{"id":25565,"date":"2020-04-06T15:15:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T15:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=25565"},"modified":"2020-04-06T15:15:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T15:15:56","slug":"ck-akonnor-handed-two-years-contract-black-stars-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/ck-akonnor-handed-two-years-contract-black-stars-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"CK Akonnor handed two years contract as Black Stars coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>CK Akonnor handed two years contract as Black Stars coach<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Charles Kwabla Akonnor has been officially appointed as head coach of the senior national team of the country, Blackstars.<\/h3>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nThe former Kotoko gaffer took over the head coach position after serving as assistant to the then head coach James Kwesi Appiah, who was let go after failing to land a contract renewal with the new GFA headed by Kurt Okraku.<\/p>\n<p>Akunnor was handed a two (2) year contract and will receive $25,000 as a monthly salary,$10,000 short of what made the former manager was receiving at the time in that role as coach of the Blackstars.<\/p>\n<p>The 46-year-old will be assisted by David Duncan, who has loads of experience managing top sides in Hearts, Kotoko, Ashgold as well as other national sides of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Coach CK Akonnor has been tasked to win the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CK Akonnor handed two years contract as Black Stars coach Charles Kwabla Akonnor has been officially appointed as head coach of the senior national team of the country, Blackstars. 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