Charles Akonnor

Charles Akonnor
Personal information
Full name Charles Kwabla Akonnor
Date of birth (1974-03-12) 12 March 1974[1]
Place of birth Nungua, Ghana
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ghana (manager)
Youth career
1985–1987 Young Hearts Tema
1988–1990 Okwawu United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1992 Obuasi Goldfields
1992–1998 Fortuna Köln 153 (26)
1998–2003 VfL Wolfsburg 121 (13)
2004–2005 SpVgg Unterhaching 46 (4)
2005–2007 AC Horsens 54 (6)
2007–2008 Alki Larnaca
2008–2009 SC Langenhagen 11 (3)
Total 384 (52)
International career
1991–1993 Ghana U20[N 1] 4 (1)
1995–1996 Ghana U23[N 2] 3 (1)
1991–2001 Ghana 51 (13)
Managerial career
2009–2010 Sekondi Wise Fighters
2010–2012 Sekondi Wise Fighters (director of sport)
2012 Hearts of Oak
2014–2017 Dreams
2017–2018 Ashanti Gold
2018–2019 Asante Kotoko
2019–2020 Ghana (assistant coach)
2020–2021 Ghana
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Charles Kwabla Akonnor (born 12 March 1974) is a Ghanaian football manager and former player who most recently managed the Ghana national team.[4] A former midfielder, he spent most of his club career in Germany.[5] He made 51 appearances for the Ghana national team scoring 13 goals.

Club career

Akonnor first came to Germany in 1992, along with his friend and national teammate Samuel Kuffour. After six years in the second Bundesliga at Fortuna Köln, he left in 1998 for first division team VfL Wolfsburg.

At Wolfsburg, Akonnor quickly developed as a resourceful player and one of the most important elements of the team. In the 2001-02 season, he was given the captain's armband. However, at the beginning of the following season, he was injured. He developed knee problems, for which he even underwent surgery in 2003. This was the reason for a transfer to SpVgg Unterhaching in January 2004. With this he returned to the second division.

In 2005, Akonnor left for Denmark to play for AC Horsens. He was given an important role in maintaining the team at the highest level, to which they had been promoted the year before. He played a final season at the highest level in Cyprus with Alki Larnaca. In the summer of 2008, Akonnor left Cyprus and briefly played in the Oberliga Niedersachenliga-West for SC Langenhagen, before announcing the end of his career in February 2009.

International career

Akonnor made his debut for the Ghana national team in 1991. In 1994, he was called up for his first Africa Cup of Nations in his career, where he played three times: against Guinea (1:0 and a goal), against Senegal (1:0) and in the quarter-finals against Ivory Coast (1:2 and a goal). He was not picked to play for the Black Stars for the 1992 African Cup of Nations

In 1996, Akonnor played in the 1996 African Cup of Nations, and his achievements at this tournament include 5 matches: against Ivory Coast (2:0), against Tunisia (2:1 and a goal), quarter-finals against the Democratic Republic of Congo (1:0), semi-finals against South Africa (0:3) and for 3rd place against Zambia (0:1). In 1996, Akonnor also played at the Olympic Games in Atlanta.

In 1998, Akonnor was in the Ghana squad for the 1998 African Cup of Nations. At the tournament in Burkina Faso, the Ghanaians did not get out of the group, and Akonnor played three times: against Tunisia (2:0), against Togo (1:2) and against the Democratic Republic of Congo (0:1).

In 2000, Akonnor was called up to the squad for the 2000 Africann Cup of Nations. At this tournament, he played 4 matches: against Cameroon (1:1), against Togo (2:0), against Ivory Coast (0:2) and the quarter-finals against South Africa (0:1). In the national team from 1991 to 2001, he played 41 matches and scored 12 goals.

Akonnor also played for the Ghana youth teams. In 1993, together with the U-20 team, he won the vice-championship at the 1993 World Cup.


Honours

Player

Ghana

Manager

Dreams

  • Ghana Division One League Zone III: 2015[7]

Asante Kotoko

  • GFA Normalization Committee Special Competition: 2019[6]

Individual

  • Ghana Premier League Coach of the Month: March 2018[8][9]
  • Ghana Football Awards Manager of the Year: 2019[6]
  • AFCON Team of the Tournament & CAF African 11 Team of the Year: 1998[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Statistics are from FIFA World Youth Championship (remaining stats unknown)[2]
  2. ↑ Statistics are from 1996 Olympics games (remaining stats unknown)[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Ghana - C. Akonnor - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 26 July 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Charles Akonnor » U20 World Cup 1993 in Australien". worldfootball.net. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Charles Akonnor » Olympic Games 1996". worldfootball.net. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "CK Akunnor set to be named new Ghana coach". myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  5. ↑ "10 things you need to know about CK Akonnor". myjoyonline.com. 14 January 2020. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Profile of National Team Coaches: CK Akonnor". www.ghanafa.org. Ghana Football Association. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  7. ↑ Teye, Prince Narkortu (9 December 2015). "GPL: How will the new boys fare this season?". www.goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 14 December 2015. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  8. ↑ "C.K. Akunnor, Aminu Mohammed win Premier League NASCO Awards". www.ghanafa.org. Ghana Football Association. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  9. ↑ Gyamera-Antwi, Evans (10 April 2018). "Aminu, Akonnor win Ghana Premier League awards". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 2021-09-09.

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