He played for Asante Kotoko S.C. and the Ghana national football team.
He was a joint top scorer[3] in the 1965 Africa Cup of Nations tournament held in Tunis, Tunisia leading to Ghana winning the tournament for a second time.
Osei Kofi was called the 'wizard dribbler' because of his ball dribbling skills.
[4] Osei Kofi apparently turned down a financial incentive to play in Europe at his prime in 1969.
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