{"id":403671,"date":"2017-07-21T02:30:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T02:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/richard-ofori-signs-for-maritzburg-united\/"},"modified":"2017-07-21T02:30:08","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T02:30:08","slug":"richard-ofori-signs-for-maritzburg-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/richard-ofori-signs-for-maritzburg-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Ofori signs for Maritzburg United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 21 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-07-21<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/55755842.295.jpg\" alt=\"RICH GOAKEEPER\" title=\"RICH GOAKEEPER\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Richard Ofori<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1500604208_267_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Black Stars first choice goalkeeper Richard Ofori has joined South African top flight side Maritzburg United.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his move, the 23-year-old had spent his entire career with Ghana Premier League side Wa All Stars.<\/p>\n<p>Ofori was often an unused back up during the tenure of Avram Grant as Black Stars head coach but has seen his stock rise since the appointment of Kwesi Appiah and has already started three matches.<\/p>\n<p>He turned down CAF Champions League winners Mamelodi Sundowns over concerns regarding regular playing time to sign a three year deal with Maritzburg.<\/p>\n<p>He has been added by Head Coach Fadlu David to the squad ahead of the new season.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 33 updated by: 33 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Friday, 21 July 2017 Source: citifmonline.com 2017-07-21 Richard Ofori &#13; Black Stars first choice goalkeeper Richard Ofori has joined South African top flight side Maritzburg United. 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