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Ghana's 1978 Afcon winner Opoku Afriyie confirmed dead

Ghana legend and former Asante Kotoko star Opoku Afriyie has passed away, Goal can confirm.

The 1978 Africa Cup of Nations winner died in Kumasi on Sunday, aged 75.

Goal cannot yet confirm the cause of his death.

"We can confirm that Opoku Afriyie has passed on. This is unfortunate news to the Porcupine family," Asante Kotoko public relations officer Kennedy Boakye Ansah told Goal on Sunday.

Afriyie grabbed the headlines in 1978 by scoring twice to help the Black Stars account for Uganda in the Afcon final.