Bashir Hayford is a

Ghanaian Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Tog ...

football manager who currently serves as manager for Ghana Premier League side Legon Cities.

Career

In August 2018, he was appointed as manager of the

Ghana women's national football team The Ghana women's national football team represents Ghana in international women's football. It is governed by the Ghana Football Association. Its players are known as the ''Black Queens''. History The beginning The Ghana women's national te ...

. In March 2019, he was appointed as manager of the Somalia men's national football team. In February 2020, it was confirmed that Hayford had resigned from managing Somalia, due to the ongoing

civil war A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government polic ...

. He has also handled

Asante Kotoko Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, simply known as Asante Kotoko, is a professional football club founded on 31 August 1935 and based in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Nicknamed the ''Porcupine Warriors'', they compete in the Ghana Premier Lea ...

Ashanti Gold SC Ashanti Gold Sporting Club popularly known as AshGold is a Ghanaian football team based in the gold mining town of Obuasi, south of Kumasi the capital of Ashanti Region. The club are currently competing in the Ghana Premier League. History Ash ...

Heart of Lions Heart of Lions Football Club is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Kpandu, Volta. The club competed in the Glo Premier League, being relegated in 2015. The club is a 2 time Winner of GHALCA top 4 Competition in 2005 and 2009 respecti ...

Power FC Power FC is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Koforidua, Eastern Region. The club is competing in the Ghana Division Two League. History The club was first promoted to the Ghana Premier League in 1997–1998. They finished third fro ...

Medeama SC Medeama Sporting Club is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Tarkwa, Western Region. The club currently competes in the Ghana Premier League. The club was formerly known as Kessben F.C. before changing its name to Medeama Sporting Cl ...

and

Ebusua Dwarfs Cape Coast Mysterious Ebusua Dwarfs is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Cape Coast. The club competes in the Ghana Premier League, the Premier division on the Ghanaian football pyramid, and hold home games at Cape Coast Sports Stad ...

. He became the coach of

Legon Cities FC Legon Cities FC (formerly known as Wa All Stars FC) is a football club from Ghana currently based in Accra, Greater Accra. The club won the 2016 Ghanaian Premier League. History The club was founded in January 2006 through investments by Kwes ...

in November 2020.

Honours

Manager

Asante Kotoko *

Ghana Premier League The is the top professional association football division of the football league system in Ghana. Officially formed in 1956 to replace a previous league incarnation, the Gold Coast Club Competition (which began in 1933 and ended in 1953–54), ...

: 2007–08 Ashanti Gold * Ghana Premier League:

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References

External links

Bashir Hayford Interview

Ghanaian coach hoping to use football to bring Somalia together
Date of birth missing (living people) Living people Ghanaian football managers Somalia national football team managers Ghanaian expatriate football managers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Somalia Expatriate football managers in Somalia Year of birth missing (living people) Asante Kotoko S.C. managers Ghana women's national football team managers Ghana Premier League managers Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs F.C. managers {{Ghana-footy-bio-stub