Portia Boakye

Portia Boakye (born 17 April 1989) is a Ghanaian international footballer who plays as a forward /defender for Djurgårdens IF in Sweden. She is regarded as one of the best left-footed players on the Africa continent.[3]

Portia Boakye
Personal information
Full name Portia Boakye
Date of birth (1989-04-17) 17 April 1989[1]
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward[2]
Club information
Current team
 Djurgårdens IF
Number 21
Youth career
2004–2009 Fabulous Ladies
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2016 Fabulous Ladies
2016 Östersunds DFF 22 (9)
2017 Trabzon İdmanocağı 10 (11)
2017 Ferencvárosi TC 12 (6)
2018– Djurgårdens IF 27 (0)
National team
2007–2009 Ghana U20
2010 – Ghana
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 June 2017

Club career

Östersunds DFF 2016

In May 2016 she signed for Östersunds DFF and 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 Sunnanå SK, 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.

Trabzon İdmanocağı

In 2017, she signed a season deal with Trabzon İdmanocağı to participate in the Turkish Women's First Football League.

International career

Ghana

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. "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.

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