Back
Colts vs Academy Football: Which system produced the 35 players to make their Black Stars debut since 2015?
Aug 6, 2020
The Ghana Football Association has recently reiterated its commitment to reviving colts football in Ghana.
The colts system has hitherto served as an avenue for producing talents for all of Ghana’s national teams at all levels.
The core of the team that qualified the country for its maiden world cup appearance in 2006 all came through the colts system.
Stephen Appiah, Sulley Muntari, John Mensah, Michael Essien, Asamoah Gyan, Laryea Kington, Richard Kingson and a host of others all came through Ghana’s amateur football clubs.
In recent years however, the emergency of football academies in the country and their accompanying success, which coincided with the decline of colts football, has led to raging debate on which system will produce better results going foward.
The likes of Right To Dream, Africa Talents, West Africa Football Academy (WAFA) among many others have seen emerging influence in the national teams, causing people to rethink the country’s football grassroots structure.
While the debate rages on, Citi Sports research has put together the full list players to have made their full debuts for the Black Stars of Ghana in the last 5 years.
Interestingly, out of the 35 players, colts football leads the way with 17 players. The academies have contributed 11 while 7 players have been trained by foreign-based clubs.
0Shares
0Comments
0Favorites
0Likes
Say something to impress...
Loading...
Comments
Hot

No content at this moment.

Relevant people
Newsroom GH
20617 Followers
Credible News In Ghana And Worldwide
Related