Stephen Appiah Is A Legend—Says Alhaji Hearts

Former Hearts of Oak Board Member Alhaji Braimah Sulemana popularly known as 'Alhaji Hearts' has tagged ex Black Stars captain Stephen Appiah as a legend in Ghana football and worth celebrating.

'Alhaji Hearts' is one of the high ranking officials who are expected to grace the launch of Stephen Appiah's Testimonial match which is scheduled for Monday, April 13 at the Committee Hall of the Accra International Conference Centre.

“He is one of the few players who I can call a legend in Ghana football. His contribution to the Black Stars and Ghana football as a whole is admirable. He was an inspirational leader and we all admired his excellent and quality leadership when he was the captain of the team.”

“I was particularly happy when I heard that there was going to be a testimonial match in his honour. I told myself that I will invite myself to the event even if I am not officially invited by the organizers because Stephen is a like a son to me”, Alhaji Hearts mentioned to ghanafootballnews.com in an interview.

He called on all football loving Ghanaians and corporate Ghana to support the player in the organization of t h e match.

“My humble appeal to all Ghanaians is that we should all come out in our numbers during the event and support it to the latter.”

Primeval Media, an event and sports marketing outfit has been mandated by the former Black Stars captain to organize a testimonial match in his honor.

The grand launch on Monday 13th April, will be used to unveil series of activities ahead of the testimonial match and the expected foreign based players.

Appiah spearheaded Ghana's first ever historic qualification to the FIFA World Cup in 2006.