Black Stars assistant coach, Desmond Ofei has been named the new head coach of the Ghana U-23 national team (Black Meteors), confirmed by the Ghana FA.
Ofei, who has been the head coach of the Ghana U20 team since 2023, was relieved off his duties in June in order to focus on his assistantship position role at the Black Stars.
But, a new role has now been assigned to him to lead the U-23 national team from henceforth and will deputized by Baba Nuhu Malam and another experienced gaffer Yaw Preko.
He is expected to put up a formidable Black Meteors squad in the coming years with the main tasks definitely being to qualify for the next CAF U-23 Cup of Nations which will be held in 2027 and ultimately book a spot for Ghana in football in the next Olympic Games - which has eluded the country since 2004.
In January 2025, the 37-year-old was appointed to join Otto Addo's backroom staff as deputy coach following the sacking of Joseph Laumann after Ghana's failure to secure a qualification to the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations slated to be played in Morocco next year.
The UEFA A licensed tactician guided the Black Satellites to 2023 Africa Games glory and secured a qualification to the 2025 Africa U20 Cup of Nations.
However, the enterprising tactician failed to hand Ghana a ticket to the 2025 FIFA U20 World Cup after suffering a quarter-final elimination following a penalty shootout loss to host nation Egypt.
He is a former U-18 head coach and U-21 coach at Royal Antwerp FC. He is also a former Lokeren U-21 and Lusitano SAD head coach.
Desmond Ofei has coaching and scouting experience in Belgium, England, Holland, France, Portugal, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa.
