Barreto ordered to pay $83,000 to GFA

Former Black Stars coach, Mariano Barreto has been ordered to pay $83,000 to the Ghana Football Association for breaching his contract as coach of Ghana in 2004.

This follows World soccer governing body, FIFA's conclusion of hearings into a protest filed by the Ghana Football Association against the Portuguese over who quit as coach of Ghana without notifying his employers.

FIFA says Mariano Barreto breached his contract by flouting the three-month notice clause that he ought to have given prior to his resignation.

Barreto has about two weeks more to settle the amount after a 30-day grace period given by FIFA.

The FA served FIFA with a protest letter demanding $10 million from Barreto as compensation for breaching the three-year contract with Ghana.

Mariano Barreto failed to adhere with clause 8 of the employment agreement with the FA, which gives him the right to state any grievances in writing addressed to the Chairman of the FA or whoever is acting in that capacity.

The clause further states that the contract can be breached if the association fails to address the grievances within 30 days.

The Portuguese quit his post as Black Stars Coach in September 2004 citing lack of co-operation from the football authorities.

Barreto left after he had led Ghana to a 2-0 win over Cape Verde in Kumasi in a World Cup qualifier.

Barreto, in 2004 signed a three-year renewable contract with the Ghana Football Association but left midstream to take up an appointment with Portuguese Super league side, C.S. Maritimo.

The Portuguese coach responded to Ghana?s complaint lodged with the world body over his unexpected decision to quit his post while under contract that he left the Black Stars job because he felt threatened.

Mariano Barreto told football?s world governing body that his decision to quit the Ghana job in 2004 was because his life was under threat during his short spell in Ghana.

He however denied claims that he abandoned Ghana to take up a new job with Portuguese club, Maritimo, claiming he had given the FA prior notice of his decision.

But Ghana denied those claims lodged by its former employee to FIFA.