Ben Koufie

Ben Koufie
Personal information
Date of birth	5 June 1932
Place of birth	Gold Coast
Date of death	4 July 2016 (aged 84)
Place of death	Accra, Ghana
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Cornerstones
	Ebusua Dwarfs
International career
1957–1958	Ghana
Managerial career
1970–1973	Ghana
1971	Asante Kotoko
1972	Great Olympics
1976–1979	Africa Sports
1979–1980	Akosombo Akotex
1988–1992	Zimbabwe
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ben Koufie (5 June 1932 – 4 July 2016) was a Ghanaian football player, coach, and administrator.

Playing career

Koufie played club football for Cornerstones and Ebusua Dwarfs, and represented the national side from 1957 to 1958.^[1]

After retiring as a player, Koufie became a coach of the Ghana national team,^[2] and managed Zimbabwe from 1988 to 1992.^[1]

He led Ghanaian club Asante Kotoko to the Africa Club Championship in 1971, and Great Olympics to the semi-finals a year later.^[1] He also coached Ivorian team Africa Sports, and in Ghana with Akosombo Akotex.^[1]

Koufie was the technical advisor to the Zimbabwe Football Association from 1981 to 1982, technical director of the Botswana Football Association from 1992 to 2001, and president of the Ghana Football Association from 2001 to 2003.^[1]

Koufie died on 4 July 2016 at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra from an undisclosed illness. He was 84.^[3]

There have been calls to rename the Cape Coast Sports Stadium after Koufie.^[4]

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