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GOAL: Rwanda coach Johnny McKinstry talks Ghana, tactics & stopping Andre Ayew

The Amavubi coach spoke to Goal ahead of the Wasps’ Afcon 2017 qualifying encounter with Avram Grant’s Black Stars

Meet Johnny Mckinstry, the antrim guy who's managing Rwanda's international football team

Lisburn, Newcastle, Ghana, New York, Sierra Leone and Rwanda so far.

From Antrim to Africa – Rwanda coach Johnny McKinstry

BackPage Football: From Antrim to Africa

"You’re in at the deep end, you don’t know what to expect really and you have to think on your feet. I’m that way inclined, I love new cultures, new people and working with people."

From Rwanda with love: Northern Irishman Johnny McKinstry on his new African adventure

The Ebola virus derailed the young manager's incredible work in Sierra Leone but he's eager to conjure something similar in a new country.

Football vs Ebola: Sierra Leone's almighty struggle in AFCON 2015 qualifying

Treated as pariahs after the outbreak of disease at home, could Sierra Leone’s footballers provide joy at a time of hysteria?

Sierra Leone: How Ebola outbreak cost Johnny McKinstry his job

Johnny McKinstry is on the final leg of a remarkable journey. It began when he left behind a glamorous Manhattan lifestyle for the wonder and wastelands of Sierra Leone five years ago. It will end when he walks through the front door of the family home in Lisburn, Belfast for Christmas, having lived through an incredible time in modern history...

JOHNNY McKINSTRY: FROM NORTHERN IRELAND TO SIERRA LEONE

Manager of the Sierra Leone national team at the age of just 27, Johnny McKinstry is one of football's brightest young coaching talents. 'These Football Times' talk to the Northern Irishman about his journey....