Osei Kofi - Goals in International Matches (original) (raw)

The outstanding Ghanaian player scored 19 international goals for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born: 3- 6-1940 [] Country: Ghana Caps: 25 (W13-D6-L6 � GF75-GA42 � %64.00) Goals: 19 (% 0.76 per match) Age First Cap: 23 yr 363 d 31- 5-1964 vs. Tunisia 2-0 Age Last Cap: 33 yr 77 d 19- 8-1973 vs. Zaire 1-4 National Team Career: 9 yr 80 d [] in 2013, Osei Kofi has revealed that he reduced his age by two years during his career as a professional footballer, during which his date of birth was declared as 3- 6-1942; according to him age reduction was a common practice in Ghanaian football to aid footballers in their careers.

Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 1 1 31- 5-64 Accra Tunisia 2-0 Olympic G. Qualifier 2 1 21- 6-64 Tunis Tunisia 1-2 Olympic G. Qualifier 3 1 12-10-64 Yokohama Argentina Ol. 1-1 Olympic Games 4 1 20-10-64 Kyoto Romania 2-4 Olympic Games 5 1 2 12-11-65 Sousse Congo-L�opoldv. 5-2 African Nations Cup 6 1 3 19-11-65 Bizerte Ivory Coast 4-1 African Nations Cup 7 1 4 21-11-65 Tunis Tunisia 3-2 African Nations Cup 8 4 8 11-12-65 Nairobi Kenya 13-2 Jamhuri Cup 9 8 13-12-65 Nairobi Kenya 3-3 Jamhuri Cup 10 8 28- 1-67 Lagos Nigeria 2-2 Azikiwe Cup 11 2 10 12- 2-67 Accra Nigeria 2-0 Azikiwe Cup 12 1 11 12- 1-68 Asmara Senegal 2-2 African Nations Cup 13 1 12 14- 1-68 Asmara Congo-Kinshasa 2-1 African Nations Cup 14 2 14 16- 1-68 Asmara Congo-Brazzav. 3-1 African Nations Cup 15 14 19- 1-68 Asmara Ivory Coast 4-2 African Nations Cup 16 14 21- 1-68 Addis Ababa Congo-Kinshasa 0-1 African Nations Cup 17 14 15-10-68 Guadalajara Hungary 2-2 Olympic Games 18 1 15 17-10-68 Le�n El Salvador 1-1 Olympic Games 19 15 17- 8-69 Accra Niger 6-0 African Cup Qual. 20 2 17 21- 9-69 Niamey Niger 9-1 African Cup Qual. 21 2 19 2- 7-72 Kumasi Dahomey 5-1 World Cup Qualifier 22 19 28- 8-72 M�nchen East Germany 0-4 Olympic Games 23 19 1- 9-72 M�nchen Colombia Ol. 1-3 Olympic Games 24 19 5- 8-73 Accra Zaire 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 25 19 19- 8-73 Kinshasa Zaire 1-4 World Cup Qualifier

NB: other matches are being investigated; for some matches records are incomplete.

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
25 13 6 6 75- 42 32 64.00

Type of Matches and Goals

African Nations Cup 8 7 Olympic Games 6 1 World Cup Qualifier 3 2 African Cup Qualifier 2 2 Olympic Games Qualifier 2 1 Other Tournaments 4 6

Total: 25 19

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Prepared and maintained by _Roberto Mamrud_for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Roberto Mamrud (roberto.mamrud@gmail.com) Last updated: 4 Jun 2020