Ben Koufie

Ben Koufie

Personal information
Date of birth	(1932-06-05)5 June 1932
Place of birth	Gold Coast
Date of death	4 July 2016(2016-07-04) (aged 84)
Place of death	Accra, Ghana
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Cornerstones
	Ebusua Dwarfs
International career
1957–1958	Ghana
Managerial career
1970–1973	Ghana
1971	Asante Kotoko
1972	Great Olympics
1976–1979	Africa Sports
1979–1980	Akosombo Akotex
1988–1992	Zimbabwe
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Playing career

Koufie played club football for Cornerstones and Ebusua Dwarfs, and represented the national side from 1957 to 1958.^[1]

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Koufie became a coach of the Ghana national team,^[2] and managed Zimbabwe from 1988 to 1992.^[1]

He led Ghanaian club Asante Kotoko to the Africa Club Championship in 1971, and Great Olympics to the semi-finals a year later.^[1] He also coached Ivorian team Africa Sports, and in Ghana with Akosombo Akotex.^[1]

Administrative 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.^[1]

Death

Koufie died on 4 July 2016 at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra from an undisclosed illness. He was 84.^[3]

Honours

There have been calls to rename the Cape Coast Sports Stadium after Koufie.^[4]

References

1. "Ben Koufie: The man behind Ghanian (sic) football success at the World Cup". The Zimbabwe Daily. 27 June 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
2. "Ghana National Team Coaches".
3. "Former GFA boss Ben Koufie dies aged 84" Archived 5 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine, JoyOnline, 4 July 2016, via GhanaWeb.
4. "Name Cape Coast Stadium after Ben Koufie". Joy Online. 16 July 2008. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2010.