Cecil Jones Attuquayefio
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cecil Jones Attuquayefio | ||
| Date of birth | 18 October 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana, | ||
| Date of death | 12 May 2015 (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1962-1965 | Ghana Academicals | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962-1963 | Accra Standfast F.C. | ||
| 1963-1965 | Ghana Republicans F.C. | ||
| 1966-1974 | Great Olympics | ||
| National team | |||
| 1965-1974 | Ghana | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1974-1984 | Great Olympics | ||
| 1982-1984 | GFA (Vice-President) | ||
| 1985-1987 | Ghana (Assistant Coach) | ||
| 1988-1989 | Okwawu United | ||
| 1989-1990 | Stade Abidjan | ||
| 1990-1993 | Goldfields Obuasi | ||
| 1993-1995 | Goldfields Academy | ||
| 1995-1997 | GFA (General Secretary) | ||
| 1996 | Ghana U-23 (Assistant Coach) | ||
| 1998-1999 | Ghana U-17 | ||
| 1998-2001 | Hearts of Oak | ||
| 2000-2001 | Ghana | ||
| 2002 | Liberty Professionals F.C. | ||
| 2003-2004 | Benin | ||
| 2004- | Liberty Professionals F.C. (Technical Director) | ||
| 2006-2015 | Ghana (scout)[1] | ||
| 2007-2009 | Ghana (Ministry of Sport)[2] | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Sir Cecil Jones Attuquayefio (18 October 1944 – 12 May 2015) was a Ghanaian footballer and coach.[3]
International
He played many times for the Ghana national team and helped the team win the 1965 African Nations Cup.[4]
Coaching career
He managed the Benin national team to the 2004 African Nations Cup[5] and Hearts of Oak to the 2000 African Champions League title.[6] He also managed Ghana's national team.[7] In 2008/2009 Attuquayefio coached Liberty Professionals F.C.[8] and became the title coach of the Century.[9]
Cecil Jones Attuquayefio was named African coach of the year in 2000 after his club Accra Hearts of Oak of Ghana won the African Champions league with only one loss throughout the entire tournament (to DC Motema Pembe).
In 2015, Jones Attuquayefio died in the early hours of May 12 2015 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana's capital, from throat cancer.[10][11]
References
- ↑ Jones Attuquayefio to scout for Stars
- ↑ Attuquayefio slams Sports Ministry
- ↑ Cecil Jones Attuquayefio - Fussballdaten - Die Fußball-Datenbank
- ↑ Player Profile : Cecil Jones Attuquayefio
- ↑ Geschichten aus Afrika
- ↑ Jones Attuquayefio applies for Stars job
- ↑ "CNNSI.com - Soccer - Egypt beats UAE in friendly; Hassan gets 150th cap - Saturday January 06, 2001 04:10 PM". Retrieved 2007-10-12.
- ↑ Interview with Cecil Jones Attuquayefio
- ↑ Hearts Honour Attuquayefio as "Coach of the Century "
- ↑ http://www.supersport.com/football/ghana/news/150512/Jones_Attuquayefio_is_dead
- ↑ http://graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/43056-sir-cecil-jones-attuquayefio-has-died.html
External links
- Cecil Jones Attuquayefio – FIFA competition record
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