Otto Addo becomes the first Ghanaian player ever to feature at the World Cup and also qualify the team to the global showpiece.
Coach Addo led the Black Stars to draw 1-1 against Nigeria at the Moshood Abiola Stadium on Tuesday.
The draw means Ghana have secured an historic 4th FIFA World Cup tournament having participated in 2006, 2010 and 2014 in Germany.
Following the qualification, Otto Addo also becomes the second ingenious coach to take Ghana to the tournament after Kwesi Appiah in 2014.
The 46-year-old replaced Milovan Rajevac who was sacked after a humiliating exit at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.
Addo, a former Ghana player is currently the assistant coach of German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund boasts of about 13 years of coaching experience that dates back to 2009 when he first took up the job of an assistant coach at Hamburger SV.
He previously worked as a scout for the Black Stars in 2013 prior to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea.
Addo was part of Ghana’s squad which featured in 2006 World Cup in Germany where he made his debut in the 2-0 win over Czech Republic.