Charles Gyamfi
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Charles Kumi Gyamfi | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 4 December 1929||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
Date of death | 1 September 2015 | (aged 85)||
Place of death | Accra, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1948 | Sailors | ||
1948-1949 | Ebusua Dwarfs | ||
1949-1954 | Asante Kotoko | ||
1954-1956 | Kumasi Great Ashantis | ||
1956-1960 | Hearts of Oak | ||
1960-1961 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||
International career | |||
1950-1961 | Ghana | ||
Managerial career | |||
1963-1965 | Ghana | ||
1972 | Africa XI | ||
1982 | Ghana | ||
1983-1984 | Municipal Club | ||
1984 | Somalia U21 | ||
1988-1991 | AFC Leopards | ||
1992-1993 | Ashanti Gold | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Charles Kumi Gyamfi (4 December 1929 – 2 September 2015) was a Ghanaian footballer and coach, who as a player became the first African to play in Germany when he joined Fortuna Düsseldorf in 1960,[2] and later became the first coach to lead the Ghana national football team to an Africa Cup of Nations victory.
Gyamfi had his secondary school education at the Accra Academy.[3] As coach of the Ghana national football team, he won the African Cup of Nations three times (1963, 1965 and 1982), making him the most successful coach in the competition's history.[4] This record has since been equalled by Egypt's Hassan Shehata.[5]
Gyamfi was also the coach of the Ghana national football team during their Olympic debut at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1] He returned to coach the Olympic team for the 1972 tournament.[1]
He was a member of FIFA's Technical Study Group for the 1999 and 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.[6][7]
In January 2008 he publicly lamented the modern obsession of players with money rather than the love of the game.[4] He died in September 2015.[8]
References
- ^ a b c Charles Gyamfi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Kofi Nsiah & Sabrina Schmidt. "50 years of Ghana National Football - The German Connection". German Embassy, Accra. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
- ^ "Hearts of Oak mourn the death of C.K Gyamfi". allsports.com.gh. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ a b Farayi Mungazi (2008-01-13). "Ghana legend laments money culture". BBC News. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- ^ Hassanin Mubarak. "African Nations Cup-Winning Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ^ "FIFA's Technical Study Group to evaluate tournament". FIFA. 2 April 1999.
- ^ "FIFA's Technical Study Group to evaluate tournament". FIFA.com. 15 Jun 2001.
- ^ "C.K. Gyamfi: Legendary Ghanaian footballer and coach dies". BBC. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- 1929 births
- 2015 deaths
- Alumni of Accra Academy
- Ghanaian footballers
- Ghana international footballers
- Fortuna Düsseldorf players
- Sportspeople from Accra
- Ebusua Dwarfs players
- Ghanaian football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Kenya
- Ghana national football team managers
- Ghanaian expatriate football managers
- Ghanaian football biography stubs