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The Portuguese coach takes charge after the sacking of Otto Addo, and will lead the Black Stars at the FIFA World Cup.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n By <\/span>Reuters and The Associated Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Published On 14 Apr 2026<\/span>14 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Ghana \u200c\u200chave appointed Carlos Queiroz as the head \u2060\u2060coach of their men\u2019s national team, less than two months before the World Cup.<\/p>\n The Portuguese will take the reins of Ghana\u2019s tournament preparations immediately, the \u2060\u2060country\u2019s football association said on Monday.<\/p>\n list of 3 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n \u201cThe Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association, working with all key stakeholders, has appointed Carlos Queiroz as head coach \u2060\u2060of the senior national team, \u2060\u2060the Black Stars,\u201d the GFA said in a statement.<\/p>\n Queiroz, 73, left his role as Oman coach last month \u2060\u2060after the side failed to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, but will make his fifth consecutive appearance as coach at the World Cup with the Black Stars.<\/p>\n Ghana were left without a coach 72 days before the World Cup kickoff, \u200cafter parting company with Otto Addo following friendly defeats by Austria and Germany in March.<\/p>\n Queiroz led Portugal to the round of 16 at the 2010 \u2060\u2060World Cup and later coached Iran at the last three \u2060\u2060editions of the tournament, \u2060\u2060recording three wins in 13 matches.<\/p>\n Born in Mozambique, the former goalkeeper has also held coaching positions with Egypt, Japan, \u200c\u200cColombia, and South Africa, and previously led Portugal in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is not just another job \u2013 it is a mission,\u201d Queiroz said in a statement. \u201cAnd I am ready to give everything of my experience and knowledge once again, in service of the game and the happiness of people.\u201d<\/p>\n Queiroz was chosen from more than 600 local and foreign applications because of his extensive World Cup experience.<\/p>\n Ghana have been \u200c\u200cdrawn \u200c\u200cin Group L alongside Croatia, England and Panama.<\/p>\n The Black Stars also have warmups against Mexico on May 22 and Wales on June 2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Portuguese coach takes charge after the sacking of Otto Addo, and will lead the Black Stars at the FIFA World Cup. By Reuters and The Associated Press Published On 14 Apr 202614 Apr 2026 Ghana \u200c\u200chave appointed Carlos Queiroz as the head \u2060\u2060coach of their men\u2019s national team, less than two months before the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n
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