Job Granted

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has signed a-two-year deal with former Chelsea coach Avram Grant to take charge of the Black Stars with effect from December 1, 2014.

Speaking to the press on Thursday GFA President, Mr. Kwesi Nyantakyi said, "All outstanding issues with Mr. Grant have been cleared and we believe he is the right man for the job."

Grant is known for giving a chance to young players in almost every club he coached, such as Alon Hazan and goalkeeper Raffi Cohen at Petah Tikva, Avi Nimni and Itzik Zohar at Maccabi Tel Aviv, Gal Alberman in the Israeli team, and many more.

On 30 April 2008, Grant's Chelsea beat Liverpool 3–2 (4–3 on aggregate) to advance to the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final, something they failed to achieve under famous manager José Mourinho.

The Blues drew 1–1 with Manchester United in the final in a heavy raining Moscow only to lose out on penalty shootout which United won 6–5.

However, the Israeli did not have things easy at Chelsea as he did not hold the required top-flight coaching certification from UEFA before his appointment as the club's coach. In fact, he had never received the lower-level coaching certifications from UEFA for "B" and "A" level coaching in Europe.

To make matters worse, some Chelsea players were quoted as saying Mr. Grant methods were 25 years behind the times.

Personal Information

Name Avraham Grant
Date of birth 6 February 1955 (59yrs)
Place of birth Petah Tikva, Israel

Teams Managed
1972-1986 Hapoel Petah Tikva (Youth)
1986-1991 Hapoell Petah Tikva
1991-1995 Maccabi Tel Aviv
1995-1996 Hapoel Haifa
1996-2000 Maccabi Tel Aviv
2000-2002 Maccabi Haifa
2002-2006 Israel
2007-2008 Chelesea
2009-2010 Portsmouth
2010-2011 West Ham United
2012 Partisan Belgrade
2014 BEC Tero Sas