Portia Boakye

Portia Boakye
Personal information
Full name Portia Boakye
Date of birth (1989-04-17) 17 April 1989[1]
Place of birth Ghana
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward[2]
Club information
Current team
 Östersunds DFF
Number 17
Youth career
2004 - 2009 Fabulous Ladies
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 - 2016 Fabulous Ladies
2016 - Östersunds DFF 22 (9)
National team
2007 - 2009 Ghana Under 20
2010 - Black Queen's

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Portia Boakye (born 17 April 1989) is a Ghanaian international footballer who plays as a forward for Östersunds DFF in Sweden. She began her club Career with Fabulous Ladies before signing for Elitettan side Östersunds DFF in 2016. She finished the season with Östersunds DFF scoring nine goals in all competitions.She is regarded as one of the Best left footed player produced by Fabulous Ladies in Ghana.[3]

Club career


She made her first Debut for Ostersunds DFF against AIK Fotboll Damer coming in as a substitute on the 46th minute and scored the only goal in that match against AIK Fotboll Damer on the 67th minute.[4]

In August 2016,Portia again scored the only goal in the second round of the Elitettan match against AIK Fotboll Damer in Stockholm.

She again continued with her impressive form for Östersunds DFF against Sunnana DFF, coming in as a substitute on the 55th minute when Östersunds DFF was down by a goal,she equalised the goal during the 60th minute, and also went on to score a second goal in the match in the 70th minute to put Östersunds DFF in a lead which helped Östersunds DFF to win the match by 3-1 against Sunnana,after the match she was given the Woman of the match award.She ended the season with Östersunds DFF scoring seven League goals and also two goals during the cup matches.

International career

In June 2010, Boakye scored in Ghana's 3–0 win over Senegal at the Accra Sports Stadium. The win secured Ghana's place at the 2010 African Women's Championship finals.[5]

Boakye was part of the national team which competed in the 2014 African Women's Championship qualification and the 2014 African Women's Championship, playing in all seven of the team's matches.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] She played in a friendly match against South Africa in May 2014 and scored the winning goal.[2] She also scored the winning goal in the 2015 All-Africa Games final, with three minutes until the end of the 90 minutes regulation time, to win Ghana's first ever gold in the competition.[13]

In December 2015 she was nominated for African Women's Footballer of the Year,with Paris Saint-Germain defender Ngozi Ebere, Gabrielle Onguene, Gaelle Enganamouit,She lost this award to Gaelle Enganamouit of FC Rosengard.[14]

In June 2016,she was Voted by the Sport Writers Association of Ghana as the best female footballer of the year[15]

Honours

International

Ghana

References

  1. ↑ "Player Details". Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 "BLACK QUEENS SNEAK PAST BAYANA BAYANA IN FRIENDLY". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  3. ↑ accessdate=11 October 2016
  4. ↑ "New chapter for women's football in Ghana". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Black Queens qualify for Africa Women's Championship". Ghana Web. 6 June 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Burkina Faso 0 – 3 Ghana". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Ghana 3 – 0 Burkina Faso". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Ethiopia 0 – 2 Ghana". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "Ghana 3 – 0 Ethiopia". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "Algeria 1 – 0 Ghana". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "Ghana 1 – 1 South Africa". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "Cameroon 0 – 1 Ghana". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "Portia Boakye's late goal wins gold for Black Queens". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  14. ↑
  15. ↑
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