1978 African Best Player Abdul Razak Feels ‘Bitter’ About Constant National Team Neglect

• Abdul Razak is saddened by the seeming neglect by the administration of the Ghana Football Asociation in the appointment of national team coaches
• Affectionately called "Golden Boy", Abdul Razak helped the Black Stars win the 1978 African Cup of Nations and was named African Footballer of the Year later that year
• Razak was ranked by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in 2007 as one of the continent's 30 best footballers of the previous 50 years

Legendary Ghanaian footballer Karim Abdul Razak has expressed his disappointment over the constant disrespect shown to indigenous Ghanaian coaches for national team appointments.

Razak, one of the few Ghanaian footballers to have won the prestigious African Footballer of the Year award switched to coaching after he called time on his illustrious playing career.

The 1978 African best player feels his coaching credentials should have earned him a national team appointment.

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He is among a distinguished few Ghanaian coaches to have won laurels outside the shores of the West African nation - tasting success with Beninois club Dragons de l'Ouémé, and Stade Malien of Mali as well.

Expressing his disappointment, the 66-year-old trainer believes his achievements as a coach, both domestic and continental, qualify him to be given a shot at the national team.

"I have won everything there is to win as a coach here in Ghana and other African countries. I have won trophies as a coach in Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, and here in Ghana with Asante Kotoko, but still, I'm not recognized in this country with national team appointments," he told Accra-based Angel FM as quoted by Football Ghana.

The former Asante Kotoko coach added: "I'm very bitter about this and it saddens my heart because I dully served this nation and I'm a better coach with all the better credentials and even CAF have awarded me in the past as a coach."

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Abdul Razak's only national team experience came at the start of the century when he briefly served in the capacity of an assistant coach.

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