Frederick Osam-Duodu (4 June 1938 – 4 October 2016) was a Ghanaian coach and a FIFA Instructor. Osam Duodu served as Ghana national football team.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 June 1938[1] | ||
| Date of death | 4 October 2016 (aged 78) | ||
| Place of death | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1978–81 | Ghana | ||
| 1988–89 | Ghana | ||
| 1993 | Ghana U20 | ||
| 1993 | Ghana | ||
| 2000 | Ghana | ||
| 2001–02 | Ghana | ||
| 2005 | The Gambia U17 | ||
| 2007 | Ghana U17 | ||
Career
editA former Ghana national football team coach, he won the 1978 Africa Cup of Nations, the 1993 African U-20 Cup of Nations and a silver medal at the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.[2] He was also Ghana's coach during the 2002 African Cup of Nations, held in Mali.[2]
In 2005, he led Gambia's Under 17 to win the African Youth Cup, qualifying them for a FIFA Youth Tournament for the first time. He was later the coach of Ghana's Under-17 team, known as the "Black Starlets" that qualified for the African Championship in Togo held in March 2007.
On 15 January 2007, the Ghana coach was handed the job of leading Africa's All-Star U-17 team to play a European U-17 All-Star select side in February 2007 in a UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup. Osam-Duodu was assisted by Egypt's coach Shakwi Gharib Bayoumi.[3]
During his latter years, he served as technical director and General Secretary of the Ghana Football Association as well as being an instructor for the CAF and FIFA.[4]
Personal life
editHonours
editAs manager
editGhana
Ghana U20
Gambia U17
References
edit- ^ "Report and Statistics – FIFA U-17 World Championship Peru 2005" (PDF). FIFA. p. 53. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f "Osam Duodu served Ghana football well - Tribute from the Ghana Football Association (GFA)". Graphic Online. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Osam leads Africa to play Europe". ghanafa.org. 2007-01-15. Retrieved 2007-01-15.
- ^ "Former Ghana coach Osam Duodu dies". BBC Sport. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Veteran Ghanaian Coach Fred Osam-Doudu is Dead | SportsObama.com". Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
- ^ Association, Ghana Football. "Tribute to late Fred Osam Duodu who goes home tomorrow". www.ghanafa.org. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
- ^ Barrie, Mohamed Fajah (22 May 2005). "Gambia win African U-17 title". BBC. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
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