Orlando Wellington

Orlando Wellington
Personal information
Place of birth	Ghana
Teams managed
	Ghana U-20
	Heart of Lions

Last updated April 30, 2019

Orlando Wellington is a Ghanaian football manager. He has previously managed the Ghana Under-20 team as the head coach.^[1]

Ghana national U-20 football team known as the Black Satellites, is considered to be the feeder team for the Ghana national football team. They are the former FIFA U-20 World Cup Champions and African Youth Champions, they have also been a three-time African Champion in 1995, 1999, 2009 and a two-time Runner-up at the FIFA World Youth Championship in 1993, 2001 and finished third in 2013. Ghana has participated in only six of the past 19 World Cup events starting with their first in Australia 1993 where they lost the World Cup final 1-2 to Brazil in Sydney and in Argentina 2001 where they lost the World Cup final 0-3 to Argentina in Buenos Aires. Incredibly, in 32 FIFA World Cup matches, Ghana has not lost a game in regulation below the Semi Final level of the FIFA U20 World Cup. They however failed to qualify for 3 consecutive events in UAE 2003, Netherlands 2005 and Canada 2007 until they made the Egypt 2009 Tournament.

In association football, a manager is an occupation of head coach in the United Kingdom responsible for running a football club or a national team. Outside the British Isles and across most of Europe, a title of head coach or coach is predominant.

He has also previously managed Heart of Lions in the Ghanaian Premier League.^[2]

Heart of Lions F.C. association football club

Heart of Lions Football Club is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Kpandu, Volta. The club competed in the Glo Premier League, being relegated in 2015.

The Ghana Premier League is the top professional football division of the football league system in Ghana. Formed officially in 1956, after the last Gold Coast Club Competition was held in 1953/1954, the league is organized by the Ghana Football Association and was ranked as the 11th best league in Africa by the IFFHS from 2001-2010, and the league was also ranked 65th in the IFFHS' Best Leagues of the World ranking, in the 1st Decade of the 21st Century (2001-2010). On 4 February 2014. It has been dominated by Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak. The league has had a hiatus since mid June 2018 because of corruption issues but its due to return in August 2019.

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References

↑ "Coach Orlando Wellington: we are under pressure now". Ghana to Ghana. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
↑ "Satellites coach quits Lions". Kickoff Magazine. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2011.

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[1] "Coach Orlando Wellington: we are under pressure now". Ghana to Ghana. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.

[2] "Satellites coach quits Lions". Kickoff Magazine. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2011.