Ex-Ghana defender Tony Baffoe named to take charge of AFCON final
Posted On Sunday, 10th February 2013
Tony Baffoe is the General Coordinator of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations final
Anthony Baffoe has been rewarded for his hard work in world football as he has been named as the General Coordinator of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday.
The ex-Ghana defender will take full charge of the organisation of final of Africa’s biggest football showpiece event in Johannesburg on Sunday when Nigeria play Burkina Faso.
Ghana might not be playing in the final but the country will be fully represented by Baffoe’s role in the big events with millions watching across the globe.
Baffoe’s duties consist of taking care of every aspect of the organisation of the encounter, such as the state of the pitch, the supporters, security, media, the closing ceremony, post match medal presentations and many more.
The former Fortuna Dusseldorf player has risen to prominence after hanging up his boots as one of Fifa’s most reliable and efficient match co-ordinators.
Baffoe is regarded as one of the finest match coordinators in the world because of the professionalism and linguistic abilities.
He speaks more than eight international languages including English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Dutch.
He acquitted himself in full glory two years ago when he handled one of the venues that hosted the Fifa Club World Cup in Japan.
Originally born in Germany, Baffoe played for the Black Stars as a ruthless ‘no nonsense’ defender between 1991-94.
The ex-Cologne defender has distinguished himself in the general co-ordination role in high profile Fifa and Caf tournaments.
Baffoe is also a member of Fifa and Caf Football Committees.
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I think akwesi Appiah should be maintained. Sacking a coach some few weeks to the world cup qualifiers is not advisable. AA just needs to go for courses. Lots of them and be encouraged.For the zambians who are asking us to sack AA, why is Renard still around even though his team performed poorly? Bcos they know u don’t sack a manager less than a month to the wc qualifier.
I fully agree. It would be far too easy to just sack him based on this and start the search for a new coach all over again. Even though we didn’t perform as hoped this time it is a process and they should work together as a team to better their performance. I believe that with the inclusion of a few key players that were missing out this time we can go a long way!
On topic: Great news for Tony Baffoe, great example for every Ghanaian (in football).
u want to keep him ok, but do u really think we can improve our game in month til the nxt WC qualification game? each team we play is more dangerous than we are, despite we got the ball
u want to keep him ok, but do u really think we can improve our game in month til the nxt WC qualification game? each team we play is more dangerous than we are, despite we got the ball
Something has to change radically!
A team from Group C will qualify for the AFCON final for the very first time and WIN THE CUP!
our coaches are to shy, we have to play a more offensive game with 2 strikers. gyan alone is inefficient, we have players now to help him, no excuse