Best Asante Kotoko XI of the last decade

Sports News from Sunday, July 14, 2019

Source: ghanacrusader.com

2019-07-14

Asante Kotoko SC has one of the best strategies at the local level, the best players with the best skills, but the game is more difficult because any player who plays week after week in the field for Porcupines should be exceptionally good. There are big fish in this sea and you have to be a shark to survive here.

The Porcupine Warriors have never feared expensive transfers or hesitated to push their players a little more so that the best players have taken the field in their club.

Having already captured goalkeeper Kwame Baah, Judge Blay, Kelvin Andoh, Emmanuel Osei Baffuor and Ampem Dacosta, Adingra Moussa, Didi Arnaud, etc., the office of GhanaCrusader Sports will try to name the 11 best players to don the red jersey at during the last decade.

Eric Kwabena Bekoe was disqualified because he was not with the clubs during the period under review. 2009-2019. Of course, some of you will not agree with our selection, but that's what the comments section serves. We look forward to knowing who you would have chosen in your top 11.

Goalkeeper: Soulama Abdoulaye

Isaac Amoako had been good for Kotoko but he was not going to take the place of the late Soulama Abdoulaye. Soulama won three consecutive titles in the Ghana Premier League and was instrumental in the team's 2008 Confederation Cup campaign.

Soulama Abdoulaye is the most successful foreigner in the history of Ghanaian football with four titles and the prize of the best goalkeeper of the year 2008 in Ghana.

He will remain forever among the best goalkeepers ever seen at the club, with his feline reflexes, like a cat, his decisive defeats and his expert rescues.

Unfortunately, the Burkinabé was too good guardian to play the second fiddle of the young Felix Annan. He finally decided to leave Kotoko in 2014 to join his rival Hearts of Oak.

Although Soulama does not play for Hearts of Oak, it is forever etched in the memories of all fans. He is one of the biggest goalkeepers ever to play Ghana and a legend of Asante Kotoko.

Central defenders: Awal Mohammed

I guess no one can dispute the fact that Awal Mohammed deserves to be on this list.

Awal was not afraid of anything and has carved a reputation for being one of the best central defenders to have ever played for the club. Awal joined Asante Kotoko from Feyenoord during the 2011/2012 season after an unsuccessful stay at ASEC Mimosas, of the Ivorian team, before leaving the shores of Ghana to sign for Maritzburg United in 2015 and end his three-year stay with the Baba Yara-based team. Awal joined Kotoko in 2017 and had a relatively good season before leaving for Al Fahaheel in Kuwait in 2018.

Prince Anokye

One of the best scorers of his generation, Anokye has combined a superb knowledge of the game with strength and strength to become a fantastic all-round defender.

You could argue that Ofosu Appiah (Escoba) should be mentioned, but it's hard to deny the honor to the former Kotoko player.

It took a tough and realistic approach to defense that made it almost impossible to overtake it.

Substitutes – Ahmed Adams and Ofosu Appiah

Right back: Amos Frimpong

When Yaw Frimpong left Kotoko to join TP Mazembe, the Reds had to fill a huge gap in their team. After all, Yaw Frimpong had been incredibly brilliant during her stay in Kumasi. Their search continued and finally an unknown B., United, took over from the Porcupins.

Since then, Amos has become the best player of his status on the local scene. It is a treat for the director who conscientiously accomplishes his tasks without complaining. Amos Frimpong has gained a lot of experience and is the leader of the pack. During his career in Kotoko, he played as back-right, right-back, center-back, midfielder and left-back.

What separates Amos 'Olomo' Frimpong from other advocates by his conscience, his versatility and his unshakeable attitude

Back left: Harrison Afful

Signed by the Feyenoord Academy (WAFA) in 2008, Afful was the ideal player for Porcupines. His consciousness with his speed was incomparable. Added to that, he was a fierce tackler and a good balloon crosser. Harrison Afful played a crucial role in the Kotoko campaign for the CAF Confederation Cup in 2008.

The tiny player proved to be a fantastic cross-country player when he bombarded forward to support the attack and his defensive virtues were often touted.

Midfielder: Michael Akuffu

"Ghaddafi", as the Porcupine faithful call it, combines a unique ambidextrous with Steve Gerrald's technical skill and the fleeting vision and precision of Fabregasian to form the ideal hybrid between offensive midfielder and winger.

To summarize this syntactically complex sentence: It is a pleasure to watch the Akuffu play football.

His last stint with the club shows that his form can not last too long, because his quality will eventually shine and force him to return to the forefront of discussions.

Michael Akuffu is one of those rare players who can radically change a game in an instant using various methods. Kotoko fans will remember him for his last-minute crier against Hearts of Oak in Kumasi in 2012.

Daniel Nii Adjei

He can not be part of Kotoko's team since he joined the club last year, but there is no denying the impact he has had on Kotoko's team since joining the club. Nii Adjei, nicknamed "Mantse" by his fans, is one of those rare players to have everything. His size and strength allowed him to launch a close tackle and intimidate the opposition, while his incredible technique and footballing spirit allowed him to become the chief architect of the Kotoko midfielder for the past 10 years. .

A highly technical player, capable of winning a pbad anywhere on the pitch, Nii Adjei has performed well for Kotoko over the last 10 years.

One could argue that Kotoko could not replace him since he left in 2013 for TP Mazembe.

Jordan Opoku

One of the most talented players to have played for Kotoko.

The 31-year-old left the club in 2016 after refusing to extend his contract to quit football and engage in evangelism in the name of God. He later canceled his decision to sign for Armenian club Sakaeo FC but returned to the club in 2017 after a failure. spell abroad.

He was a very intelligent player who had a great awareness of the players around him during his hay days. He could pick a pbad or two, having a fantastic list of helpers as a Kotoko player.

Jordan is exceptional, a player who likes to watch and watch football. Whatever his current situation in Kotoko, he will certainly be considered one of the best pigs.

The attackers: Emmanuel Gyamfi

A surprise inclusion? Well, for a man who has made the headlines since the moment he first slipped into the Wa All Stars Kotoko shirt in 2016, he was absolutely not excluded that he would be excluded from the listing.

The glider creator's style of play is unique, unlike all other players. Despite his lightweight construction, Gyamfi is able to evade the attack, to stand out, and seemingly unable to give the ball.

His reading of the game was exceptional and the small tackle still seemed to be able to find the killer ball or pocket decisive space while others found it impossible.

Club fans love it for its speed and dribbling abilities.

Alex Asamoah

Regarding Alex 'Makwekwe' Asamoah, the argument between most Kotoko fans seems divided between those who think it was inconsistent and frustrating. He was engaged in the club in 2008 for a record 10,000 GHC of Ashanti Gold, having already played for the famous Kotoko U-20.

Then there are those who think that he is a fairly substantial talented striker who enjoys extended runs in the team.

This writer is firmly in the camp of these, those of you in the first are wrong. So the!

Seriously, most of Kotoko's players have taken Asamoah to heart, and he is a player you would call more underrated than other parties.

It should be noted that, at the time of writing, with Kofi Nti Boakye, all-powerful Kofi Nti Boakye, the former top scorer in Ghana's Premier League is about right.

In the past, however, he was an attacker whose talent had been neglected.

When he sings, he scores goals that can be really scintillating. To attest to his talent in terms of goals, just look at the primary goal he scored during his stay with Ashanti Gold.

Ahmed Touré

Even though Kotoko fans love to hate him, most still reluctantly admit that he was a prominent striker when he played for the club.

Ahmed Simba Touré has many of the same qualities as his former player, Osei Kofi, but his position as a central striker, rather than his support, has earned him a huge score for the Porcupine Warriors.

Simba Touré had (and still has, to some extent) a rare mix of instinct with natural attack and defense discipline. His tremendous pace allowed him to cover the field from top to bottom, and his skill at every facet of the match made him a weapon anywhere, anytime during his stay in Kumasi, before leaving in acrimonious conditions. .