Former Ghana international Otto Addo has been promoted to the role of interim assistant coach at Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund after manager Lucien Favre was fired following a 5-1 league defeat at home against Stuttgart.
Addo played professionally from 1999 to 2005.
Dortmund quickly installed Favre’s assistant Edin Terzic as interim head coach and also named Sebastian Geppert and Otto Addo to assist Terzic.
“Assistant coach Edin Terzic has been appointed as interim manager until the end of the current season. Terzic’s coaching team will be joined by Sebastian Geppert and Otto Addo.” the club announced on Sunday.
A line on Wikipedia says about Addo: In December 2013, Addo was appointed as the head scout of the Ghana national football team and prior to the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2015 Africa Cup of Nations succeeding Ibrahim Tanko following the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.
In April 2019, it was announced that Addo would work for former club Borussia Dortmund as a ‘talent coach’, having previously held a similar role at Borussia Mönchengladbach since 2017.
Otto Addo , who was born in Germany, realized 15 caps for Ghana and scored 2 goals.