{"id":254938,"date":"2016-10-04T21:45:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T21:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=254938"},"modified":"2016-10-04T21:45:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T21:45:56","slug":"ex-black-stars-coach-fred-osam-doudo-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/ex-black-stars-coach-fred-osam-doudo-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Black Stars coach, Fred Osam Doudo is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-Black Stars coach, Fred Osam Doudu is dead.<\/p>\n<p>The FIFA Instructor is reported to have died on Tuesday [October3] in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Duodu who is rated among the country\u2019s most respected football managers died at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>According to family sources, he had been unwell for some time now.<\/p>\n<p>The late Fred Osam Doudu won the 1993 African U-20 Cup of Nations and a silver medal at the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship for Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>He also won the African Cup of Nations with Ghana in 1978 and also coached in several African countries, winning the 2005 U-17 African title as coach for Gambia.<\/p>\n<p>He was also Ghana\u2019s coach during the\u00a02002 African Cup of Nations in Mali.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Football fraternity pay tribute\u2019 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hours after news of his death broke, some renowned sportsmen took to social media to play tribute to the man many considered as an intelligent brain for Ghana football.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fchristopher.opoku%2Fposts%2F10153752387721432&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Osam Doudu goes home. Another great. 1978 Afcon winning coach. Rest In Peace Sir<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Oti Adjei (@OtiAdjei) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OtiAdjei\/status\/783392152189595648\">October 4, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-Black Stars coach, Fred Osam Doudu is dead. The FIFA Instructor is reported to have died on Tuesday [October3] in Accra. Coach Duodu who is rated among the country\u2019s most respected football managers died at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. According to family sources, he had been unwell for some time now. 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