{"id":462423,"date":"2026-02-11T15:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/462423\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:45:11","slug":"black-stars-technical-advisor-names-benjamin-asare-first-choice-goalkeeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/462423\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars Technical Advisor names Benjamin Asare first choice goalkeeper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/Black-Stars-Technical-Advisor-names-Benjamin-Asare-first-choice-goalkeeper-2021230?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/26761655.295.jpg\" alt=\"Black Stars goalkeeper, Benjamin Asare\" title=\"Black Stars goalkeeper, Benjamin Asare\" width=\"295\" height=\"207\" \/> <\/a>Black Stars goalkeeper, Benjamin Asare<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Black Stars Technical Advisor, Winfried Schaefer has thrown his full support behind goalkeeper Benjamin Asare, describing him as the best player in the Ghana Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Schaefer revealed that he has been actively monitoring domestic football, visiting league venues and engaging with coaches and players as part of efforts to strengthen the national team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past two months, I have been visiting league venues and speaking with coaches and players. The best player I have seen is Benjamin Asare, and he is the Black Stars\u2019 first choice goalkeeper,\u201d Schaefer told Medeama FM.<\/p>\n<p>The experienced German tactician stressed that the foundation of Ghanaian football remains rooted in the local league, urging players to recognize the opportunities available at home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe heart of football in Ghana is in the local league, not only with players in Europe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Schaefer also challenged home based players to raise their performance levels if they aspire to earn national team call-ups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge all players to work hard if they want to earn a call-up into the Black Stars,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>PAH\/JE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Black Stars goalkeeper, Benjamin Asare Black Stars Technical Advisor, Winfried Schaefer has thrown his full support behind goalkeeper&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-462423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}