Ibrahim Sunday

Ibrahim Sunday was African Footballer of the Year in 1971, and in June 1976 he became the first African to play in the Bundesliga, for Werder Bremen against Rot-Weiss Essen. As a coach he later won Africa's top club competition twice.

Player

He was born in Koforidua on 22 July 1944 and spent most of his career at Asante Kotoko, whom he captained. Kotoko won seven league titles in his time there and, in 1970, the African Cup of Champions Clubs, the club's first continental trophy. He moved to Werder Bremen in 1975 but played only that one league game.

Black Stars

First capped in 1966, he scored in the semi-finals of both the 1968 and 1970 Africa Cup of Nations, each time against Ivory Coast, and both times Ghana finished runners-up. He also went to the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Coach

He led Kotoko to their second African Cup of Champions in 1983 and won the 1992 African Cup Winners' Cup and the 1993 CAF Super Cup with Africa Sports of Abidjan. He also coached Abuakwa Susubiribi, Ashanti Goldfields and FC 105 Libreville in Gabon. CAF gave him a Legends award in 2017.