{"id":467544,"date":"2018-02-26T02:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T02:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/26\/asante-kotoko-appoint-paa-kwesi-fabin-as-new-coach-head-coach-for-the-season\/"},"modified":"2018-02-26T02:00:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T02:00:28","slug":"asante-kotoko-appoint-paa-kwesi-fabin-as-new-coach-head-coach-for-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/26\/asante-kotoko-appoint-paa-kwesi-fabin-as-new-coach-head-coach-for-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Asante Kotoko appoint Paa Kwesi Fabin as new coach head coach for the season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday, 26 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-26<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/68697291.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kwasi Fabin  Kotoko  \" title=\"Kwasi Fabin  Kotoko  \" width=\"295\" height=\"209\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Samuel Kwasi Fabin &#8211; \u00a9Samuel Shivambu\/BackpagePix<\/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=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519610428_582_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana Premier League side Asante Kotoko have confirmed the signing of Paa Kwesi Fabin as their new head coach, eight years after his dismissal for non-performance. <\/p>\n<p>Fabin has been contracted to take charge of the club on an initial one year deal.<\/p>\n<p>He replaces Englishman Steve Pollack who had his contract terminated last Friday following the team&#8217;s elimination from the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.<\/p>\n<p>A statement signed of Sunday, 25 February 2018, read: &#8221;Asante Kotoko SC is pleased to announce the appointment of Samuel Kwesi Fabin as the new Head Coach of the Club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Mr.Fabin is tasked with a duty to guide the Porcupines in the 2018\/2019 season while managing talent at the club for overall success.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He first worked with the club during the Herbert Mensah era where he was in-charge of the club&#8217;s youth side which produced budding talents who went on to play for the senior team.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009\/10 season, he was hired again as but was sacked with six matches to the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Fabin was recently head coach of the Ghana U17 team where he guided the team to the quarter-final of the 2017 FIFA U17 finals in India.<\/p>\n<p>He has wealth of Ghana Premier League experience after stints with Berekum Arsenals, Heart of Lions, Hearts of Oak and Inter Allies<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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