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The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has named Otto Addo and Maxwell Konadu as new Black Stars assistant coaches.
This was confirmed by the Ghana FA President Kurt Okraku during the unveiling of Milovan Rajevac as new Black Stars head coach at the GFA Secretariat on Friday, September 24, 2021.
Otto Addo and Maxwell Konadu would be assisting Milovan Rajevac for two-year period.
Otto Addo is currently the assistant coach at German Bundesliga outfit Borussia Dortmund.
Although born in Germany, Addo played for the Ghana national team for seven years commencing 1999, his debut being a 5–0 rout of Eritrea on 28 February 1999.[ads2]
He achieved international prominence when he led the nation in the 2000 African Cup of Nations along with Hans Sarpei from VfL Wolfsburg, who is one of two Ghanaians with German roots to have played for Ghana.
Otto Addo started for Ghana as right midfielder in the 2006 FIFA World Cup game against the Czech Republic on 17 June 2006 at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, which Ghana won 2–0. In 2006 He also played in Ghana’s 2–1 win over the United States at the Frankenstadion in Nuremberg.
Addo started his coaching career with his former club Hamburger SV in 2009, in the process serving as a youth team coach and an assistant manager till 2015. In December 2013, Addo was appointed as the head scout of the Ghana national football team and prior to the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, succeeding Ibrahim Tanko following the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.[ads3]
In April 2019, it was announced that Addo would work for former club Borussia Dortmund as a ‘talent coach’, having previously held a similar role at Borussia Mönchengladbach since 2017.
In December 2020, he was promoted to serve as first team assistant coach to Edin Terzić who had been promoted to interim head coach, following the sacking of head coach Lucien Favre.
He won his first trophy as a coach after Dortmund defeated RB Leipzig in the finals of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal.
Maxwell Konadu on the other hand, after his playing career, became a coach. first interning at Ghana’s Feyenoord Academy before taking on the assistant coach position of Red Bull Academy’s U-17 team in Sogakope.
After participating in the 31st and 32nd International DFB (German Football Association) coaching courses in Hennef, Germany, he received the International DFB Coaching Certificates “B” and “A” in 2008 and 2009 respectively. By then, he had moved to Ghana Premier League club All Stars F.C., leading them during the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons.[ads4]
In July 2011, Konadu was appointed as assistant coach of Asante Kotoko, the club where he first gained fame as a prolific goal scorer. He however signed on as head coach following his return from the All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique, following the sacking of Serbian coach Bogdan Korak. On 3 May 2012, Konadu was appointed as the assistant coach of the Ghana national football team by the GFA (Ghana Football Association), succeeding James Kwesi Appiah.
On 5 June 2012, Konadu resigned as manager of Ghana Premier League club Asante Kotoko after guiding the club to their 22nd league title and securing qualification to the 2013 CAF Champions League. Konadu was succeeded as manager of Asante Kotoko by, Mas-ud Didi Dramani. On 10 July 2012, Konadu was appointed as the manager of the Ghana national under-20 football team, succeeding Orlando Wellington and in January 2013, Konadu was appointed as the manager of the Ghana national under-23 football team.
He was appointed caretaker manager of the men’s senior national team, for the second time, in March 2017. He also served as coach of the ”local Black Stars” – Ghana A’ national football team.[ads5]
