James Kwesi Appiah (an haife shi 30 ga Yuni 1960),[1] wanda aka fi sani da Akwasi Appiah,[2] shi ne kocin kwallon kafa na Ghana kuma tsohon dan wasan da ya taka leda a baya. A yanzu shi ne babban kocin Kwalejin Kwallon Kafa ta Kenpong.[3]
Appiah, dan baya, ya buga wa Prestea Mine Stars kwallon kafa[7] tsakanin 1982 zuwa 1983, kafin ya shiga Asante Kotoko,[2] ya yi musu wasa tsakanin 1983 zuwa 1993.[8]
Appiah ya bugawa tawagar ƙasar Ghana wasa tsakanin 1982 zuwa 1992,[8] inda ya fito a wasannin neman cancantar shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA guda biyu;[9] ya kuma jagoranci kungiyar.[2] Appiah na cikin tawagar 1982 da ta lashe Kofin Afirka na 1982.[10][11]
Tsakanin 1992 da 1995 Appiah ya zama mataimakin kocin tsohon kulob dinsa Asante Kotoko gami da wakilci a karkashin Malik Jabir. Daga baya aka kara masa girma don yin aiki a matsayin babban koci daga 1995 zuwa 1996.[12][13] Ya yi aiki a matsayin koci a matsayin tawagar fasaha ta Fred Osam-Duodu lokacin da ya yi aiki a matsayin Babban Kocin tawagar Ghana daga 2000 zuwa 2001.[12]
James Kwesi Appiah ya kasance mataimakin kocin Ghana tsakanin 2007 zuwa 2012.[13][16]
Appiah ya kasance kocin Ghana U23 yayin da suka lashe Gasar Cin Kofin Afirka ta 2011.[17]
An nada shi a matsayin Babban mai horas da 'yan wasan na Ghana a watan Afrilun 2012,[18][19] inda ya bayyana kansa a matsayin "mara karfi" a cikin aikin.[20] Tawagar sa ta Ghana ta samu cancantar shiga gasar cin kofin duniya a Brazil a shekarar 2014,[21] wanda hakan ya sa ya zama bakar fata na farko da ya jagoranci kasar zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya.[22][23] An ba shi sabuwar kwangilar shekaru biyu a watan Mayun 2014.[24] Bayan kasar ta fice daga gasar cin kofin duniya a matakin rukuni, Appiah ya kare tawagarsa.[25]
Ya bar mukaminsa na manajan Ghana ta hanyar yarda da juna a watan Satumbar 2014.[26]
Ya zama manajan kulob din Al Khartoum na Sudan a watan Disamba 2014.[27]
A watan Afrilun 2017 aka sake nada shi a matsayin kocin 'yan wasan Ghana, inda ya maye gurbin tsohon manajan Chelsea Avram Grant.[28] An kore shi a cikin Janairu 2020.[29]
A watan Yuli 2021, an nada shi a matsayin babban kocin Kwalejin Kwallon Kafa ta Kenpong.[3][30]