Anger on social media over Carlos Queiroz’s World Cup record

Newly appointed Black Stars coach Carlos Queiroz has come under intense scrutiny on social media following his record at World Cup tournaments.

The former coach of Real Madrid, Manchester United, Portugal, and Iran will lead Ghana’s campaign at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

Queiroz brings extensive World Cup experience. He led South Africa to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, guided Portugal to the knockout stage in 2010, and managed Iran at both the 2014 and 2018 tournaments.

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He has also held coaching roles in Egypt, Oman, Japan, and Qatar, and is expected to bring his wealth of experience to Ghana’s World Cup campaign.

Despite this background, his record at the Mundial does not appear impressive. Across five tournaments (2002, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022), he has coached 13 matches, winning 3, drawing 4, and losing 6, with his teams scoring 14 goals and conceding 14.

Since this record surfaced online, many social media users have questioned the Portuguese coach’s ability to deliver positive results for the Black Stars.

Some fans are pessimistic about Ghana’s chances of excelling at the tournament, given Queiroz’s track record.

Others criticised the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and the Ministry of Sports and Recreation for appointing him among the shortlisted candidates, especially with such a major tournament at stake.

Some even argued that Otto Addo would have been a better option, ridiculing the decision to appoint Queiroz.

Read the reactions below

Oh c'mon GFA! GFA!! Aaba why!! After sacking Otto Addo for poor performance, you went ahead to appoint another poor performing coach? Who told you experience without ability is experience. How could you appoint a coach with 'F' stats at this crucial time. Wei deɛ 'F' oo🤭🤣

— Amando09 (@Amando091) April 13, 2026

Just look at his stats and GFA have agreed to sign this man at the eleventh hour...🤨. We for be serious in this our country o

— Kwame Frimpong (@unco_rey13) April 14, 2026

When will people be serious in Ghana

GFA is corrupt and they don't know what they are doing

— Jackie Fynboi (@Jackie_Fynboi) April 13, 2026

I don't rate this guy, I don't know why. Has he won anything in his coaching career?

— George (@gmuchineripi) April 13, 2026

so this is the proven winner we got as our new coach. let's hope this works . we set criteria and appoint below that criteria

— Nii Laryea (@laryea_eva894) April 13, 2026

The GFA honestly I don’t really know what their end game is if you are serious institution why will you appoint this man if they really did their work well

— pearson (@phrank_pearson) April 14, 2026

Otto is a better coach than this old headed coach. No achievement. Not with CR7 and certainly not with this broken Black Stars Team. The Gov't pressured the GFA to sack Otto, 90 days to his twice world Cup in a role while testing new players to better an injury prone team. Bad!

— McCoy Jnr (@jnr_mccoy) April 13, 2026

Wei deɛ sɛ Otto Addo mpo yɛ oo

— 𝕼𝖚𝖔𝖕𝖍𝖎 𝖄𝖊𝖘𝖚🕊🪽 (@ASaunuel15527) April 13, 2026

Why did we not maintain Otto if this is what we are going for??

— asiwaju.. (@deelali55) April 13, 2026

Buei de3 buei 🤣 Wei y3 di piaa car🤷🏽‍♂️ so they don’t check all this stats before appointing a new coach or wat😩😩

— PHYSICAL 4EVA 🇬🇭🇦🇷 (@Graham_Samuel04) April 14, 2026

Agh….who just dey scout these coaches give us?…..hands for touch that person 😭😂

Go and find coach and you went and brought Amorim’s father😭😭🤌🏾

— Darth Vader (@Adelatsaenoch) April 13, 2026

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