{"id":69772,"date":"2023-05-23T14:57:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T14:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/23\/a-former-player-will-one-day-become-gfa-president\/"},"modified":"2023-05-23T14:57:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T14:57:26","slug":"a-former-player-will-one-day-become-gfa-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/23\/a-former-player-will-one-day-become-gfa-president\/","title":{"rendered":"A former player will one day become GFA president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/xqkk9kpTURBXy85OTIyYzFkNDg3ZGY0ZmFlNTBmZDAxZTIwNjU4MzkzMy5wbmeRkwXNAxTNAbyBoTAB-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"Yusif Chibsah\" title=\"Yusif Chibsah\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yusif Chibsah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG) Head of Player Relations, Yussif Chibsah, is confident a former player will one day be elected as the president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Joy Sports, Chibsah, who is a former Asante Kotoko midfielder\u00a0believes there will be a time where the GFA president will come from within the PFAG.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a possibility [of a former football player leading the GFA] because ex-footballers are still investing and following football. They have the passion for football so we cannot rule out the possibility entirely,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs long as ex-footballers are still in football and they have the passion, there could be the possibility that one day one former footballer will pop up to lead the association. But then we also have to know that if you want to become an FA president, there is a procedure that you need to follow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFootball is a sport governed by rules and regulations. The football house over there has its own constitution and statutes. If any ex-footballer has the ambition to lead, the person might as well start preparing himself as to how to become an FA preside. It requires more than just being a former footballer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Appiah, a former Black Stars captain recently\u00a0called for ex-footballers to be involved in various levels of football administration in Ghana.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An Executive Member of the GFA hit back at the former Ghana captain for his comments asking that they get the requisite processes before being considered.<\/p>\n<p>The GFA is currently headed by Kurt Okraku, who is seeking a second tenure when his first term expires in October 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"WC58zzNc9QY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adom News Result: Juaboso district assembly releases money to tow faulty ambulance (23-05-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WC58zzNc9QY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yusif Chibsah Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG) Head of Player Relations, Yussif Chibsah, is confident a former player will one day be elected as the president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA). In an interview with Joy Sports, Chibsah, who is a former Asante Kotoko midfielder\u00a0believes there will be a time where the GFA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A former player will one day become GFA president - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/23\/a-former-player-will-one-day-become-gfa-president\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A former player will one day become GFA president - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yusif Chibsah Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG) Head of Player Relations, Yussif Chibsah, is confident a former player will one day be elected as the president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA). 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