Almost exactly 16 years ago, Ghana caused a sensation at the FIFA U-17 World Championship Italy 1991, when the Black Starlets downed runaway favourites Spain 1-0 in the Final to claim the trophy, stunning the footballing world.
"I remember the tournament extremely well. I was away at a Fortuna Dusseldorf training camp in Austria and watched the games on TV," Anthony Baffoe recalls with a broad smile.
The man capped 16 times by Ghana was placed in charge of international relations by the Ghanaian association in spring 2006.
Baffoe also sits on the Organising Committee for the African Cup of Nations, to be staged by Ghana in 2008.
During his spell in Germany, the 42-year-old turned out in he Bundesliga for FC Cologne and Fortuna Dusseldorf.
He also appeared for French top-flight outfit Metz, the Hong Kong Golden Team, and Caracas FC, Venezuela's most successful club.
FIFA.com chatted exclusively with the Ghanaian expert about the forthcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup in Korea, the young Ghana team's chances, and potential shooting stars set to emerge from the west of Africa.
Ghana's golden 90s
"The team which won the 1991 U-17 World Cup featured a very strong generation, some of whom went on to achieve star status. Sammy Kuffour and Nii Lamptey are just two examples of the quality in the squad at the time," Baffoe remembers.
Four years later in Ecuador, one Stephen Appiah, now in Istanbul with Fenerbahce and captain of the senior Ghana side, graced a U-17 squad which again brought the world title back to Africa. Ghana also made the Final at the 1997 tournament in Egypt, but fell 2-1 to Brazil in a re-run of the 1995 showdown.
Sellas Tetteh, the current U-17 supremo, first featured on the Ghana youth training staff at New Zealand 1999.
The Oceania-based event saw the emergence into the limelight of Michael Essien, now an established pro at Chelsea. Ghana finished third on that occasion.