James Kwesi Appiah

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James Kwesi Appiah
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Personal information
Full name James Kwesi Appiah
Date of birth (1960-06-30) 30 June 1960 (age 63)
Place of birth Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Sudan (head coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1982–1983 Prestea Mine Stars
1983–1993 Asante Kotoko
International career
1982–1992 Ghana
Managerial career
1992–1995 Asante Kotoko (assistant)
1995–1996 Asante Kotoko
2007–2012 Ghana (assistant)
2011 Ghana U23
2012–2014 Ghana
2014–2017 Al Khartoum
2017–2020 Ghana
2021–2023 Kenpong Football Academy
2023– Sudan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Kwesi Appiah (born 30 June 1960), [1] also known as Akwasi Appiah, [2] is a Ghanaian football coach and former player who played as a left back and is currently the head coach of Sudan national football team.

Contents

Early life and education

Appiah was born on 30 June 1960 in Kumasi. [3] He attended Opoku Ware School (OWASS) for his secondary school education. [4] [5]

Club career

Appiah, a left back, played club football for Prestea Mine Stars [6] between 1982 and 1983, before joining Asante Kotoko, [2] playing for them between 1983 and 1993. [7]

International career

Appiah played for the Ghana national team between 1982 and 1992, [7] appearing in two FIFA World Cup qualifying matches; [8] he also captained the team. [2] Appiah was part of the 1982 squad that won the 1982 African Cup of Nations. [9] [10]

Coaching career

Between 1992 and 1995 Appiah served as the assistant coach for his former club Asante Kotoko including deputizing under Malik Jabir. He was subsequently promoted to serve in the role of head coach from 1995 to 1996. [11] [12] He served as a coach as part of the technical team of Fred Osam-Duodu when he served as Head coach of the Ghana national team from 2000 to 2001. [11]

He has received technical training from English clubs Manchester City, [13] and Liverpool. [14]

James Kwesi Appiah was Ghana's assistant coach between 2007 and 2012 serving under Claude Le Roy and Milovan Rajevac. [12] [15]

Appiah was coach of Ghana U23 as they won the 2011 All-Africa Games. [16]

He was appointed as the Head coach of the Ghana national team in April 2012, [17] [18] describing himself as "the underdog" in the process. [19] His Ghana team qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, [20] making him the first black African coach to take the country to the World Cup. [21] [22] He was given a new two-year contract in May 2014. [23] After the country exited the World Cup in the group stages, Appiah defended his team. [24] He left his position as Ghana manager by mutual consent in September 2014. [25]

He became manager of Sudanese club Al Khartoum in December 2014. [26] During his first season, he led the team to a fourth place finish and qualification to the Confederation Cup. The following season, he led the club in attaining the highest points tally per season in the club’s history, 65 points, however they did not qualify for the CAF Confederation Cup. [27]

In April 2017 he was re-appointed as the coach of the Ghana national team, replacing former Chelsea manager Avram Grant. [28] He was sacked in January 2020. [29]

In July 2021, he was appointed as the head coach of Kenpong Football Academy. [30] [31]

In January 2023 he was linked with the manager's job at Tanzanian club Simba SC. [32] He also applied to become Ghana national team manager. [33]

In September 2023, Appiah became the head coach of the Sudan national football team, whilst still working as Technical Director of Asante Kotoko in a joint role. [34]

Honours

Player

Asante Kotoko [35]

Ghana

Manager

Ghana U23

Individual

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