{"id":420894,"date":"2011-05-10T17:29:21","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T17:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/10\/ghana-fa-confirms-john-mensah-as-black-stars-captain\/"},"modified":"2011-05-10T17:29:21","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T17:29:21","slug":"ghana-fa-confirms-john-mensah-as-black-stars-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/10\/ghana-fa-confirms-john-mensah-as-black-stars-captain\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Fa Confirms John Mensah As Black Stars Captain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"59\">Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Patrick Akoto<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-28866\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/05\/ghana-fa-confirms-john-mensah-as-black-stars-captain\/mensah-11\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28866\" title=\"John Mensah\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Mensah1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a>The Ghana Football Association has confirmed John Mensah as the substantive captain of the Black Stars.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Sunderland ace has been in acting role after Stephen Appiah quit international football last year.<\/p>\n<p>However he refused to call himself the captain of the World Cup quarter-finalists on his personal website.<\/p>\n<p>But the Ghana FA has moved quickly to confirm his captaincy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as we are concerned, there has never been an issue of captain and deputy. John is our substantive captain and since Appiah retired, he\u2019s been working in that capacity,\u201d FA Vice-President Fred Pappoe said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve heard in sections of the media about this particular matter, but there is no issue at all. He is well-respected in the team and he is shown beyond reasonable doubt that he has massive qualities and he will continue to lead the nation in that capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars captaincy row destroyed the team when Kwasi Appiah was stripped of the armband and handed to Abedi Pele in 1991.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Taken from:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/05\/ghana-fa-confirms-john-mensah-as-black-stars-captain\/\" title=\"Ghana Fa Confirms John Mensah As Black Stars Captain\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ghana Fa Confirms John Mensah As Black Stars Captain<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. 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