June 08, (THEWILL) – On June 11, 2022, at the Accra Sports Stadium, Shooting Stars FC, a Ghanaian Second Division team, will host legends from German Bundesliga powerhouse, Borussia Dortmund, who are set to take on an African Legends side.
Expected to headline the feature are former African football great and former UEFA Champions League winner, Abedi Ayew Pele, Dortmund’s top-talent trainer and Black Stars’ coach, Otto Addo, former Wolfsburg captain Charles K. Akonnor, former Dortmund Champions League winner, Ibrahim Tanko.
Other football icons such as Nigerian maestro, Jay-Jay Okocha, Samuel Osei Kuffour, Stephen Appiah, Asamoah Gyan and a host of other African football icons will be in the game for the African squad.
A yet-to-be-named select team will play for the Dortmund Legends side versus the African Legends. On June 9, 2022, the Dortmund squad will host a Youth Development Coaching Clinic, visit the Chance for Children’s home and partake in a Gala dinner.
Commenting on the fixture, Dortmund’s CMO, Carsten Cramer, stated: “With over 160,000 registered club members, Borussia Dortmund is a uniquely intensive footballing experience. Over the past decades, BVB has enjoyed a vibrant and fruitful history with top talents from Africa, and attracted several excellent African players, such as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Otto Addo, Ibrahim Tanko, Mohamed Zidan, and Sunday Oliseh. We are all excited that this first-ever BVB Legends Ghana tour will finally take place, and look forward to creating some unforgettable memories together with Shooting Stars FC this summer.”
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