| Intro | Ghanaian football player and manager |
| Was |
Sports official Athlete Football player Association football player Association football manager |
| From | Ghana |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 18 October 1944, Accra |
| Death |
12 May 2015, Accra (aged 70 years) |
Sir Cecil Jones Attuquayefio (18 October 1944 – 12 May 2015) was a Ghanaian footballer and coach.
International
He played many times for the Ghana national team and helped the team win the 1965 African Nations Cup.
Coaching career
He managed the Benin national team to the 2004 African Nations Cup and Hearts of Oak to the 2000 African Champions League title. He also managed Ghana’s national team. In 2008/2009 Attuquayefio coached Liberty Professionals F.C. and became the title coach of the Century.
Cecil Jones Attuquayefio was named African coach of the year in 2000 after his club Accra Hearts of Oak of Ghana won the African Champions league with only one loss throughout the entire tournament (to DC Motema Pembe).
In 2015, Jones Attuquayefio died in the early hours of May 12 2015 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana’s capital, from throat cancer.