Technical advisor, Anton Schafer, head coach Otto Addo and assistant coach Desmond Ofei
The much-anticipated shuffling of the technical team of the Black Stars was finally announced in the late hours of Tuesday, January 28, 2025.
The Ghana Football Association, aware of the possible blowback from their decision to retain Otto Addo, revealed the new technical team under the cover of darkness.
As aforementioned, Otto Addo has kept his place as the head coach of the team alongside John Paintsil, who surprisingly retained his role as the assistant coach.
The team now has a technical advisor, the person of German coach Winfried Anton Schafer, who won the AFCON with Cameroon in 2002.
The head coach of the Black Satellites, Desmond Ofei, has been elevated to an assistant coach position, replacing Joseph Laumann.
The Black Stars finally have a psychologist, with Kris Perquy, an experienced sports psychologist with 17 years’ experience, being named team psychologist.
The Video Analysis Unit of the team will be headed by Belgian Video Analyst Gregory De Grauwe, who has built his expertise and experience in video analysis working with football clubs including Sporting Lokeren and K. Beerschot VA. De Grauwe holds a UEFA License B Coaching license as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education.
Two new, vastly experienced equipment officers, Issah Amadou (Asante Kotoko) and Abdul Rahman Alhassan (Hearts of Oak), have also been named on the team. These two equipment handlers have a combined total of fifty-three years’ of experience between them.
The first assignment of the newly created Black Stars technical team will be the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in March.
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