Ghanaian musician, Capasta Ambandi, has revealed how he secured a coaching job with the Norwegian second division side, IK Junkeren.
During an interview on Angel TV, Capasta explained that after achieving various successes in Ghana and abroad, he recognized the opportunity to pursue his coaching dream overseas.
Determined to explore new opportunities, he took a chance and traveled to Norway in search of better prospects.
“I moved out of Ghana in 2020. After several trips outside, I managed to build my CV to travel anywhere I wanted to. Just as it is every player’s dream to play outside, it was also my dream to coach outside. I knew it would be difficult because of where I was coming from as a black man but I was focused,” he told Saddick Adams in an interview on Angel TV.
According to him, it took just one call to get land him a trial with a club in Norway and is grateful.
“There was a friend who said I should come to the field with him, I went there just to train them once they were 14 players. The next day it moved to 16 then 24,” he said.
He added, “After training them for one week, I travelled back to Ghana. After just three days, they called me to come back and signed the deal and become their coach.”
Capasta began his coaching career with the Lizzy Sports Academy where he was part of their technical team.
Capasta later got a FIFA coaching license and was made the under-12 head coach and soccer administrator at the Lizzy Sports Complex.
He led the Lizzy Sports team to win many international trophies which included 2 trophies in Denmark, 3 trophies in Sweden, 3 trophies in Norway, and 1 trophy in France.