Family of late ex-Kotoko player Opoku Afriyie releases details for his one-week observation

Family of our late former Captain and Team Manager, Opoku Afriyie has released the details for the one-week memorial.

An announcement released by the family on Wednesday said the memorial service will be held on Saturday, August 8.

It also stated that the event will take place at Kotei Twumduase in Kumasi in house number AK-624-8613. 

Opoku Afriyie, who was affectionately known as Bayie, passed on, on March 29. The lethal forward made his name for us before signing for rivals, Hearts of Oak prior to ending his footballing career. 

He won the Premier League Top Scorer Award in 1979 and 1981 and came eighth in the French magazine African Footballer of the Year in 1982. 

Opoku Afriyie was among 20 other Ghanaians nominated by CAF out of a total of 200 African footballers for the title of the best African player of the last 50 years.

He grabbed the headlines in 1978 by scoring twice to help the Black Stars account for Uganda in the Afcon final. 

After hanging up his boots, Opoku took up roles as team manager and welfare officer of the Black Stars and also worked as Team Manager for the Porcupines in 2003.

Source: Kotoko Express App