Jordan continues the Ayew family captaincy legacy in Ghanaian football

ACCRA, March 28, 2025 - Leicester City’s Ghanaian forward Jordan Pierre Ayew has finally, later than expected, become the substantive captain of the Ghana football team, the Black Stars.  

Named captain ahead of Ghana’s double-header March fixtures against Chad and Madagascar in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Jordan becomes the third member of the Ayew family, after his father the great Abedi Pele Ayew and brother Andre Ayew, to lead Ghana. And this is such a remarkable story in the history of not just Ghanaian and African football but world football as well. A story of a father and his two sons captaining one national team at various times in their careers.