{"id":448251,"date":"2017-12-19T12:52:12","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T12:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/kwesi-appiah-keen-on-producing-award-winning-players\/"},"modified":"2017-12-19T12:52:12","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T12:52:12","slug":"kwesi-appiah-keen-on-producing-award-winning-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/kwesi-appiah-keen-on-producing-award-winning-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwesi Appiah keen on producing award-winning players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/73836180.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kwesi Appiah Confab\" title=\"Kwesi Appiah Confab\" width=\"295\" height=\"186\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Black Stars coach, Kwesi Appiah<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513687932_164_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah is determined to produce players who win will win CAF awards under his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Appiah intends to build a title winning side that will give produce candidates to be considered.<\/p>\n<p>No Ghanaian player made it in the final shortlists for this year&#8217;s prestigious African Footballer of the Year and Best Player based in Africa awards.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;The intention has been to build a winsome team and for that reason they will need some time to mature so its difficult for them to win an accolade now,&#8221; he told Starr Sports during the unveiling of the top three nominees for the 2017 CAF awards ceremony at the Movenpick Ambassador hotel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;But once next year or two,they will all be matured for them to be nominated for future CAF awards event.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The last Ghanaian player to win the African gong was Abedi Pele who won it thrice from 1991-1993.<\/p>\n<p>Sammy Kufour, Andre Dede Ayew and Asamoah Gyan have in recent times emerged runners-up.<\/p>\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>Black Stars coach, Kwesi Appiah Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah is determined to produce players who win will win CAF awards under his tenure. 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