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Ghana was known as the gold coast until it became independent from british rule in 1957. Current ghanaian footballers in the english premier. As the 37th anniversary of robert mensahs death approaches, its about time we paid tribute to one of the first great african goalkeepers. Abedi pele arguably the greatest footballer ghana has ever produced and one of the greatest african footballers of. Here are the most popular african footballers at the moment. The remarkable truelife story of an aussie legend and. The littleknown crystal palace striker kwesi appiah has swapped a loan spell at cambridge united for leading ghana into the last four of the africa cup of nations. He however never played for the club as he has since been sent on loan to vitesse, everton, bournemouth, malaga, and finally to newcastle in the 20162017 season. Leanier addy entertains fears for womens football in ghana. And here are the top xi ghanaian footballers in 2017.
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