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| Ghana 2010 |
If there were an All-Time World Cup, this would be the 23 players I would bring to the tournament. The team is not an All-Star team. I tried to be as realistic as possible. A few of the players are selected for tactical reasons at the expense of more famous players.
Team
GK: Robert Mensah
He played for Asante Kotoko SC and won African Club Cups in 1970. He was controversial figure. He sometimes would would mock opposition players by reading a newspaper whilst goal-tending. He was murdered in 1971.
GK: Richard Kingson
The starting goalkeeper at World Cup in 2010 where Ghana reached the quarterfinal.
GK: Joe Carr
Nicknamed Black Cat. He represented Ghana in 4 Africans' Nation Cup. He is also Ghana's most capped player.
RB: John Paintsil
He is the all-time cap record holder for an outfielder. He played professionally in Israel and England. He played 5 seasons in the Premiership in England.
CB: Samuel Kuffour
He was probably Ghana's most famous defender. He spent 11 seasons with Bayern Munich, winning almost everything. He was twice runnerup for the African Player of the Year and won Ghana Player of Year in 1998, 1999 and 2001.
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| Samuel Kuffour |
CB/RB: John Mensah
He played in two World Cup Finals, 2006 and 2010. He played professionally in England, Italy and France.
CB/CM: Kuuku Dadzie
He was a star defender for Sekondi Hasaacas and Kumasi Asante Kotoko. He was a member of the Black Stars that won the African Cup of Nations for keeps in 1978. He also captained the national team to the African Cup of Nations in Nigeria in 1980 and the squad which qualified for the Moscow Olympic Games in the same year.
CB: Charles Addo Odametey
He won two African Cup of Nations in 1963 and 1965. He played for Heart of Oak in Ghana.
CM/LB/LW: Kwadwo Asamoah
He was named Ghana Player of the Year twice consecutively for 2012 and 2013. He started his Europe career with Udinese and later moved to Juventus. He played in the WC Finals in 2010 and 2014.
DM: Sulley Muntari
He spent his career playing in England and Italy. While playing with Inter Milan, he won a Champions' league title in 2009-2010. He played in three WC Finals.
CM: Michael Essien
One of the best central midfielders in the world during his prime. He first became a star while playing for Lyon, where he won two Ligue 1 titles in two seasons. Then, he moved to Chelsea. Over there, he won a Champions' league, two Premier :League titles and four FA Cups. He also spent one season with Real Madrid.
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| Michael Essien |
CM: Karim Abdul Razak
He was one of Ghana's greatest players. In 1978, he won the African Cup of Nations and then, became the African Player of the Year. He was voted as one of the CAF's 30 best footballers of the previous 50 years in 2007.
CM/DM: Stephen Appiah
One of the most important players of his generation. He was a part of the 1995 World Cup Under-18 team winning team that put Ghana on the map. He captained Ghana's team at the WC in 2006. He spent 10 seasons playing in Italy and he also played in Turkey and Serbia.
FW/RW Baba Yara
He was a legendary player in West Africa. He scored 49 times in 51 caps for Ghana. His career was cut short by a car accident. He died in 1969 The largest stadium in Ghana was named after him.
LW/LWB: Ibrahim Sunday
He was the first Ghanian to win the African Player of the Year when he won it in 1971. He won the African Champions of Cup with Asante Kotoko in 1971. He moved to Werder Bremen in 1975, but he barely played over there.
LW: Mohammed Ahmed "Polo"
He made his national team debut at the age of 17. He won the 1978 African Cup of Nations held in Ghana. He was a left winger and played for Hearts of Oak in the Ghana premier league.
AM/SS/RW: Osei Kofi
He was was nicknamed the 'wizard dribbler' because of his ball dribbling skills. He won the African Cup of Nations in 1965, where he was the joint top-scorer.
AM/SS: Abedi Pele
He was one of the greatest African player ever. He was best remembered for his career with Marseille, where he won the first ever Champions' League title for a French club. He was African Player of the Year for three straight years between 1991 and 1993. He was voted 3rd as the African Player of the Century.
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| Abedi Pele |
He was one of 200 African footballers noimnated by CAF for the title of the best African player of the last 50 years. He won the African Cup of Nations in 1978.
FW: Opoku Nti
He was Ghana's top player before Abedi Pele. He won the African Cup of Nations in 1982. he had a brief career in Switzerland.
FW/RW: George Alhassan
He won the African Cup of Nations in home soil in 1978. Four years later, he helped Ghana regain the title successfully, being the top scorer of the tournament with four goals,
ST Asamoah Gyan
He is Ghana's all-time leading goal-scorer. He played in three WC Finals: 2006, 2010 and 2014. In 2010, Ghana reached the quarterfinal of the WC Finals in South Africa.
ST: Anthony Yeboah
He enjoyed a successful career in Europe and was one of the best African players in the 1990's. His most successful period was spent with Eintracht Frankfrut where he was the Bundesliga back-to-back top scorers twice in five seasons. |
| Asamoah Gyan |
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| Tony Yeboah |
Kevin-Prince Boateng, Kwasi Owusu, Hesse Odamtten and Joe Odoi.
Squad Explantion
- I did not have room for Kevin-Prince Boateng, Kwasi Owusu, Hesse Odamtten and Joe Odoi.
- Nii Lamptey actually played well with Anderlecht and PSV Eindhoven. He also brought glory to Ghana. However, he is too controversial to be on this team.
Starting lineup
Formation: 4-3-3
My big question mark was the left wing forward position. I have three great candidates for the position: Opoku Nti, Ibrahim Sunday and Muhammad Polo.
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