The Legend, Uncle Ben Koufie Has Pop-Off

Date of birth 5 June 1932

Place of birth Gold Coast Date of death  4 July 2016 (aged 84) Place of death Accra, Ghana
Teams managed 1970–1973 Ghana 1971 Asante Kotoko 1972 Great Olympics 1976–1979 Africa Sports 1979–1980 Akosombo Akotex 1988–1992 Zimbabwe
Playing career Koufie played club football for Cornerstones and Ebusua Dwarfs, and represented the national side  from 1957 to 1958.[1] Coaching career After retiring as a player, Koufie became a coach of the Ghanaian national side, and managed Zimbabwe from 1988 to 1992. 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. Administration career 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. Death Koufie died on 4 July 2016 at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra from an undisclosed illness.  He was 84.[3] Honours There have been calls to rename the Cape Coast Sports Stadium after Koufie.