Sam Arday

Sam Arday
Personal information
Date of birth (1945-11-02)2 November 1945
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Date of death 12 February 2017(2017-02-12) (aged 71)
Managerial career
Years Team
1991 Ghana U20
1992–1997 Ghana U23
1996–1997 Ghana
2004 Ghana
2004–2005 Ashanti Gold

Sam Arday (2 November 1945 – 12 February 2017) was a Ghanaian football coach who has managed the Ghana national side on two occasions – from 1996 to 1997, and again in 2004. He retired from the police service where his last position was a Superintendent.[1] He was the originator of the 'multi system' technique of football, which involved playing all attack and all defense simultaneously. This was executed by switching among the 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1 and the 4-4-2 formations.[2][3][4] He was a scout for the Black Stars prior to the 2006 World Cup in Germany and again when Akwasi Appiah was the coach of the team.[5]

  1. ^ Association, Ghana Football. "Press release on the passing of Coach Sam Arday from family". www.ghanafa.org. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  2. ^ Quao, Nathan. "Sam Arday laid to Rest | Citi Sport". Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  3. ^ Osman, Abdul Wadudu (2020-03-12). "We adopted Sam Arday's 1995 tactics to beat Ashantigold - Bechem's Kweku Danso". Football Made In Ghana. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  4. ^ "Sam Arday: The man who conquered world football with Multi-System [Article]". GhanaSoccernet. 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  5. ^ Quao, Nathan. "Ex-Ghana coach Sam Arday passes on in Accra | Citi Sport". Retrieved 2021-03-03.