Fred Osam-Duodu Explained

Fred Osam-Duodu
Birth Date:4 June 1938[1]
Death Place:Accra, Ghana
Manageryears1:1978–81
Managerclubs1:Ghana
Manageryears2:1988–89
Managerclubs2:Ghana
Manageryears3:1993
Managerclubs3:Ghana U20
Manageryears4:1993
Managerclubs4:Ghana
Manageryears5:2000
Managerclubs5:Ghana
Manageryears6:2001–02
Managerclubs6:Ghana
Manageryears7:2005
Managerclubs7:The Gambia U17
Manageryears8:2007
Managerclubs8:Ghana U17

Frederick Osam-Duodu (4 June 1938 – 4 October 2016) was a Ghanaian coach and a FIFA Instructor. Osam Duodu served as Ghana national football team.[2]

Career

A former Ghana national football team coach, he won the 1978 Africa Cup of Nations, the 1993 African U-20 Cup of Nations and a silver medal at the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship. He was also Ghana's coach during the 2002 African Cup of Nations, held in Mali.

In 2005, he led Gambia's Under 17 to win the African Youth Cup, qualifying them for a FIFA Youth Tournament for the first time. He was later the coach of Ghana's Under-17 team, known as the "Black Starlets" that qualified for the African Championship in Togo held in March 2007.

On 15 January 2007, the Ghana coach was handed the job of leading Africa's All-Star U-17 team to play a European U-17 All-Star select side in February 2007 in a UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup. Osam-Duodu was assisted by Egypt's coach Shakwi Gharib Bayoumi.[3]

During his latter years, he served as technical director and General Secretary of the Ghana Football Association as well as being an instructor for the CAF and FIFA.[4]

Personal life

He died at a hospital in Accra on 4 October 2016.[5] [6]

Honours

As manager

Ghana

1978Ghana U20

1993

Gambia U17

2005[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Report and Statistics – FIFA U-17 World Championship Peru 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20111220062626/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/06/94/u17%5f05%5fperu%5ftr%5f227.pdf. dead. December 20, 2011. FIFA. 53.
  2. Web site: 22 February 2017. Osam Duodu served Ghana football well - Tribute from the Ghana Football Association (GFA). 2 July 2021. Graphic Online. en-gb.
  3. News: 2007-01-15 . Osam leads Africa to play Europe . . 2007-01-15.
  4. News: 5 October 2016. Former Ghana coach Osam Duodu dies. en-GB. BBC Sport. 1 July 2021.
  5. Web site: Veteran Ghanaian Coach Fred Osam-Doudu is Dead | SportsObama.com . 2016-10-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161019060400/http://sportsobama.com/breaking-veteran-ghanaian-coach-fred-osam-doudu-is-dead/ . 2016-10-19 . dead .
  6. Web site: Association. Ghana Football. Tribute to late Fred Osam Duodu who goes home tomorrow. 2021-07-02. www.ghanafa.org. en.
  7. News: Barrie. Mohamed Fajah. 22 May 2005. Gambia win African U-17 title. en-GB. BBC. 1 July 2021.