Ghana's national football team is returning a familiar name to its management

fiifi anaman

March 13, 2017 9:43 AM

Appiah, the first black man to qualify Ghana for the World Cup, is set to return to the Black Stars as coach.

James Kwesi Appiah is set to make a return to coach the Black Stars, Ghanas national football team, Pulse.com.gh understands.

The 56-year-old has agreed personal terms with the Ghana Football Association (GFA), according to Pulse.com.gh' sources, and will meet GFA officials for the last time at the CAF Congress in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this week to finalize the deal.

Appiah managed the team from 2012 to 2014, qualifying the team for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil while placing fourth at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa. Prior to his appointment, he had served the four-time African champions for five years (2007-2012) as assistant coach.

He is also a former player who won the 1982 Africa Cup of Nations with Ghana in Libya, going on to captain the team in the early 90s.

His first stint as Black Stars coach ended via mutual consent in September 2014, a few months after the World Cup, where the team failed to qualify out of their group featuring Portugal, USA and eventual champions Germany amid high profile off the pitch incidents involving player agitations for delayed bonuses.

Appiah, who managed Ghana's U-23 team to gold at the 2011 All Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique is currently the coach of Sudanese top flight side Al Khartoum.

The Ghana coaching job became vacant after Israeli Avram Grant resigned in the aftermath of Ghana's failure to win the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon.

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