Ghana FA launches talent identification programme as a long-term project to feed national teams

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, officially launched the elite Talent Identification program in Accra.

According to the country’s football governing body, the programme is to identify and develop the best-talented youth players (male and female) in the country to form the base of the various national teams.

“About a year ago, under the leadership of the President and the Technical Director, we were tasked to put together the framework of identifying the best of the best talents in the entire nation which is called the elite program” Director of the Talent Identification Program Papa Nii Lartey said at the launch.

He added, “Based on our analysis, we realized that for us to cover the entire nation we would need to identify about 5,000 talents”.

The launch was attended by President of the GFA Kurt Okraku as well as his Vice Mark Addo.

Several others including Technical Director Bernard Lippert, Director of Coaching Education, Professor Joseph Kwame Mintah, Histerine DeReus – FIFA/UEFA Coaching Instructor, and Chairman of the Greater Accra Regional Football Association Samuel Aboabire also attended the launch of the programme.