{"id":199425,"date":"2014-06-25T13:30:43","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T13:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/ghanaian-football-fan-gains-global-recognition\/"},"modified":"2014-06-25T13:30:43","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T13:30:43","slug":"ghanaian-football-fan-gains-global-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2014\/06\/25\/ghanaian-football-fan-gains-global-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaian Football Fan Gains Global Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.ghanamma.com\/uploads\/2014\/06\/bdac612395307_314756.jpg\" border=\"1\" style=\"border:1px solid #999; padding:1px; margin-top:2px;\" \/><span class=\"peace_content_text_1\">Ibrahim Kailani Kpa, Ghanaian football fan in Brazil is in a pole position to win the \u201cBest Football Fan\u201d award at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year old rasta-haired, who is a Tiler by profession has been shortlisted by football fans through a special text message promotion &#8220;Fantastico&#8221; run by TV Globo &#8220;\u2013 the biggest television station in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>He is among five other nationals selected to compete for the prestigious \u201cBest Football Fan\u201d at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Kpa, dresses in an ancient \u201cfugu\u201d designed for war leaders with huge beads on his neck, a hat and a powdered face to match.<\/p>\n<p>He is a member of the Millennium Supporters Union and has become the toast of football fans in Brazil as his unique way of dressing and chanting during matches, has shifted attention to the Ghana camp at Natal, with the international media seeking to have interviews with him.<\/p>\n<p>He told the GNA Sports that \u201cI am always overwhelmed when fans approach me to take pictures with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ibrahim Kailani Kpa, Ghanaian football fan in Brazil is in a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199425\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}