Assistant coach of the Black Stars, Desmond Offei, has been appointed head coach of the Ghana U23 team.
The former Ghana U20 coach will take over as the head of the technical team of the Black Meteors as the Ghana U23 team eyes a place at the next Olympic Games.
Offei arrives with huge experience, having spent years as coach of the U20 team, where he led the Black Satellites to Africa Games success in 2023.
He also returned the team to the Africa Youth Championship for the first time in four years after the team qualified for the tournament in Egypt early this year.
The Belgium-trained coach will be assisted by former Ghana forward Yaw Preko, who has been coach of the U15 and later U17 national teams.
Former Kotoko and Medeama SC goalkeeper Muntari Tagoe has been named the goalkeepers trainer of the U23 team with Aduana FC’s Welfare Officer Atta Yeboah taking up the role of Team Manager.
Henry Bart-Plange will serve as Team Masseur and Baba Aluta of Aduana working as the Equipment Officer.
Eli Vorgbe has been appointed as the Video Analyst, adding modern technical support to the set-up.
Meanwhile, Dr Eric Tetteh will lead as Team Doctor with Collins Annor appointed as the Physiotherapist.
Ghana’s U23 men’s football team has not qualified for the Olympic Games since Athens 2004.
