Four notable European coaches have listed on their resumes to be considered for the vacant position on the Ghana national team following the firing of Charles Akonnor, Ghanasoccernet.com can exclusively reveal.
Among the early contenders for the Black Stars is Italian coach Francesco Guidolin, who coached Stephen Appiah at Udinese and Andre Ayew at Swansea City.
Former Borussia Dortmund boss Lucien Favre, Pep Guardiola's assistant Domรจnec Torrent and Frenchman Alain Giresse, who has vast work experience in Africa.
The four coaches are among the first to send their resumes to the Ghana Football Association following the decision to appoint the coach within three days.
This comes after Akonnor's firing and with the three-man committee ready to begin their work today, the four coaches hope to convince the GFA to hand over the position.
The high caliber of coaches applying for the position shows that there is great interest in the Black Stars, but salary could be a sticking point if Ghana needs a high-quality coach.
Favre, a 63-year-old former Swiss professional soccer player and coach, is a former coach of Borussia Dortmund in Germany.
He was a playmaker at various Swiss and French clubs. He was the longest player for Servette, who also won the championship.
Favre was a successful coach and won the Swiss Cup with Servette and Zurich.
He was also responsible for Borussia Monchengladbach and Hertha BSC in Germany.
Another coach interested in the work of Black Stars is Torrent, 59, who was a key figure behind Pep Guardiola's success in Barcelona, โโBayern Munich and Manchester City.
After managing Girona in 2007, Torrent joined Pep Guardiola's FC Barcelona B squad, initially as a tactical analyst.
Torrent was promoted to the third division and Guardiola was appointed coach of the first team. Torrent took on the same role in May 2008.
Torrent stayed with Guardiola when Guardiola moved to FC Bayern Munich Munich and Manchester City. Together, they won 24 trophies over eleven years.
Torrent, who had expressed his desire to be head coach again, was appointed head coach of Major League Soccer's New York City FC. He replaced Patrick Vieira.
Torrent was named to Flamengo's Serie A Brazilian Championship on July 31, 2020. He had signed a one-and-a-half-year contract, but was fired four months later after his away loss to Atlรฉtico Mineiro.
Guidolin, a former Italian soccer player and Premier League Swansea City coach, is 65 years old.
In fact, he has managed two of the best Ghanaian players in his coaching career, including Stephen Appiah at Udinese and Parma before coaching Andre Ayew at Swansea.
He was coach of several Italian clubs in Serie A and won the Coppa Italiaalia 1996-97 with Vicenza.
Guidolin also competes in European competitions alongside Vicenza and Udinese, as well as in Bologna, Palermo, Bologna, Palermo, and as coach of the French Ligue 1 club Monaco.
The 69-year-old has a lot of experience working in Africa, mainly with France. He was also in charge of Toulouse and the Georgian team.
Giresse was Gabon's national soccer coach and was named Mali's coach for the 2010 African Cup of Nations.
From 2013 to January 2015, he was Senegal's national soccer coach.
Giresse resigned on 7 September 2017 as director of the Mali national soccer team.
He was appointed to the vacant position of manager of the Benin national soccer team in December 2017. He was one of 77 candidates for the national post of Cameroon.
Giresse was appointed Manager of Tunisia on December 13, 2018. In August 2019 he resigned.
