Carlos Queiroz takes Ghana job
Fabrizio Romano reported that Carlos Queiroz, 73, has been named Ghana’s national coach ahead of the 2026 World Cup, a move confirmed and widely shared on social platforms. The appointment adds a veteran manager to Ghana’s tournament preparations (x.com).
Carlos Queiroz has been appointed Ghana coach for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with the Ghana Football Association confirming the hire on April 13. (ghanafa.org) The Ghana Football Association said its executive council and “key stakeholders” made the appointment and that Queiroz will lead the Black Stars in Canada, Mexico and the United States. (ghanafa.org) Queiroz is 73 and has managed Portugal, South Africa, Iran, Colombia, Egypt, Qatar and Oman, with World Cup appearances as a head coach in 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022. (nytimes.com, wikipedia.org) Ghana is not hiring him to rescue qualifying. FIFA’s standings show the Black Stars already finished first in African qualifying Group I with 25 points from 10 matches, ahead of Madagascar on 19. (fifa.com) The change comes after Ghana parted ways with Otto Addo “effective immediately,” according to a Ghana Football Association statement published about a week before Queiroz’s appointment. (ghanafa.org) That timing makes this a tournament-preparation move. FIFA’s official 2026 schedule says the World Cup opens on June 11, and Ghana’s first group-stage match is listed for June 17 against Panama in Toronto. (fifa.com) Queiroz arrives with a long record in international football and with experience in short, high-pressure tournament cycles, the kind national teams face when they have only a few training windows before a World Cup. (nytimes.com) He also inherits a squad that already reached the tournament under Addo. The Ghana Football Association said Addo became the first man to qualify the Black Stars for two separate World Cups, taking the team from fourth place in the group to an unbeaten finish. (ghanafa.org) For Ghana, the decision resets the dugout without changing the destination. The team is already in the World Cup, and Queiroz now has about eight weeks to shape how it gets there. (ghanafa.org, fifa.com)
