{"id":1116803,"date":"2022-06-10T09:27:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T09:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/10\/retired-footballers-have-a-role-in-grooming-ghanaian-players-ex-german-international\/"},"modified":"2022-06-10T09:27:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T09:27:20","slug":"retired-footballers-have-a-role-in-grooming-ghanaian-players-ex-german-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/10\/retired-footballers-have-a-role-in-grooming-ghanaian-players-ex-german-international\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRetired Footballers Have a Role in Grooming Ghanaian Players\u201d &#8211; Ex-German International"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>Former Borussia Dortmund Forward, David Odonkor believes retired players have a role in inspiring younger players with their life after football.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/f919c0aadf5a4d17b8c3e342cc100660\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Donkor, insisted most kids get their inspiration from roles played in societies after life in football going a long way in impacting their lives based on their behavioural attitudes off the pitch. \u201cWe can give a lot back to the young ones because, one very important aspect is being professional.\u00a0This is what we lived for such a long time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ce336ebfe8264c918af34d98f19839ce\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dortmund legends, the African legends to be disciplined, to be professional. This is very important and that\u2019s why the young generation can look to us\u201d, he noted. Odonkor, a former German International with Ghanaian descent, anticipates moment where the Ghana league can be acccessible across the world looking at the number of Ghanaian players who have graced the Bundesliga.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/948eaea9a43245f991b65fd629d7c016\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have box satellite where I watch different leagues but I hope the way Ghanaians watch the Bundesliga regularly, the day will come that I will watch the Ghanaian league regularly\u201d. David Odonkor is currently run the country to participate in BVB Legends Game VRS African Giants organized by local tier side, Shooting Stars FC.<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: AdamuMuftawu (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"see-more\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nBorussia Dortmund<br \/>\nDavid Odonkor<br \/>\nDortmund<br \/>\nGerman International<br \/>\nGhana<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Borussia Dortmund Forward, David Odonkor believes retired players have a role in inspiring younger players with their life after football. Donkor, insisted most kids get their inspiration from roles played in societies after life in football going a long way in impacting their lives based on their behavioural attitudes off the pitch. \u201cWe can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1116804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[16997,124,1750,16998,2444,190,16999,5342],"class_list":["post-1116803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-stories","tag-exgerman","tag-footballers","tag-ghanaian","tag-grooming","tag-international","tag-players","tag-retired","tag-role"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1116803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116803\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1116803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1116803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1116803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}