 Otto Addo atTag der Legenden 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nana Otto Addo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1975-06-09)9 June 1975 (age 49) | ||
| Place of birth | Hamburg,West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ghana (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1993 | Bramfelder SV | ||
| 1993–1996 | VfL 93 Hamburg | 80 | (4) |
| 1996–1999 | Hannover 96 | 97 | (20) |
| 1999–2005 | Borussia Dortmund II | 5 | (0) |
| 1999–2005 | Borussia Dortmund | 75 | (11) |
| 2005–2007 | Mainz 05 | 19 | (0) |
| 2007 | Hamburger SV II | 10 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Hamburger SV | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 290 | (35) | |
| International career | |||
| 1999–2006 | Ghana | 15 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010–2015 | Hamburger SV U19 | ||
| 2016–2017 | FC Nordsjælland (assistant) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Borussia Dortmund (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | Ghana | ||
| 2024– | Ghana | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nana Otto Addo (born 9 June 1975)[2] is a Ghanaianfootballmanager and former association football player. He is the manager of theGhana national football team, and previously worked as a talent coach and interim first team assistant coach forBorussia Dortmund.[3]
Addo was born on 9 June 1975 inHamburg, West Germany, to Ghanaian parents.[4][5] He has a dualnationality.[6] As he played internationally for the Ghanaian football team, he holds German citizenship too.
Addo started his career in 1991 inHamburg,[7] playing for Hamburger SV. In 1993, he leftBramfelder SV after playing there for a year to join fellow Hamburg sideVfL 93 Hamburg in 1993 where he played 80 league matches and scored 4 goals from 1993 to 1996.[8]
Addo moved toHannover 96 in theRegionalliga Nord (third German league) in 1996.[8] He made a big impression in a squad that featured stars-to-beGerald Asamoah andFabian Ernst. That team ripped through the season scoring more than 100 goals but succumbed toEnergie Cottbus in the 1997 promotion playoffs.
In 1998, Hannover finally was promoted to the2. Bundesliga. In his first season, he scored seven goals in 30 games[9] and was acknowledged as one of the elite players of the league.[10]
Addo was transferred toBorussia Dortmund in 1999 and played more than 75 times for the team, becomingBundesliga champion in2002. However, he was also hampered by great injury troubles, as he tore hiscruciate ligaments three times in this time, the first coming after aGerman Cup match againstSC Freiburg on 15 July 2001. The player had an MRI scan which showed he had torn knee ligaments and underwent surgery on his right knee on 22 July at theVail,Colorado, clinic of world-renowned knee specialist surgeonDr. Richard Steadman.[11] He healed completely and came back to play the2002 UEFA Cup Final for Dortmund againstFeyenoord Rotterdam on 8 May 2002, which Dortmund lost 3–2[12] at theFeijenoord Stadion inRotterdam. On 7 September 2002, Addo tore right knee ligaments for the second time, in a2004 African Cup of Nations qualifier versusUganda[13] inKampala.[14]
On 24 September 2003, Addo's career was under threat after he re-injured his troublesome right knee for the third time in Dortmund's 2–1UEFA Cup victory overAustria Wien.[15] He started the match, but was replaced after just 38 minutes.[16]
After sitting out the whole of 2004, Addo returned to action as a substitute in Dortmund's 1–1 league home draw withBorussia Mönchengladbach in the last weekend of January 2005.
At the beginning of the 2005–06 season he transferred[17] to1. FSV Mainz 05, for whom he did not make an initial impact. However, he played well enough to earn a nomination for the Ghanaian squad who appeared at the2006 World Cup.
On 9 August 2007, Addo signed a three-year contract with hometownHamburger SV,[18] initially alternating with the reserves and the first team. While at Hamburg, Addo revealed his Hamburger SV goals in an interview with HSVLIVE,[19] also addressing other topics. In 2008, he announced his retirement from playing football at the age of 33.[20][21]
Although born in Germany, Addo played for theGhana national team for seven years commencing 1999,[22] his debut[23] being a 5–0 rout ofEritrea on 28 February 1999, and he achieved international prominence when he led the nation in the2000 African Cup of Nations. He started for Ghana as rightmidfielder in the2006 FIFA World Cup game against theCzech Republic on 17 June 2006 at theRheinEnergieStadion inCologne, which Ghana won 2–0. In 2006 he played in Ghana's2–1 win over theUnited States at theFrankenstadion inNuremberg.
Addo was strong in one-on-one situations, physical, creative, and versatile enough to play on both wings, on the inside and also in the central position,[24] although his main skill was his ability to dribble the ball.
Addo started his coaching career with his former club Hamburger SV in 2009, in the process serving as a youth team coach and an assistant manager till 2015.[4][20][21] In December 2013, Addo was appointed as the headscout of theGhana national football team and prior to the2014 FIFA World Cup and2015 Africa Cup of Nations,[25][26] succeedingIbrahim Tanko following the2012 Africa Cup of Nations and2013 Africa Cup of Nations.[27]
In April 2019, it was announced that Addo would work for former clubBorussia Dortmund as a 'talent coach', having previously held a similar role atBorussia Mönchengladbach[28] since 2017. In December 2020, he was promoted to serve as first team assistant coach toEdin Terzić who had been promoted to interim head coach, following the sacking of head coachLucien Favre.[29][30]
He won his first trophy as a coach after Dortmund defeatedRB Leipzig in the finals of the2020–21 DFB-Pokal.[31] Following the assignment ofTerzić as technical director and appointment ofMarco Rose as the new head coach, Addo resumed his work as a talent coach.
On 25 September 2021, theGhana Football Association announced that they had appointed Addo as one of two deputies for the new Ghana coachMilovan Rajevac.[32] On 9 February 2022, the Ghana Football Association announced that they had appointed Addo as the interim coach for theGhana national football team ahead of the team's2022 FIFA World Cup final play-off matches againstNigeria.[33] On 29 March 2022, he qualified Ghana (on away goals) to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, after drawing 1–1 against the Super Eagles of Nigeria. The Black Stars of Ghana had earlier drawn 0–0 against the Super Eagles on 25 March.[34]
In May 2022, Addo was appointed as the head coach until the end of December 2022 alongside maintainingChris Hughton as technical advisor andGeorge Boateng andMas-Ud Didi Dramani as assistant coaches, the same set-up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup final play-off matches against Nigeria.[35][36] Addo won his first match as manager on 1 June after leading Ghana to a 3–0 victory overMadagascar in a2023 AFCON qualifiers.[37]
At the 2022 FIFA World Cup tournament, Ghana went on to lose their first match againstPortugal by 3–2, however they won their second group game againstSouth Korea by 3–2. Addo became the first Ghanaian to play for and coach the Ghana national team at the FIFA World Cup.[38][39] That victory also made Addo the first Ghanaian coach to win a match at the FIFA World Cup.[40] Five days later, Ghana lost toUruguay and were eliminated from the tournament at the group stages.[41] Prior to the start of the World Cup, Addo had hinted that he would be leaving after the world cup regardless of the outcome.[42] Following their last group match, Addo resigned as the head coach of Ghana and would focus on his other role as a talent coach at Borussia Dortmund.[43][44] Addo revealed the decision to leave the post as the head coach of Ghana Black star indicating the decision was not only in his hand.
On 15 March 2024, he was reappointed as head coach of the Ghana national football team[45] and Joseph Laumann, John Painstil, and Fatawu Dauda as assistant coaches to support the team's technical setup.[46] He temporarily took charge of the March international window for the games againstNigeria andUganda on 22 and 26 March 2024, respectively at the Stade de Marrakech[47] in Morocco before taking over permanently in May 2024.[48] Addo led the Black Stars to victory againstMali by 2–1 on 6 June 2024, making the victory the first away win since 2022.[49] He again led the Black Stars to victory againstCentral African Republic by 4–3 on 10 June 2024.[50]
In September 2024, Addo was involved in a car crash along withJohn Paintsil andFatau Dauda after their vehicle was damaged as it avoided a head-on collision with a pick-up truck that veered into their lane. TheGhana Football Association issued a statement shortly after the incident confirming that all three individuals were in stable condition.[51]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Ghana | 9 February 2022 | 3 December 2022 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 33.33 |
| Ghana | 15 March 2024 | Present | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 28.57 |
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