Chris Hughton, head coach of the Black Stars, has disclosed how he came to hold that position.
In March of this year, the former Premier League manager signed a 21-month contract.
Chris Hughton took over for Otto Addo, who resigned from his position after his nation was eliminated early from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The 64-year-old explained how he came to be the four-time African champions’ head coach by saying, “My dad passed away recently but he was alive when I had the job and I am very proud to do so,” he told talkSPORTS.
“It actually started when I was on holiday in Ghana and we hadn’t done so well in the 2021 AFCON in Cameroon and the FA changed the coach and they wanted to bring in another coach and it was Otto Addo, who is one of the assistant coaches at Borussia Dortmund, who is a very good coach.
“Most people thought I was there for the job but that was not the case. It worked out because I was not working and they knew my father and I was asked if I will want to be a technical advisor for the two big games against Nigeria in the 2022 World Cup playoffs which we won.
“So the fact that we won, they asked me if I will want to continue this role going through to the World Cup because they saw me as an experienced coach and also have a Ghanaian background so I was asked if I could help. My role was to support the head coach and the technical team.
“Post World Cup, I was asked if I would be the head coach and it didn’t take me a long time to accept,” he added.
Chris Hughton has played three games so far, winning one and drawing the other two. When Ghana hosts the Central African Republic in their final group match in September, he will be hoping to lead the team to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Ivory Coast.
Hughton has three games under his belt, with a win and two draws.
