Women’s Football : My Young Players keep on Improving Match after Match – Sumani Basiru-Deen, Head Coach of Northern Ladies.
The head coach of the Premier League Club, Northern Ladies Fc, Sumani Basiru-Deen disclosed that he sees improvement in the young players he recruited from division one clubs match after match. He was speaking to media in a post match interview on Friday when his side took on Supreme Ladies at Aliu Mahama Stadium on Match Day 6.
Coach Basiru Deen is one of the developmental coaches in the Northern part of Ghana who has done so well to groom players to meet international standards. National team players such as Abdulai Mukarama, Jafar Rahama, Seidu Faiza and Akaheeh Doris were all sported and groomed by the young developmental coach.
The absence of Abdulai Mukarama, Alhassan Rafia, Alhassan Rahama, Issahaku Fadila and many other senior players for the 2021 season made many football fans to predict ‘doomed’ for Northern Ladies but the coach brought in a very young players from lesser known division one clubs that are able to fill the vacuum created by the departed senior players.
The Young players such as Amoako Dorothy, Korankye Gladys, Akwaboah Beatrice, Omankuminte Happy, Sadat Anatu and Asamoah love were recruited from division one clubs and are now doing well for Northern Ladies. Two of them, Akwaboah Beatrice and Amoako Dorothy have already won NASCO MVP Awards each in the ongoing women’s premier league. Few weeks ago, Akwaboah Beatrice was voted Northern Ladies Fans Player of the Month of January.
Sporting and annexing talents in women’s football is the trade mark of coach Basiru-Deen, Head Coach of Northern Ladies Fc.
Northern Ladies could be in the top 4 of the league after the week six matches, having accumulated 9 points in the last six matches. The Tamale based club will play Ampem Darkoa in the final matches of the first round next weekend.
By : MUMUNI ABDUL-MUMIN, sportsmrnews.com.
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