Portia Boakye

Portia Boakye

Personal information
Full name	Portia Boakye
Date of birth	17 April 1989[1]
Place of birth	Ghana
Playing position	Forward[2]
Club information
Current team	Fabulous Ladies
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Fabulous Ladies
National team
	Ghana
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Portia Boakye (born 17 April 1989) is a Ghanaian international footballer who plays as a forward.

Club career

She played club football for Fabulous Ladies in her native Ghana.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]} 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.^[12]

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. "New chapter for women’s football in Ghana". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
4. "Black Queens qualify for Africa Women's Championship". Ghana Web. 6 June 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
5. "Burkina Faso 0 – 3 Ghana". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
6. "Ghana 3 – 0 Burkina Faso". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
7. "Ethiopia 0 – 2 Ghana". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
8. "Ghana 3 – 0 Ethiopia". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
9. "Algeria 1 – 0 Ghana". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
10. "Ghana 1 – 1 South Africa". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
11. "Cameroon 0 – 1 Ghana". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
12. "Portia Boakye’s late goal wins gold for Black Queens". Retrieved 18 September 2015.

External links

• Portia Boakye nominated for CAF Women's Player of the Year