Opoku Afriyie
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | February 2, 1955 | ||
Place of birth | Accra,Ghana | ||
Date of death | 29 March 2020[1][2] | (aged 65)||
Place of death | Kumasi,Ghana | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Asante Kotoko | |||
Accra Hearts of Oak | |||
International career | |||
Ghana | 4 | (2) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Opoku Afriyie(February 2, 1955 - March 29, 2020) was aGhanaianfootballer.He was popularly calledBayie.He played as astrikerand won many caps withAsante Kotokoand theGhana national football team.He worked forAsante Kotokoas Team-Manager.
Club career
[edit]Opoku Afriyie played for Asante Kotoko for several years before signing forHearts of Oakprior to ending his footballing career.[3]He was the top scorer in the Ghana domestic football league in 1979 and again in 1981.[4]In 1982, he was nominated for the French magazineFrance Football African Footballer of the Year.He came eighth.[5]Opoku Afriyie is among 20 other Ghanaians nominated byCAFout of a total of 200 African footballers for the title of the best African player of the last 50 years.[6]
International career
[edit]He was a member of the squad that won the1978 African Cup of Nationsmaking Ghana the first team to win it thrice.[7]He scored the two goals in the final of that tournament.[8]He also played in the1980 African Cup of Nationswhere Ghana failed to defend its title.[9]
Coaching career
[edit]Opoku Afriyie was appointed team manager of Asante Kotoko in 2003.[3]He has also served as the team manager and welfare officer of theBlack Stars.
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]Asante Kotoko[10]
- Ghana Premier League:1980, 1981
- Ghanaian FA Cup:1978
International
[edit]Ghana
Individual
[edit]- Africa Cup of Nations top scorer:1978
- Ghana Premier LeagueTop scorer: 1979, 1981[12]
References
[edit]- ^Teye, Prince Narkortu."Ghana's 1978 Afcon winner Opoku Afriyie confirmed dead".MSN.Goal Ghana. Archived fromthe originalon 29 March 2020.Retrieved29 March2020.
- ^Alonso, Myke (March 29, 2020)."Opoku Afriyie 'Bayie': Asante Kotoko, Ghana Legend Passes Away At 65".GhanaCrusader.[dead link]
- ^ab"Opoku-Afriyie Appointed Kotoko's Team Manager".Football News.Modern Ghana Homepage. 17 April 2003.Retrieved2007-04-06.
- ^Batalha, José (1 November 2000)."Ghana - List of Topscorers".Football statistics website.Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.Retrieved2007-04-06.
- ^Pierrend, José Luis (14 February 2000)."African Player of the Year 1982".Football statistics website.Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.Retrieved2007-04-06.
- ^"20 Stars enter CAF's poll".Official website.Ghana Football Association. 10 October 2006.Retrieved2007-04-06.
- ^"Ghana Record at Africa Nations Cup".Sports news.Ghana Home Page. Archived fromthe originalon 2007-02-14.Retrieved2007-04-06.
- ^Bediako, Ken."The Black Stars Story".Unofficial Black Stars website.GhanaBlackStarsLive.Retrieved2007-04-06.
Thanks to two well executed goals by nimble footed Opoku Afriyie the cup remained in Ghana forever at the expense of the Cranes from Uganda
- ^Courtney, Barrie."1980 MATCHES - Africa".INTERNATIONAL MATCHES PROJECT - INDEX.Archived fromthe originalon 2007-09-30.Retrieved2007-04-06.
- ^Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin."Opoku Afriyie".national-football-teams.Retrieved2021-07-27.
- ^"Ghana Record at Africa Nations Cup".Sports news.Ghana Home Page. Archived fromthe originalon 2007-02-14.Retrieved2007-04-06.
- ^"Ghana - List of Topscorers".RSSSF.Retrieved2021-07-27.
- 1945 births
- 2020 deaths
- Ghanaian men's footballers
- Ghana men's international footballers
- Africa Cup of Nations-winning players
- 1978 African Cup of Nations players
- 1980 African Cup of Nations players
- 1982 African Cup of Nations players
- Asante Kotoko S.C. players
- Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. players
- Ghanaian football managers
- Men's association football forwards
- Ghana Premier League players
- Asante Kotoko S.C. non-playing staff
- Ghana Premier League top scorers
- Ghanaian football biography stubs