{"id":382828,"date":"2025-07-28T04:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T04:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/07\/28\/kenyan-giants-gor-mahia-line-up-ck-akonnor-as-next-coach\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T04:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T04:22:10","slug":"kenyan-giants-gor-mahia-line-up-ck-akonnor-as-next-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/07\/28\/kenyan-giants-gor-mahia-line-up-ck-akonnor-as-next-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan giants Gor Mahia line up CK AKonnor as next coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/490\/49054031.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ex-Ghana coach CK Akonnor\" title=\"Ex-Ghana coach CK Akonnor\" width=\"295\" height=\"177\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ex-Ghana coach CK Akonnor<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Ex-Ghana coach CK Akonnor is expected in Nairobi this week to finalize his move to Kenyan giants Gor Mahia, GHANAsoccernet understands.<\/p>\n<p>The record FKF Premier League champions believe Akonnor\u2019s wealth of experience and international exposure could help propel the club.<\/p>\n<p>His rich club CV includes managing Ghana Premier League giants Asante Kotoko, Hearts of Oak and AshantiGold.<\/p>\n<p>Akonnor is excited about the prospect of managing his first club abroad.<\/p>\n<p>After successful playing careers with Bundesliga sides Fortuna K\u00f6ln and Wolfsburg, the 52-year-old honed his coaching career at the Right to Dream Academy before leaving to then Ghana Premier League side Eleven Wise.<\/p>\n<p>He also had a coaching stint with Dreams FC.<\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia are rebuilding after a turbulent season and are desirous to make a huge impact in CAF inter-club competitions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-Ghana coach CK Akonnor Ex-Ghana coach CK Akonnor is expected in Nairobi this week to finalize his move to Kenyan giants Gor Mahia, GHANAsoccernet understands. The record FKF Premier League champions believe Akonnor\u2019s wealth of experience and international exposure could help propel the club. His rich club CV includes managing Ghana Premier League giants Asante [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":328544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-382828","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kenyan giants Gor Mahia line up CK AKonnor as next coach - 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\/2025\/07\/28\/kenyan-giants-gor-mahia-line-up-ck-akonnor-as-next-coach\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kenyan giants Gor Mahia line up CK AKonnor as next coach - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ex-Ghana coach CK Akonnor Ex-Ghana coach CK Akonnor is expected in Nairobi this week to finalize his move to Kenyan giants Gor Mahia, GHANAsoccernet understands. 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