Football

Black Queens teacher and coach Yusif Basigi

by
Jane Wangechi
July 4, 2023

Yusif Basigi/ Photo/Samuel Kwame Boadu

Exceptional Black Queens coach Yusif Basigi

He is a Ghanaian professional football manager
He is the longest-serving coach in women’s football
He is a teacher by profession

Who Is Yusif Basigi?

Yusif Basigi is a Ghanaian professional football manager who has coached several teams in Ghana taking them to greater heights of achievements.

Basigi began playing as a left winger with Tamale Masters before he became an assistant and then a head coach. His skills when it comes to captaining are on a high level and his wit helps him accomplish.

He happens to be the longest-serving coach as far as women’s football club coaching in Ghana is concerned.

Just but a few, here are some of the skills that help him run his career activities smoothly;
Excellent communication, planning and analysis skills
Good at imposing discipline and the team spirit
Immense interest, passion and commitment to sports
He has a thorough knowledge of the rules and regulations of football
He has enough knowledge of teaching beginners and professionals
He is proactive and self-motivated.

Education Background

Basigi is a teacher by profession with a Diploma in Education from the Bagabaga College of Education.

He also holds a Health, Physical Training and Recreation degree from the University of Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development.

Through the skills acquired as a teacher, he has been able to handle the team members during their training sessions.

Personal Life

Yusif Basigi was born on March 1 1972 in Daboya, in Savanna region. At a tender age, he showed interest in football and he started playing officially as a left-winger with Tamale Road Masters.

Shortly after, he moved to play for Racin Club Bobo, Burkina Faso and later returned home to play for Police National in Takoradi.

On beginning his coaching, he attended several basic coaching training courses and seminars where he attained his license as a coach. His coaching technics have made him the name Arsene Wenger- Arsenal’s manager since he resembles him when it comes to his play expertise.

Basigi’s hard work and dedication to football earned him the necessary recognition when he was named SWAG Coach of the Year and also honoured by the Ghana Education Service for his exemplary role in developing and promoting girls’ soccer in the region.

Basigi is married and is a father of three children.

Achievements

He made the Black Princesses qualify for the Women’s U-20 World Cup in France
Won Gold for Black Queens at All African Games Tournament held in Congo
Coached Hasaacas Ladies to win the National Women League for two years
Was the best Western region coach for a long period
Captained the Hasaacas Ladies to win Victoria Gasteiz Cup in Spain
He led Hasaacas Ladies to the Kassel-Velma tournament in Frankfurt Germany
Won gold when he coached the U-15 boys’ football team
Coached the Black Princess to participate in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in France

Career

At a tender age, the coach developed some interest in football and began playing professionally as a left-winger with Tamale Road Masters, a former lower-tier side in the Northern region of Ghana.

Yusif Basigi. Photo/MyJoyOnline.com

Shortly after, he moved to play for RC Bobo Dioulasso in Burkina Faso and then returned to Ghana to play for Police National in Takoradi.

Coaching Career

Basigi attended basic coaching training courses and seminars to earn his coaching license. He then had a coaching attachment with ZFK Napredak Krusevac, Serbia and ATS Buntentor at Bremen, Germany.

There was a coaching internship program at the Pick Up Academy at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in England and Basigi was fortunate to attend.

Technically, Yusif was a member of Sekondi Hasaacas and was part of the team that was promoted to the Ghana Premier League and was the head coach of Sekondi Hasaaca’s second and youth team Malavands.

As the coach of Hasaacas Ladies, they won the inaugural Ghana Women’s Premier League title. In the next two years, the team won two leagues.

For two years, he served as an assistant coach of the Ghana Women’s national football team under coach Kuuku Dadzie who was then sacked being replaced by Yusif, leading the team to the 2014 Africa Women’s Championship in Namibia.

During his tenure, Ghana qualified for the Africa Women’s Cup of Nations in 2016 where they finished runners-up of Group B.

Yusif Basigi U-20 Ghana team/Sports Brief

He was then assigned to the Ghana Women’s national U-20 football team and four years later, he became the assistant coach of the Ghana national U-23 football team.

He is currently the head coach of Ghana Women’s U-20 national team, assisted by Nana A. Adarkwa and Anita Wiredu-Minta.