Notable coaches that have won AFCON trophy

The Africa Cup of Nations has not only been a parade of
Africa’s best football stars over the years, but has also
provided a platform for coaches, including those from the
black continent, to showcase their tactical knowledge in the
round leather game.
Below are some of the notable coaches that had won the
coveted trophy as indigenous coaches, as well as foreign
coaches in Africa’s most glamorous showpiece.
CLEMENS WESTERHOF
Nationality: Dutch
Date of Birth: 3rd May 1940
Position: Super Eagles manager, 1989-1994
Honours: AFCON 1994
Westerhof is most noted for his success with the Nigerian
national team.
Nigeria qualified for and won the 1994 AFCON and also quali­
fied the Nigerian side for the FIFA World Cup that same year,
and the Eagles advanced to the quarter final stage of the USA
’94 World Cup.
He is presently in Nigeria and serving as a rector and chief ad­
ministrator at the Football School of Excellence, Ilorin.
Westerhof is rated as the best coach Nigeria ever had, with
high regard. He is credited with turning Nigeria football into a
power house in African Football, and responsible for the
‘Golden Era’ in the Nigeria Football. Players like Jay-Jay
Okocha, Sunday Oliseh, Nwankwo Kanu, Rashidi Yekini,
Stephen Keshi, and Daniel Amokachi went into successful
career and world spotlight under his tutelage.
HASSAN SHEHATA
Nationality: Egypt
Date of Birth: 19th June 1949
Position: Pharaoh’s of Egypt manager, 2004-2011
Honours: Egyptian League title 1977/78
Egyptian Cup 1974-75, 1976- 77, 1978-79
Two-time Egyptian League top scorer 1976-77, 1979-80
Third Best African Footballer, 1974
Best African Footballer in Asia 1970
Best Footballer, African Cup 1974
Best Footballer in Egypt, 1976
Merit of Sport, 1980
African Cup of Nations 2006, 2008, 2010
CAF Coach of the Year, 2008
Selected for Top five African Coaches.
Hassan is a former Egyptian forward Footballer, who became
the head coach after Marco Tardelli and the longest served
coach of the Egyptian National Football team.
He led the Pharaohs of Egypt to its first African Cup of Nation
in eight years defeating Cote d’Ivoire afterwards, three
successive African Cup of Nations titles, making Egypt the first
African nation to achieve such a feat.
Under his administration Egypt was ranked 9th by FIFA in
2008
STEPHEN OKECHUKWU KESHI
Nationality: Nigerian
Date of Birth: 23rd January 1962
Honours: West African Club Championship ’83, ’84
African Cup of Nations 1994, 2013
CAF African Coach of the Year ‘13
Keshi a former Super Eagles defender and captain made his
debut when he coached Togo’s National team to qualify for
their first World Cup in Germany 2006.
He was engaged to coach the Nigeria national team in 2011
and qualified them for the AFCON 2013 tournament, which
they won, defeating Burkinafaso with a lone goal in the final
and was able to qualify the team also for the Confederation
Cup in that same year.
Stephen went ahead and qualified the team also for AFCON
2014.
On 18 November 2013, Stephen Keshi set a record in African
football by being the first African coach to successfully qualify
two African nations (Nigeria and Togo) to the World Cup
Finals.
He also helped Nigeria become the first country to achieve an
African Cup of Nations trophy and World Cup qualification,
both in 2013.
CHARLES KUMI GYAMFI
Nationality: Ghana
Date of Birth: 1929
Position: Black Stars Manager
Honours: AFCON trophy 1963, 1965, 1978
Gyamfi is a former Ghanian footballer, who heralded a new
dawn in the Ghana Football.
Charles was able to qualify the Black Stars of Ghana for the
African Cup of Nations in 1963, 1965, and 1978, which they
won.
During his administration there was no high tech facilities, and
this had distinguished his qualification and winning of the
Black Stars of the AFCON trophy very exceptional.