Poor Scouting System Is Wasting Football Talents In Ghana

Former Black Starlets head coach, Paa Kwesi Fabin has expressed concern over the Ghana’s wastefulness in relation to football talent due to the poor scouting system in the country.

In an interview with Citi Sports, the 64-year-old emphasized the vital importance of an improved scouting system aligned with the Ghanaian football philosophy in the process of discovering and nurturing talents.

He stated: I’ve said time and again that Ghana abounds in a lot of talent.

However, like in other companies or jurisdictions where waste is a problem, we are wasting a lot of talent in Ghana because our scouting system is not strong enough.

But I believe that if we can put a robust scouting system in place, we can unearth these talents.

With this new philosophy, we will be able to move the country forward and reach the levels that we all pray to achieve.”

During Fabin’s six-year tenure as the national U-17 team head coach from 2011 to 2017, Ghana successfully qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2017.

He also led the Black Starlets to two Africa U-17 Cup of Nations titles in 2013 and 2017.

The former Hearts and Kotoko coach returned to manage the Black Starlets from 2021 to 2022.