{"id":448670,"date":"2017-12-20T14:11:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T14:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/20\/ghana-football-lacks-quality-players-to-win-caf-awards-kuffour\/"},"modified":"2017-12-20T14:11:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T14:11:07","slug":"ghana-football-lacks-quality-players-to-win-caf-awards-kuffour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/20\/ghana-football-lacks-quality-players-to-win-caf-awards-kuffour\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana football lacks quality players to win CAF Awards \u2013 Kuffour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Wednesday, 20 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-20<\/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\/55489868.295.jpg\" alt=\"Sammy Kuffour Footballer\" title=\"Sammy Kuffour Footballer\" width=\"295\" height=\"193\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former Ghana defender Samuel Osei Kuffour<\/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\/1513779067_774_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Former Ghana defender Samuel Osei Kuffour believes Ghana Football lacks the required quality to enable Ghanaian players win CAF Footballer of the Year Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at Monday\u2019 nominees ceremony at the Movenpick Hotel in Accra, the former Bayern Munich legend said he was not surprised no Ghanaian made the final three for the 2017 CAF Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Abedi Ayew won the award for the third successive time in 1993, his son Andre Ayew, Asamoah Gyan and Michael Essien have all come close to winning the accolade.<\/p>\n<p>Sammy Kuffour, who lost the African Footballer of the Year Award to Nwankwo Kanu and El-Hadji Diouf in 1999 and 2001, says Ghana football needs an upgrade that will affect the production of quality players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese days the performances of our players are not up to the standard, so I am not surprised. As a country, we need to upgrade to a higher level in terms of football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to sit up and find the best way to get the likes of the Abedi Peles, Tony Yeboah, Michael Essiens and the Sammy Kuffuors you use to know,\u201d he told Starr Sports.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FiA4_4xbjRA?ecver=2\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: 55 --><\/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 Wednesday, 20 December 2017 Source: Starrfmonline.com 2017-12-20 Former Ghana defender Samuel Osei Kuffour Former Ghana defender Samuel Osei Kuffour believes Ghana Football lacks the required quality to enable Ghanaian players win CAF Footballer of the Year Awards. 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