Former Norwich City and Brighton coach Chris Hughton has been appointed as the technical advisor for the Black Stars ahead of their crunch 2022 World Cup qualifiers play off against Nigeria in March.

He is part of a four man technical team that will be headed by Borussia Dortmund's assistant coach and former Ghana player Otto Addo.

Otto Addo will be assisted by Aston Villa U-19 coach George Boateng and former Asante Kotoko and FC Nordsjaelland coach Masaud Didi Dramani.

Ghana parted ways with inept Serbian gaffer Milovan Rajevac barely six months after his appointment following a dismal run at the African Cup of Nations.

The Serbian supervised over a disastrous AFCON 2021 campaign where Ghana crashed out of the tournament at the Group stages in a group that had Gabon, Comoros and Morocco.

Initially, the Irishman was tipped to be the replacement for Milovan Rajevac but his role has now been revised to a technical advisor.

The Irishman was sacked by English Championship side Nottingham Forest in September 2021 after a string of six defeats and has since been unemployed.

Hughton  previously won promotion with Brighton and Newcastle United while he also guided Birmingham City to the play-offs..

He was out of work for 14 months since leaving Brighton in May 2019 after four and half years in charge of the Seagulls.
Chris Hughton is the first black man to play for Ireland national team and was born to a Ghanaian father and and Irish mother in England.