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Ghana soccer head coach Avram Grant quits

Xinhua, February 8, 2017 Adjust font size:

The head coach of the Black Stars, Ghana's senior national football team, Avram Grant, resigned on Tuesday after guiding the team to place fourth at the just-ended 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tourney in Gabon.

The 60-year-old Israeli tendered his resignation after an "extremely amicable meeting" with officials of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) in Accra, two-days after the AFCON.

In a letter addressed to the GFA, Grant, whose contract expires at the end of February, said that time was right for him to move on to a new challenge, and thanked the president of the association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, for the opportunity to be in charge of the team for more than two years.

"I've hugely enjoyed my time in Ghana, taking over after the disastrous 2014 World Cup campaign, and rebuilding the squad to reach the final in the AFCON for only the second time in 23 years, and also the semi-final of this year's competition," he said.

"I'm proud of the fact that I'm leaving an extremely professional, strong squad of players of a good age, who I'm sure will go on to achieve great success in the future.

"The passion and loyalty of the supporters is something I'll always remember," Grant said.

Grant guided the Black Stars to win silver at the 2015 AGCON in Equatorial Guinea. Endit