old, who played for Ghana in the 2006 and 2010 World Cups, joined as a free agent only 24 hours after his contact with Rayo Vallecano ended.
Sierra Leone have climbed 14 places in the Fifa world rankings for August, lifting them into the top 50 for the fist time in their history.
He made a switch last winter by spending six months on loan at Sochaux, where his five goals in 17 matches could not prevent the club from relegation from the top flight.
The Super Eagles climbed three places in the Confederation of African Football region and 10 spots on the global list - up to 34th in the world.
Portugal vs Ghana 2:1
Germany vs Ghana 2:2
Ghana vs USA 1:2
Ghana lost their opening match against USA. Now it's getting tough for the Black Stars to reach the knockout-phase.
Ghana swept aside South Korea 4:0 in their final World Cup warm-up match as striker Jordan Ayew hit a hat-trick after coming on as a substitute.
