Charles Sampson has been appointed new Head Coach of the National Under-20 Female team, the Black Princesses. He will lead the team for the 2025 FIFA Women’s U20 World Cup qualifiers.
Born 24 November 1980, Coach Charles Sampson is a Ghanaian ex-international footballer, who played for various clubs in Greece and Sweden. He also featured for the Ghana U20 national team.
Sampson began his playing career with GHAPOHA FC in the Ghana Premier League before moving to Greece where he had stints with Kalamata FC, Apollon Kalamarias, OFI Crete, Panegialios and Fostriras.
Sampson joined Swedish side Assyriska Föreningen in 2004 where he helped the club earn promotion to the Allsvenskan and play in the league the following season. He later had stints with Bodens BK, IFK Lulea, Syrianska Botkyrka and finally to Afrikansk.
Following his successful playing career in Sweden, Sampson began a coaching career with Assyriska United Girls U15 side before managing Swedish Women’s League side Telge United FC.
Before his appointment, Charles Sampson was one of the Assistant Coaches of the Black Queens, the senior Female national team.
Fiifi Parker Hanson, currently Head Coach at Golden Kicks FC, joins Anita Wiredu-Mintah, who has been an Assistant Coach with the Princess, to assist Coach Sampson as a second Assistant Coach.
Black Princesses to commence preparations on January 2
Ghana’s Black Princesses will start the new year with an opening camp in Bibiani, commencing on January 2, 2025.
Following the team’s last participation in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia earlier this year, the team’s handlers are keen to strengthen the squad ahead of international assignments in the coming year. Towards achieving this objective, two groups of players will undergo assessment at the team’s camping base in Bibiani.
The first group of players are to report to camp on 2nd January with the second group reporting on 6th January.
The team will be handled by newly appointed Head Coach, Charles Sampson, who takes over from Coach Yusif Basigi, who, himself, has departed the shores of Ghana to take up the coaching reins of Simba Queens in Tanzania.
These first two assessment exercises will afford the technical team the opportunity to select players to form the foundation of the Princesses team that will be participating in the qualifying series for the 2025 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.
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Source: The Ghana Times
