FIFA Museum, the archive of the world’s football governing body, has honoured the renowned Ghanaian footballer Reverend Osei Kofi.
The FIFA Museum praised Rev. Osei Kofi as one of the most talented African footballers who were crucial to Ghana’s effort to win the trophy.
Kofi was a member of the Ghanaian side that won the AFCON championship twice in a row.
Ghana was a force to be reckoned with in the 1960s, winning back-to-back AFCONs, according to a tweet from the FIFA Museum.
“Osei Kofi spent his whole career at @AsanteKotoko_SC in his home country Ghana, after turning down a move to Europe in his prime.”
The football legend was one of the players with exceptional talents to have played for Ghana in the 1960s.
He was nicknamed, the wizard dribbler due to his ability to weave through a forest of legs even in the tightest of angles.
Osei Kofi won his first AFCON title in 1960 and carried Ghana to triumph in the 1965 Africa Cup of Nations on 21st November 1965.
He was once Ghana’s top scorer at the AFCON with seven goals in just two tournaments, 1965 (three goals) and 1968 (four goals).
Source: theindependentghana