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 former Dutch football-star, Ruud Gullit, hopes a team from Africa will perform well and prove to be the surprise package at the World Cup in Brazil.
Leicester City's Jeffery Schlupp has been axed from Ghana's 2014 World Cup squad. The defender is one of three players dropped from the preliminary 26-man World Cup squad announced on 12 May.
Appiah, a former Black Stars captain, was appointed in April 2012 with objectives to win the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations and qualify the side for the 2014 World Cup.
The former AC Milan midfielder also spoke about his plans to build a school in Kumasi - Ghana's second-largest city and his father's home town - in order to strengthen the bond with the local support.
African teams participating in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil
Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah dropped a number of big names.
Fixtures and results for the 2014 Confed Cup.
2013 champions: CS Sfaxien (Tunisia)
Winners advance to group stage
Jordan Ayew is the son of Ghana great Abedi Pele and has so far won 11 caps and scored two goals for the Black Stars. Ayew has scored three goals for Sochaux since he joined from Marseille on loan in January and knows playing well for his club can only help his chances of getting into the Black Stars' squad for Brazil.
He was the captain of Ghana's national football team for six years (1992-1998) and was one of the first African football players to earn a top placing in FIFA World Player of the Year voting in 1991 and 1992.
Abedi Pele played for Ghana 73 times and is considered the greatest football player in his country's history, and among the best in Africa. Until 7 June 2013 when he was surpassed by Asamoah Gyan, he was the top goal scorer for Ghana with 33 goals.
