Eric Bekoe targets Asante Kotoko coaching job

Former Asante Kotoko star Eric Bekoe has said that he will want to follow the footsteps of some former Porcupines who returned to coach the team.

The 35-year-old is the head coach of division two league club Nsawkawman FC after acquiring his License D certificate.

Bekoe reveals that his ultimate target is to coach his former club, Kotoko in the the coming years, by which time he would have attained the coaching Lincence A.

“The way the legendary Maxwell Konadu, coach Zito and the rest had the opportunity to handle the team, I also pray I get the same opportunity to handle the team. To serve on the pitch and to serve from the touchline will be a great achievement for me,” he said in an interview with Original FM in Accra. 

Bekoe first came to prominence on the local scene when he starred for Asante Kotoko in the 2007/2008 Ghana premier league when he was signed from Hearts of Lions to the Garden City.

His first coaching assignment began on Wednesday, July 8 2021 after he was appointed head coach of the U-13 side of the Shama District Football Association before accepting the Nsawkawman FC offer.In the season 2007/08, with a total of 17 goals in 23 matches, the 34-year-old was crowned the top scorer of the Premier League and also won the league with Kotoko as well as the Presidents Cup in the same year.

He played for Ghanaian clubs like Sekondi Hasaacas, Liberty Professionals, Hearts of Lions, Asante Kotoko and Berekum Chelsea as well as Petrojet in Egypt.