C.K. Gyamfi to be honoured at Glo-CAF Awards
The late Charles Kumi Gyamfi, one of Africa’s football greats, will be honoured with an Africa Legend Award at the 2015 edition of the Glo-CAF Awards in Abuja on January 7 next year.
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Born on December 4, 1929, Gyamfi had his secondary school education at Accra Academy, the same school that produced Asamoah Gyan.
He played his club football for Koforidua Sailors Football Club, Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs, Asante Kotoko, Kumasi Great Ashantis and Hearts of Oak.
Gyamfi was the first African player to feature in the German league when he joined Fortuna Dusseldorf in 1960. He also captained the national team, the Black Stars.
His glorious years as a coach followed an illustrious playing career as he managed the Municipal Club, AFC Leopards, AshantiGold (then Goldfields) and the Somalia U-21 team.
He also won the Africa Cup of Nations thrice with the Black Stars in 1963, 1965 and 1982. He equally handled the Ghana national football team during their Olympic debut at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1972 edition.
These feats made him the most successful African national team coach, a record he held until Egypt's Hassan Shehata equalled it in 2010.
He passed on in September 2015 at the age of 85.