The national teams of Ghana have of late been crying for goals as it has become a problem that the Black Stars, the Meteors, Satellites and Starlets find it difficult to score and win.
The ‘One Goal project’ makes fans feel uncomfortable, so they want someone to bang in more goals to make victory certainly sure.
17 year old Alfred Nii Odoi Okai who recently returned from South Africa is the boy to raise the national team of Ghana from glory to glories. Speaking to yours truly, the hard running forward said there are players yet to be exposed and he is just one of them.
“If I am given the chance, I will prove to the world that Ghana has talents that can be compared to world super stars like Messi, Ronaldo, Iniesta, Xavi and the rest,” he said.
Alfred Okai who is very sound on the right wing and centre forward says he wants to wear the Black Stars jersey and play at the World Cup.
He was in South Africa playing for Blafour Alexandria Football Club where he was discovered by Jordan Anagblah, the vice president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).
He willingly accepted the invitation of the second in command at the GFA and wants to prove to coaches and football fans in Ghana that he has come to continue from where Abedi Pele, Tony Yeboah, C.K. Akunnor, Stephen Appiah, Godwin Attram and Asamoah Gyan left from.
“I am the one and I know,” he said confidently.
Born to Felicia Ashley and Nii Odametey Okai of Accra in Ghana, he attended Ellis Preparatory School and O’reilly Secondary School before deciding to take football as a full profession. His love for football has made him tour Ghana and even gone far to South Africa where he saw and used facilities that have sharpened his skills.
“We lack some facilities in Ghana because the investment in football is not the best and the right personnel to manage the facilities are mostly not available. I pray that more people are trained to work for football,” he noted.
Alfred Okai loves music and table tennis which is his second sport. His favourite dish is banku and okro stew and he enjoys it better after a hard win.
The players he admires most are Dede Ayew and Agyeman Badu in the Black Stars. He also loves to watch Sylvian Wiltord of France, Lennox and Dwight Phillips of England. His mentors are many but he can never forget John Welbeck, a Ghanaian coach based in South Africa who trained him at a time and lived with him as a brother.
His advice to young players is that they should never lose hope as sportsmen and train regularly till the time is due for them to him the target which will by all means come.
He thanked the Ghanaian media who have helped footballers to be seen and coaches who have turned unknown players to international super stars.
