Opah Clement

Opah Clement
Personal information
Full name Opah Clement Tukumbuke Sanga
Date of birth (2001-02-14) 14 February 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Tanzania, Iringa
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Beşiktaş
Number 27
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–22 Simba Queens
2022–22 → Kayseri Kadın (loan) 10 (5)
2023– Beşiktaş 11 (6)
International career‡
2017-19 Tanzania U20
2019- Tanzania 12 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 November 2023

Opah Clement Tukumbuke Sanga (Swahili: Oppa Clement Tukumbuke Sanga; born 14 February 2001) is a Tanzanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chinese club Hanan F.C and the Tanzania women's national team.[1]

Club career

Clement began her career with Simba Queens, playing in the Serengeti Lite Women's Premier League. She won the league in both 2019/20 and 2020/21.[2] The latter victory qualified Simba Queens to play in the 2021 CAF Women's Champion's League CECAFA qualifiers. Simba Queens finished fourth. She scored a hat-trick in her team's 10-0 victory over FAD Club.[3]

In the midst of the 2021/22 season, Clement went on loan to Kayseri Kadin FK in early 2022.[4]

Simba Queens won the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA qualifiers, with Clement scoring two goals over the course of the tournament.[5] In the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League, Simba Queens finished fourth. Clement scored twice in the tournament and was named in CAF's best XI of the tournament.[6]

Clement signed with Beşiktaş in 2023. Prior to signing with the team, she was the leading scorer in the Serengeti Lite Women's Premier League, having scored 9 goals.[4]

International career

Clement has capped for the Tanzania under-20 team. Clement made her competitive debut for the Tanzania national team during the 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship.[1][7] The following year, Tanzania won the 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship.[8]

In 2022, she finished third with Tanzania in the 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship and fourth in the 2022 CEFCAFA Women's Championship. Clement was the top scorer at the latter tournament.[9]

Honours

Simba Queens

Tanzania

  • COSAFA Women's Championship: 2021[8]

Individual

  • CAF Women's Champion's League Best XI: 2022
  • CECAFA Women's Championship, Top Scorer: 2022

References

  1. ^ a b "Opah Clement". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Tanzania - List of Women Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  3. ^ "SIMBA QUEENS YATINGA NUSU FAINALI KIBABE, YAICHAKAZA FAD FC 10-0". Simba Sports Club (in Swahili). 3 September 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Tanzanian international Tukumbuke happy to join Besiktas Women's Team". CECAFA Online. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  5. ^ Barasa, Mike (28 August 2022). "Simba Queens qualify for CAF Women's Champions League". Sports Leo. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Simba Queens' Opah named in CAF Best XI". The Citizen. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Tanzania ejects Uganda in 2020 FIFA U-20 women's world cup qualifiers". The Independent Uganda. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Tanzania stop Malawi to win COSAFA Women's Championship 2021 title". CAFOnline. CAF-Confedération Africaine du Football. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Crested Cranes Are 2022 CECAFA Senior Women's Championship Winners". FUFA. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2023.


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