{"id":272596,"date":"2024-12-29T21:28:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T21:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/29\/charles-sampson-takes-over-black-princesses-head-coach-role\/"},"modified":"2024-12-29T21:28:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T21:28:15","slug":"charles-sampson-takes-over-black-princesses-head-coach-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/29\/charles-sampson-takes-over-black-princesses-head-coach-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Sampson takes over Black Princesses&#8217; Head Coach role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div oncontextmenu=\"return false;\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">Charles Sampson has been appointed new Head Coach of the National Under-20 Female team, the Black Princesses. He will lead the team for the 2025 FIFA Women\u2019s U20 World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Born 24 November, 1980, Coach Charles Sampson is a Ghanaian ex-international footballer, who played for various clubs in Greece and Sweden. He also featured for the Ghana U20 national team.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Sampson began his playing career with GHAPOHA FC in the Ghana Premier League before moving to Greece where he had stints with Kalamata FC, Apollon Kalamarias, OFI Crete, Panegialios and Fostriras.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Sampson joined Swedish side Assyriska F\u00f6reningen in 2004 where he helped the club earn promotion to the Allsvenskan and play in the league the following season. He later had stints with Bodens BK, IFK Lulea, Syrianska Botkyrka and finally to Afrikansk.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-74826 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanafa.org\/2024\/12\/1002250513-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Following his successful playing career in Sweden, Sampson began a coaching career with Assyriska United Girls U15 side before managing Swedish Women\u2019s League side Telge United FC.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Before his appointment, Charles Sampson was one of the Assistant Coaches of the Black Queens, the senior Female national team.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Fiifi Parker Hanson, currently Head Coach at Golden Kicks FC, joins Anita Wiredu-Mintah, who has been an Assistant Coach with the Princess, to assist Coach Sampson as a second Assistant Coach.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>GFA Communications<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Sampson has been appointed new Head Coach of the National Under-20 Female team, the Black Princesses. 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