Mamelodi mourns hard worker, Koufie :: Mmegi Online

The passing of a dear friend and former colleague Benjamin Koufie at Korle Bu Hospital in Accra, Ghana on Monday July 4, 2016 was as devastating blow to me as they come. Reality hit me after speaking to his wife Sophie the following day, that indeed Uncle Ben was no more. Ben as he was fondly referred to by many that he associated with, died at the age of 84 after an illustrious career as a football technician par excellence.

Ben trained as a coach in Nymburg Sports College in the former Czechoslovakia in 1961 before he moved in the same year for further training at Cologne Sport Hoche Scule in West Germany. He then obtained a First Class Diploma - DHFK in East Germany in 1964 with a gold medal as best student.

He was also trained at County Durham for an English Football Association coaching certificate in June 1970, before attending a Senior Coaches Clinic in Lilleshal England. In July 1970 he did an attachment with Chelsea Football Club, which was then coached by Dave Sexton.

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