Portia Boakye

Portia Boakye
Personal information
Full name Portia Boakye
Date of birth (1989-04-17) 17 April 1989 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward[2]
Team information
Current team
 Djurgården
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– Djurgården 65 (1)
International career
2007–2009 Ghana U20
2010– Ghana
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 June 2017

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

Club career

Östersunds DFF 2016

In May 2016 she signed for Östersunds DFF and made her first debut for Östersunds DFF against AIK coming in as a substitute on the 46th minute and scored the only goal in that match against AIK on the 67th minute.[4]

In August 2016, Portia again scored the only goal in the second round of the Elitettan match against AIK 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 Rosengård.[14]

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

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 12 April 2015 Rufaro Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe  Zimbabwe 1–0 2–2 2015 African Games qualification
2. 23 May 2015 Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  Egypt 1–0 1–1 2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
3. 31 May 2015 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana  Egypt 1–0 3–0
4. 1 August 2015  Cameroon 2–1 2–2
5. 18 September 2015 Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo  Cameroon 1–0 1–0 2015 African Games
6. 12 April 2016 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana  Tunisia 2–0 4–0 2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification
7. 20 November 2016 Stade Municipal de Limbe, Limbe, Cameroon  Kenya 3–1 3–1 2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
8. 16 February 2018 Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan, Ivory Coast  Niger 1–0 9–0 2018 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup
9. 6–0
10. 18 February 2018 Parc des sports de Treichville, Abidjan, Ivory Coast  Burkina Faso 1–? 4–1
11. 4–?
12. 23 November 2018 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana  Cameroon 1–0 1–1 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

International

Ghana

References

  1. ^ "Player Details". Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b "BLACK QUEENS SNEAK PAST BAYANA BAYANA IN FRIENDLY". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Black Queens winger Portia Boakye joins Swedish Club Ostersunds DFF". ghanasportsonline.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  4. ^ "New chapter for women's football in Ghana". Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. 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. ^ "Ghana News - Portia Boakye nominated for CAF Women's Player of the Year". www.myjoyonline.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2015.
  15. ^ "Black Queens winger Portia Boakye wins female footballer of the year". ghanasportsonline.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016.