Maxwell Konadu

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Maxwell Konadu
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-12-04) 4 December 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana
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Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Ghana (Assistant coach)
Ghana U-23 (Head coach)
Youth career
Nkoranza Republican[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1993 Asante Kotoko
1993–1994 CS Sfaxien
1995 SG Egelsbach 5 (2)
1996–1997 Asante Kotoko
1997–1999 Leiria 37 (9)
1999–2000 Beira-Mar 22 (1)
2000–2001 Marinhense
2003 King Faisal Babes
International career
1997 Ghana 2 (0)
Managerial career
2009–2011 All Stars
2011–2012 Asante Kotoko
2011 Ghana U23 (Assistant coach)
2012– Ghana (Assistant coach)
2012–2013 Ghana U-20
2013– Ghana U-23
2014 Ghana (Assistant coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona Team Competition

Maxwell Konadu (Akan: /kɒnæˈduː/ kona-DOO) (born 4 December 1972) is a football coach and a retired Ghana international football player. He was the caretaker coach of the Ghana national football team,[2] the manager of the Ghana national under-23 football team, and formerly the manager of Glo Premier League club Asante Kotoko.[3] Konadu was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He also won gold as assistant coach of Ghana's Men's Olympic Team at the All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique in 2011.[4]

Playing career

Konadu began his youth career with Nkoranza Republic and Upper West Republic in Ghana.[1] He began his professional career with the legendary Kumasi Asante Kotoko FC, with whom he won the Ghana Premier League in his debut season.[5]

After brief spells playing in Tunisia and Germany,[6] he returned to Asante Kotoko in January 1996, before moving to U.D. Leiria of the Portuguese second division in July of the following year. He would play for Leiria in the Portuguese Liga during the 1998–99 season, and then moved to rival but relegated lower division club S.C. Beira-Mar, and A.C. Marinhense.

He then had a brief spell playing in Turkey, before returning to play for Ghanaian side King Faisal Babes in 2003.[7]

Career as manager

Following his playing career, Konadu became a manager, Maxwell became a manager, first interning at Ghana’s Feyenoord Academy before taking on the assistant coach position of Red Bull Academy’s U-17 team in Sogakope.[8]

After participating in the 31st and 32nd International DFB (German Football Association) coaching courses in Hennef, Germany, he received the International DFB Coaching Certificates “B” and “A” in 2008 and 2009 respectively.[9] By then, he had moved to Ghana Premier League club All Stars F.C., leading them during the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons.[10]

In July 2011, Konadu was appointed as assistant coach of Asante Kotoko,[11] the club where he first gained fame as a prolific goal scorer. He however signed on as head coach following his return from the All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique, following the sacking of Serbian coach Bogdan Korak.[12] On 3 May 2012, Konadu was appointed as the assistant coach of the Ghana national football team by the GFA (Ghana Football Association), succeeding James Kwesi Appiah.[2] On 5 June 2012, Konadu resigned as manager of Glo Premier League club Asante Kotoko after guiding the club to their 22nd league title and securing qualification to the 2013 CAF Champions League. Konadu was succeeded as manager of Asante Kotoko by, Mas-ud Didi Dramani. On 10 July 2012, Konadu was appointed as the manager of the Ghana national under-20 football team, succeeding Orlando Wellington and in January 2013, Konadu was appointed as the manager of the Ghana national under-23 football team.[3]

References

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  6. ↑ Regionalliga Süd, Saison 1995/96 (Rainer Klein)
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