Serbian Milovan Rajevac has received the nod to be appointed to his second stint as head coach of the Ghana senior national team.
The 67-year-old has agreed to succeed local man CK Akonnor who was sacked by the Executive Council of the GFA a week ago,
Rajevac – who arrived in the country Sunday evening – was headhunted by a three-man committee instituted by the ExCo.
The committee constituted by GFA vice Mark Addo and two other Executive Council members – Randy Abbey and Alhaji Salifu Zida Shaibu – recommended Milo (as he is affectionately called) within a 72-hour timeline.
It has been established that all relevant stakeholders – from the GFA to Government – have over the weekend okayed the recommendation, paving the way for Rajevac to sign a contract until 2023.
Just like his first stint, Rajevac has accepted to work with indigenous assistants with sources indicating that contacts have been made with ex-international Otto Addo, Max-Ud Didi Dramani among others over the roles.
It is understood in the case of the above-mentioned duo, the Black Stars assistant coach offer will allow them to keep their current jobs.
Otto Addo is an assistant coach at German Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund while Dramani recently returned home from Danish side FC Nordsjaelland to become the head of Football at their feeder side the Right to Dream Academy.
Milo 1.0
Milovan Rajevac enjoyed quite a successful first stint with Ghana. He led the home-based Black Stars to the final of the maiden edition of the Championship of African Nations (CHAN) tournament in 2009.
Under Rajevac, Ghana qualified for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa where the Black Stars enjoyed their most successful outing at the mundial – a quarterfinal berth.
Earlier the same year, he blended a youthful squad with few experienced players to lead the Black Stars to the final of the Angola 2010 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) where they lost to Egypt.
