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Place of birth
  
1971
  
Asante Kotoko

Years
  
Team

Name
  
Ben Koufie

1957–1958
  
Ghana

Role
  
Football player

1970–1973
  
Ghana


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Date of birth
  
(1932-06-05) 5 June 1932 (age 83)

Pulse Sports News - 5th July, 2016


Ben Koufie (5 June 1932 – 4 July 2016) was a Ghanaian football player, coach, and administrator.

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Playing career

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Koufie played club football for Cornerstones and Ebusua Dwarfs, and represented the national side from 1957 to 1958.

Coaching career

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After retiring as a player, Koufie became a coach of the Ghanaian national side, and managed Zimbabwe from 1988 to 1992.

He led Ghanaian club Asante Kotoko to the Africa Club Championship in 1971, and Great Olympics to the semi-finals a year later. He also coached Ivorian team Africa Sports, and in Ghana with Akosombo Akotex.

Administration career

Koufie was the technical advisor to the Zimbabwe Football Association from 1981 to 1982, technical director of the Botswana Football Association from 1992 to 2001, and president of the Ghana Football Association from 2001 to 2003.

Death

Koufie died on 4 July 2016 at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra from an undisclosed illness. He was 84.

Honours

There have been calls to rename the Cape Coast Sports Stadium after Koufie.

References

Ben Koufie Wikipedia


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