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{{short description|Ghanaian footballer and coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Isaac Paha
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| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|5|23|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 - Teams - Ghana |url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/archive/china2007/teams/team=1883721/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702171223/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/archive/china2007/teams/team=1883721/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 July 2015 |website=FIFA.com}}</ref>
| birth_place = Ghana
| height =
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1979–1989 | clubs1 = [[Sekondi Hasaacas F.C.|Sekondi Hasaacas]] | caps1 = | goals1 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1982–1984 | nationalteam1 = [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = 
| manageryears1 = 1993      | managerclubs1 = [[Ghana national under-17 football team|Ghana U17]] 
| manageryears2 = 2004–2008 | managerclubs2 = [[Ghana women's national football team|Ghana women's]]
}}

'''Isaac Paha''' is a Ghanaian [[association football|football]] coach and former player, he played with [[Sekondi Hasaacas F.C.|Sekondi Hasaacas]] in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://twitter.com/sekhasaacas/status/1264128536471879682 |title=Happy Birthday Isaac Paha (Player and Coach) |language= |work=Sekondi Hasaacas official twitter page |publisher= |date=23 May 2020 }}</ref>

==Playing career==
Paha is a former member of the [[Ghana national football team|Black Stars]] and was the captain of the team in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ghana National Team: Black Stars CAN: Record |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/soccer/can_record.php |url-status=dead |publisher=Ghana Home Page |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214001524/http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/soccer/can_record.php |archivedate=14 February 2007}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
His most recent coaching position was with the [[Ghana women's national football team]], which he was sacked from in March 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ibrahim Sannie |date=3 March 2008 |title=Paha sacked as Black Queens coach |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7274766.stm |publisher=BBC |accessdate=5 March 2008}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Paha is the younger brother of fellow professional football [[P.S.K. Paha]], who served as the assistant captain when the Black Stars won the [[1978 African Cup of Nations]], the 3rd title for Ghana.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 November 2017 |title=The most successful fathers, sons and footballing families in Ghana |url=https://www.pulse.com.gh/ece-frontpage/sports-the-most-successful-fathers-sons-and-footballing-families-in-ghana/t663179 |access-date=21 July 2021 |website=Pulse Ghana |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1953 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Ghanaian men's footballers]]
[[Category:1982 African Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:1984 African Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Sekondi Hasaacas F.C. players]]
[[Category:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup managers]]
[[Category:Ghana men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Ghana women's national football team managers]]
[[Category:Africa Cup of Nations–winning players]]
[[Category:Ghanaian football managers]]
[[Category:20th-century Ghanaian sportsmen]]


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