Six person have been shortlisted for an interview for the vacant technical directorship position of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).
They consist of three Ghanaians and three expatriates who will be contending for the FA's top job.
The six persons who are yet to be identified have started the interview process through zoom and other video conferencing means by a select committee by the GFA tasked to help fill that void.
Oti Akenteng had been in charge of the technical directorship role at the FA since 2009 but was relieved of his duties when his contract expired this year.
Every football association is required by world governing body FIFA to have a technical director and the GFA is intent on announcing one in earnest.
Application for the vacant position was announced last month with more than 150 people applying for the job.
Among the role and responsibility of the new technical director will include but not limited to the role stated below:
- The Technical Director proposes a technical strategy over several years – as part of the association’s strategy and the contract of agreed objectives of the FIFA FORWARD programme (to the General Secretary, the President and the Executive Council) in order to improve the level of the game within the country and achieve identified targets on and off the pitch.
- The Technical Director supervises the work of the technical department and leads the national technical development programmes.
- The other responsibilities include:
- Mass football and expansion of the number of players (eg. grassroots, amateur, youth and women’s football)
- Youth elite football (eg. youth leagues, youth national teams)
- Coach education and coach licensing
- Research
- The Technical Director should understand and execute all the requirements and expectations from FIFA, CAF, WAFU and the GFA.
The recruitment committee is expected to submit its final report to the GFA's Executive Council for approval before an announcement is made for the new Technical Director.
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