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Azumah Nelson rates Abedi Pele as Ghana's greatest footballer

The renowned Ghanaian boxer believes the maestro, Abedi Pele is Ghana's finest footballer of all-time

The debate regarding Ghana's greatest footballer is going on everywhere among the followers of the beautiful game, especially after it marked its 60th independence anniversary last week.

Several names such as Baba Yara, James Adjei, C.K Gyamfi, Aggrey Fyn Osei Kofi, Ibrahim Sunday, Abdul Razak, Mohammed Polo, Abedi Pele, Asamoah Gyan, etc, have come up, but Azumah Nelson believes Pele who won the African Footballer of the Year tops them all

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“Abedi Pele is Ghana’s greatest player of all time, in my view. I watched several players but he was an exceptional talent. He was a delight to watch and he always gave his best to the national team. His commitment level was awesome and you could see it through his games any time he was in the national jersey.” Azumah said on Happy FM.

Professor Azumah Nelson has been an ardent follower of football and even had a hand in ensuring Nana Eshun was recruited from Asante Kotoko to Accra Hearts at a Ghanaian record buy in the early 1990's

Azumah Nelson is rated as the greatest African boxer of all-time. He managed to defend the Featherweight and the Super Featherweight titles for over a decade- which is an enviable feat.

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