Former Ghana FA boss, Ben Koufie, dies at 84

Ben-Koufie NewsroomNG — *Apart from leading the country’s Football Association, Koufie was also a national team coach at a time.*

A former president of the Ghana Football Association, Ben Koufie is dead.

Koufie passed on after battling an undisclosed ailment at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Monday evening.

He was 84.

Koufie worked as the Ghana Football Association President from 2001 to 2003 before being succeeded by current FA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi after Ghana’s failure to qualify for the 2004 Cup of Nations in Tunisia.

The GFA regrets to announce the death of our former president, National team coach and ex player Mr Ben Koufie pic.twitter.com/zmz2gBF49d

— Ghana FA (@ghanafaofficial) July 4, 2016
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