The first assistant coach of the Black Stars, Otto Addo has joined the camp of the team for the 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers.
The former Ghana international was appointed as the first team assistant gaffer following the unveiling of Milovan Rajevac.
At a press conference to announce Rajevac as Ghana’s new boss, the Ghana Football Association revealed the ex-winger will combine his latest national role with his job as assistant coach of Borussia Dortmund.
The 46-year-old makes a return to the Black Stars after featuring for the side between 1999 and 2006 during his playing days, the highlight being his appearance at the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
Ahead of the third round of the Group G games, Otto Addo has joined the camp for the games.
Ghana is scheduled to play the Warriors of Zimbabwe in a doubleheader with the 1st leg on Saturday, October 9, 2021, before the return tie in three days later in Harare.
Ghana are seeking to get back to winning ways following a 1-0 defeat to South Africa in the second Group G game.
The Black Stars who began the World Cup qualifying campaign with a 1-0 win over Ethiopia on match day one, sit second in Group G with three points after two round of matches.
Addo began his coaching career while at the twilight of his playing career with Hamburg in 2007 where he worked as a player coach, mainly helping the youth side.
Between 2016 and 2017, he left for Danish fold Nordsjaelland where he worked as an assistant coach, before moving back to Germany to take up another assistant coaching role with Borussia Monchengladbach.
In 2019, he returned to Dortmund where he played between 1999 and 2005, but this time as an assistant coach and has since been with The Black and Yellows.
Source: Modern Ghana
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