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GFA Elections: List of delegates to vote on October 25, 120 members will vote on the day

The Ghana Football Association has released the official list of delegates for the 2019 GFA Extraordinary (Elective) Congress to be held on 25th October 2019 at the College of Physicians & Surgeons in Accra.

The list comprises of delegates from all 16 Premier League Clubs, Division One League Clubs, Women’s Elite League Clubs and other constituent bodies pursuant to Article 26 of the GFA Statutes.

DELEGATES LIST FOR 2019 GFA ELECTIVE CONGRESS – 25TH OCTOBER, 2019

PREMIER CLUBS

S.NO. CLUB NAME

1 BECHEM UNITED – NANA KWASI DARLYN

KINGSLEY OSEI BONSU

2 WAFA – EMMANUEL A. ADANSE

GEORGE OFOSU HENE PEPRAH

3 KARELA UNITED – LAWRENCE SAFORO K. KUDJOE

ABENA BUACHIWAA BRIGIDI

4 BEREKUM CHELSEA – FRANCIS ADJEI YEBOAH

OBED NANA NKETIAH

5 ASANTE KOTOKO – NANA AKWASI GYAMBIBI

GEORGE AMOAKO

6 DREAMS FC – AMEENU SHARDOW

KURT E. S. OKRAKU

7 WA ALL STARS – MAXWELL TERRY AIDAM

FRED KWESI AGBENYO

8 LIBERTY PROF. – GEORGE AFRIYIE

LINDA ANSONG

9 ADUANA STARS – ATTA YEBOAH

GEORGE GYAWU

10 ELEVEN WONDERS – TAKYI ARHIN

MESHACK ASANTE AMEYAW

11 MEDEAMA – MOSES ARMAH

TONI AUBYNN

12 EBUSUA DWARFS  – SAM NANA BREW-BUTLER

JONAS COMMEY

13 INTER ALLIES – WILLIAM KLUTSE

DELALI ERIC SENAYE

14 HEARTS OF OAK – HON. VINCENT SOWAH ODOTEI

ELVIS HESSE HEMANN

15 ELMINA SHARKS – GEORGE WIREDU

KELVIN ABOAGYE YEBOAH

16 ASHANTI GOLD – FREDERICK ACHEAMPONG

KWAKU FRIMPONG

  DELEGATES LIST FOR 2019 GFA ELECTIVE CONGRESS – 25TH OCTOBER, 2019

DIVISION ONE

NO. NAME OF CLUB NAME

1 BYFC – ALHAJI SHERIFF SEIDU

2 NEW EDUBIASE – ABDUL-SALAM YAKUBU

3 VIPERS JUSTICE – KOFI BOISON

4 SAMARTEX – ALEX OSMON ESHUN

5 OLYMPICS – FRED PAPPOE

6 UNITY FC – RICHMOND OSEI

7 DEPORTIVO – AMIDU ABDULAI

8 HASAACAS SAMUEL ARBUAH

9 KING FAISAL -ALHAJI AHMED A. KARIM

10 PROUD UNITED -RONALD JOJO DUNCAN

11 UNISTAR -ROCKSON COFFIE

12 ACHIKEN- N. ADU-ABANKRO ACHEAMPONG II

13 TAMALE CITY- JONES ALHASSAN ABU

14 B.A UNITED -NANA YAW AMOAKO 11

15 KINTAMPO FC -YAKUBU MOHAMMED KAMILE

16 STEADFAST -ABUBAKARI ABDUL-DAIM

17 GBEWAA FC -MOHAMMED IDDRISU

18 NKORANZA WARRIORS -LESLIE KUKU BARTELS

19 WA SUNTAA -DAUD ARIF

20 PAGA CROCODILES- JAMIL ATIPAGA

21 NSOATREMAN FC- ANTHONY BENNETT

22 AMIDAUS -AHMED GAMBO

23 OKYEMAN PLANNERS -JACKSON KOFI ASARE

24 STAR MADRID -FREDERICK BOATENG

25 VISION -MICHEAL OSEKRE

26 KOTOKU ROYALS- GILBERT KWESI YANKSON

27 UNCLE T -NICHOLAS ADDO

28 YOUNG WISE -SAMUEL AGYIN

29 AGBOZUME WEAVERS- MENSAH AGBOVOR

30 KRYSTAL PALACE- DAINE DARKO BOATENG

31 PHAR RANGER -YAW AMPONSAH

32 HEART OF LIONS- RANSFORD ANETEY ABBEY

33 GOLDSTARS -KWASI ADU

34 NANIA -ALHAJI A. K. M. OLIVER

35 PACIFIC HEROES -ERIC OPPONG YEBOAH

36 SWEDRU ALL BLACKS- STEPHEN ATTO QUAYSON

37 TECHIMAN CITY -CHARLES KWADJO NTIM

38 NEA SALAMINA -DANIEL ASANTE

39 BEREKUM ARSENAL- K. NTOW FIANKO

40 BOFOAKWA -YAW BOATENG GYAN

41 YOUNG APOSTLES- GERALD DAMOAH DOMFEH

42 TEMA YOUTH -WILFRED KWAKU OSEI

43 ACCRA LIONS -ISHMAEL HAMIDU

44 DANBORT -DANIEL BORTEQUAYE ANGENU

45 NZEMA KOTOKO -MARK ADDO

46 TUDU MIGHTY JETS –ABUBAKAR NALLAH

47 SKYY FC -WILSON ARTHUR

48 RTU

  DELEGATES LIST FOR 2019 GFA ELECTIVE CONGRESS – 25TH OCTOBER, 2019

  CONSTITUENT BODIES

S.NO. CONSTITUENT NAME

1 AMPEM DARKOA LADIES- NANA OPOKU FOSU GYEABOUR II

2 ASH-TOWN LADIES- FRANK TODD AMOAH

3 HASAACAS LADIES -EVELYN NSIAH ASARE

4 SOCCER INTELLECTUALS -IVY AIDOO

5 LADY STRIKERS F.C -CHRISTIAN ISAAC MENSAH

6 PEAPLPIA LADIES -ADAM MEMUNATU

7 FABULOUS LADIES -HABIBA ATTAH FORSON

8 POLICE LADIES -HANNAH NUNU

9 JUVENILE FOOTBALL -ABUBAKAR KASIM

10 JUVENILE FOOTBALL -MICHAEL K. FIADUSE

11 COACHES ASSOCIATION -PROF. JOSEPH KWAME MINTAH

12 COACHE’S ASSOCIATION -JOHN KWAME QUAYSON

13 REFEREE’S ASSOCIATION -JOHN BISMARK DEBRAH

14 REFEREE’S ASSOCIATION -THOMAS RICHARD KOFI ATTIFU

15 SESSA -VIVIAN AGGOR

16 FUTSAL- SAMPSON OSEI-YAW

17 BEACH SOCCER ASS. OF GHANA- YAW AMPOFO ANKRAH

18 PFAG -NATHANIEL LARYEA

19 PFAG -ALHASSAN YUSSIF CHIBSAH

20 SCHOOLS & COLLEGES SPORTS

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FEATURE: Oliver Arthur, ArthurLegacy and the talent-export model in Ghana football

[caption id="attachment_615029" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Arthur Legacy CEO Oliver Arthur.[/caption] The untold story of the rise of Oliver Arthur and his leading ArthurLegacy sports business franchise is remarkable. The company has an enviable pedigree thriving beyond Ghana football. In anticipation, Arthur could rise to the level of modern football’s ''super-agents'' in Jorge Mendes, Mino Raiola and Pini Zahavi. Arthur enshrines a model of player development into a needs-driven football business scenario that has become an important reference of Ghana football. In the ArthurLegacy talent-export model, self-development is principal – Arthur does not go looking for players others developed. The vision is built on developing players from their formative years and having lifetime relationships with them, stretching beyond their playing careers. [caption id="attachment_113193" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Mumuni Abubakar (left) and agent Oliver Arthur (middle) during his trial at Liverpool[/caption] Aside an association with a Nigerian quartet –  Orji Okwonkow (Bologna), Umar Sadiq (Partizan), Kingsley Michael Dogo (Bologna), and Abdullahi Nura (ex-AS Roma) – Arthur manages more Ghanaian players in Italy than everyone else. Today, counting mainly from Italian football, ArthurLegacy’s fleet includes an impressive list of plus-33 current players and many former clients. [caption id="attachment_732521" align="aligncenter" width="1080"] Oliver Arthur’s client Orji Okwonkwo named Montreal Impact MVP for the season[/caption] The newer generation of youngsters coming through the system are led by Philip Yebaoh Ankrah (Hellas Verona), Salim Abubakar (Sassuolo), Carl Davordzie (Parma), Kwaku Osei Bonsu (Caracas FC), Ahmed Awuah Ankrah (Parma), Justin Kumi (Sassuolo), Ibrahim Mustapha (RS Belgrade), Kingsley Ofori Asante (Cremona), Edmund Addo (FK Senica) and Brian Odei (Sassuolo). The company’s strategy also focuses on the Under-16s. Isaac Annan (Parma), Mike Aidoo (Chievo Verona) and Enoch Owusu (Inter Milan) are such examples. [caption id="attachment_308673" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Oliver Arthur and Godfred Donsah[/caption] The other generation of players, current and former, includes Richmond Boakye-Yiadom (RS Belgrade), Godfred Donsah (Cercle Brugge), Bright Addae (ex-Parma), Hans Nunoo Sarpei (VfB Stuttgart), Derrick Appiah (ex-AS Monaco), Patrick Asmah (ex-Atalanta), Augustine Okrah (ex-BK Häcken), Evans Osei (ex-Torino), Salifu Alimeyaw (ex-Hellas Verona), and Afriyie Acquah (Yeni Malatyaspor). The story began in Accra on 23 March 1974 when Oliver Kwame Afful Arthur was born to the late Yaw Arthur and madam Beatrice Tawiah. [caption id="attachment_303572" align="aligncenter" width="429"] Oliver Arthur (right) and his father Jospeh.[/caption] A Fante speaker, his hometown is Enyan Abaasa (Central Region). His education was at Suhum Secondary (1987-92) and Accra Academy (1992-94), which propelled him to the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (1998-2000) and a later career as a travel agent at 2020 Travel and Tours, Alitalia and Air Maroc respectively. The destiny of ArthurLegacy did not start right away after his career at Dansoman United FC where he played Colts football for the U-17 team and was a promising winger until parental pressure forced him to quit to focus on his schooling. [caption id="attachment_229323" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Richmond Boakye-Yiadom and his agent Oliver Arthur[/caption]   Arthur began full-time life in football as a Chief Executive Officer of the then lower-tier Bechem United FC, in the mid 2000s. He would later resign from this Bechem role to pursue a new philosophy –  doing transfer deals and managing players on a full self-funding model. He would also adopt to a principally Italian transfer market and be perpetually heard praising a certain Mauro Barnebei for his agency career. He met Italian football agent Barnebei while working at Alitalia and he helped him develop a concept to setup an agency. Barnebei had a registered company in Morocco called Atlas Sports and was also a match agent. [caption id="attachment_261110" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Oliver Arthur (left) and Ralph Gyambrah (now Bono & Ahafo Regional FA chairman).[/caption] Arthur brought his brother  Roy Arthur and friends Kojo Frempong, Ralph Gyambrah and Percy Allotey to form Atlas Sports in 2006. Bechem United owner Owusu-Achau joined the company, using his club as a development partner. He had served as part-time manager of the Under-17 team of Liberty Professionals between 2003 and late 2004. Despite leaving, he occasionally returned to Liberty to process their visas, famously he did the visas for the first travels of Kwadwo Asamoah and Rabiu Mohammed. [caption id="attachment_342821" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Oliver Arthur[/caption] He credits Barnebei, the Liberty Professionals duo of Alhaji Sly Tetteh and Felix Ansong and  Bechem United Chairman, Kingsley Owusu-Achau for his rise in football. Atlas Sports managed both D.C. United and Bechem United officially, helping the clubs to travel abroad for scouting events like the Trofeo "Nereo Rocco", Trofeo Karol Wojtyla and Citta di Gradisca-Trofeo Nereo Rocco U-16/17 tournaments in Italy. Atlas succeeded in securing transfer deals for a number of players, including Isaac Cofie, Yusif Raman Chibsah, and Alfred Duncan with the help of partner agent Leonardo Guisti. Arthur’s role in the development of a number of other players is also we documented –  Hotter Este Edmund, Nii Nortey Ashong, Massahudu Alhassan, Maxwell Boadu Acosty, Godfred Adofo, Kofi Adjei, Eric Warden, and Azian Tano Innocent. [caption id="attachment_736206" align="aligncenter" width="765"] Afriyie Acquah and his agent Oliver Arthur[/caption] In 2010, Atlas was dissolved due to irreconcilable differences within partners and Arthur went solo, just like everyone else. The relationship with Guisti later collapsed, leading to Arthur losing eight of the nine players their partnership co-managed. Only Richmond Boakye-Yiadom went with Arthur. Guisti went with the rest of the players including Duncan, Chibsah, Salifu Amidu and Cofie. This redefined Arthur’s career and ushered in the ArthurLegacy era. The incorporation of ArthurLegacy came in 2012 to usher in a golden generation. ArthurLegacy would become a huge success, with the help of ace Italian agent Paolo Busardo. [caption id="attachment_273558" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Augustine Okrah (left) and his agent Oliver Arthur.[/caption] The strategy of ArthurLegacy always focused on maintaining a significant presence in  Italian football with a crop of highly enterprising youngsters throughout the system. Arthur is stronger there and in the 70-plus deals he has brokered in his career, just a few were outside Italy – for a example: Appiah in France (AS Monaco), Okrah in Sweden and Sudan (BK Häcken and Al-Merrikh), Boakye in Serbia and Netherlands (Red Star Belgrade and Roda), Acquah in Germany and Turkey (Hoffenheim and Yeni Malatyaspor), Cofie in Spain and Turkey (Sporting de Gijón). ArthurLegacy built two flagship events into the new vision – the ArthurLegacy Invitational Scouting Tournament and CTB (Calcio Trade Ball).    The invitational tournaments are staged specifically for top European clubs, agents and scouts. Held under the auspices of the Embassy of Italy in Ghana on a biennial basis, CTB celebrates the contribution of Italy to the development of Ghana football and promotes Ghana-Italy cultural relations. [caption id="attachment_537396" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Maxwell Mensah and ArthurLegacy Sports CEO Oliver Arthur at the Stadio Renato Dell’Ara.[/caption] ArthurLegacy has invested in high-calibre management – in a network of people with talent and unique qualities, in Ghana and beyond. Former Accra Hearts of Oak defender Maxwell Mensah joined ArthurLegacy in retirement and is now the company’s management and scouting team. Shiraj Ahmed,  a practicing economist with two master’s degrees, is a long-serving employee. His sister, Kathleen Arthur, brings in a wealth of corporate-level experience into her General Manager role whilst Sintim-Pako Antwi, Stephen Domfeh and James Annan are specialist scouts and managers with vast experience in player development in Europe. Gideon Attoh, renowned for his local scouting pedigree, is the company's Chief Scout. [caption id="attachment_397802" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Afriyie Acquah and family of agent Oliver Arthur having lunch.[/caption] Bertha is Arthur's wife with whom he has three sons – Jason Jojo Jaidoo Arthur (2007), Kevin Kobina Fosu Arthur (2010) and Andrew Ekow Afful Arthur (2017). She is a highly educated interior decorator who runs a successful company called Signature By Bertha and has been a key decision maker in transfers from the beginning. Many credits her astute business mind for the rise of ArthurLegacy. Arthur does not like the headlines; his philanthropic works are also publicity shy. Arthur donates clothes and food once a year and supports students with fees in Macarthy Kope-a village in Ada, Greater Accra Region. He has also donated to the SOS village in the past and does much more charity work without publicity. Arthur is described by most of his players as a 'humanist' due to his player welfare care and that is manifested in the fact that he still maintains tight relationships with all his former players. [caption id="attachment_409559" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Yaw Ackah (left), super agent Oliver Arthur and Razak Abdul Rahim.[/caption] All the signs are that Oliver Arthur is on his way to producing a Lionel Messi or a Cristiano Ronaldo or a Thierry Henry or a Zinedine Zidane or all of them combined. Hopefully, that becomes a reality for the benefit of Ghana football. source: https://ghanasoccernet.com/