[Official] Keiroz, 'Korea Football and Fist Potato Bad Love,' took over as Ghana's head coach 58 days before the World Cup

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Carlos Queiroz (73, Portugal), who was controversial for throwing a so-called "fist potato" at the bench of the Korean national team when he was the head coach of the Iranian national soccer team, was appointed as the "World Cup Firefighter" for the Ghanaian national soccer team.

The Ghana Football Association officially announced on the 14th (Korea time) that "Coach Queiroz will lead the Ghana national team at the 2026 FIFA 2026 FIFA North and Central America World Cup."

It is only 58 days before the opening of the World Cup and two weeks after the former coach Otto Addo (Gana) was dismissed for poor performance last month.

The Ghana Football Association expected, "Keiroz, who served as the coach of Real Madrid (Spain), Manchester United (England), Portugal, and Iran, will lead the Ghana national team successfully due to his extensive experience in the World Cup."

Earlier, as the Ghana Football Association fell into a swamp of five consecutive A-match warm-up matches ahead of the World Cup, it ended its companion with coach Addo last month, 72 days before the World Cup opened, and began to appoint a new head coach.

In the process, Paulo Bento (57, Portugal), a former coach of the Korean national soccer team, was mentioned as a candidate, but the final choice of the Ghana Football Association was not Bento, but rather Queiroz, who had a bad relationship with Korean soccer.

Queiroz is a veteran coach who has been a leader for nearly 40 years, starting with Portugal's under-20 national team in 1989.

Club teams such as Sporting CP (Portugal), New York Red Bulls (USA), Nagoya Grampus (theory), and Real Madrid, as well as Portugal, South Africa, Colombia, Egypt, and Iran, have various careers as national team coaches.

Earlier, he led Portugal at the 2010 South African Games and Iran at the 2014 Brazil and 2018 Russia Games, respectively, to lead the World Cup stage.

Recently, after failing to advance to the 2026 FIFA North and Central America World Cup finals while leading the Oman national team, he terminated his contract last month and left the team, but less than a month later, he returned to the scene with the baton of Ghana and went on to the World Cup stage.

Coach Queiroz, who led the Iranian national team for a long time from 2011 to 2019, was also the head coach who had a particularly bad relationship with Korean football due to sharp press conferences during the World Cup qualifiers.

In particular, during the final qualifying round for the 2014 Brazil World Cup held in Ulsan in 2013, he was at the center of controversy for his ungentlemanly behavior of throwing punches at the Korean bench, including head coach Choi Kang-hee.

Ghana, led by new coach Queiroz, was in Group L of the 2026 FIFA North and Central America World Cup group league along with England, Croatia and Panama. He will play in the World Cup finals after only two consecutive final warm-up matches against Mexico and Wales from May to June.

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