Otto Addo among Ex-Nat’l Team Players to lead African Nations to 2026 World Cup

Ghana’s head coach Nana Otto Addo made history by becoming the first coach to qualify Ghana to two FIFA World Cups; first in 2022 and recently got the Black Stars to qualify to the 2026 edition.

Under Otto Addo, the Black Stars are yet to lose a World Cup qualifier and completed the 2026 qualification campaign with a 1-0 win over Comoros

Ghana became the fifth African nation to qualify to next year’s World Cup and the slots for the automatic qualification slots have since been filled.

Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Ghana, Cape Verde, South Africa, Senegal and Cote D’Ivoire will represent Africa in next year’s tournament with a slew of players who played for the above mentioned nations leading them to the World Cup as head coaches.

Otto Addo is one of seven of such personalities with Walid Regragui leading Morocco, Sami Trabelsi leading Tunisia, Hossam Hassan leading Egypt and Bubista (Pedro Leitao Brito) leading Cape Verde.

Otto Addo, Head Coach of Ghana before the FIFA World Cup Qatar (Photo by Richard Sellers/Getty Images)

Pape Thiaw led Senegal and Emerse Fae led Cote D’Ivoire to the World Cup. Belgian Hugo Broos and Bosnian coach Vladimir Petkovic led South Africa and Algeria to the upcoming World Cup.

Senegal head coach Pape Thiaw (left) (Photo by Mike Egerton/PA Images via Getty Images)

Emerse Fae, Head coach of Ivory Coast celebrates after his team’s first goal during the international friendly match between Uruguay and Ivory Coast (Photo by Franco Arland/Getty Images)