Adjoa Bayor
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Adjoa Bayor | ||
Date of birth | May 17, 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | FC Indiana | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2005 | |||
2006–2007 | FC Indiana | 5 | (0) |
2007–2008 | 9 | (0) | |
2009–2011 | FF USV Jena | 18 | (1) |
2010 | FF USV Jena II | 2 | (0) |
2011– | FC Indiana | ||
National team‡ | |||
1997 – present | Ghana | 33 | (6) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 September 2007 |
Adjoa Bayor (born 17 May 1979 in Accra) is the former skipper of the Black Queens, which is the Ghana women's national football team.[1][2] She was part of Black Queens team at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.
Career[]
She was a member of the World All Stars team to play against the China women's national football team in April 2007 at Wuhan, China.[3][4]
She has played for in Accra, Ghana and has also played for FC Indiana in the United States recently.[3] Bayor joined on 21 January 2009 to FF USV Jena.[5]
International[]
In September 2007 Adjoa Bayor captained the Ghana national team at the World Cup in China. Although Ghana did not get out of the group stage, Bayor scored a remarkable goal from a free kick just outside Norway's penalty area when she faced the wrong way as another player ran up and jumped over the ball, then she casually turned and shot.
Titles[]
She was voted African Women Footballer of the Year in 2003 by CAF and was in contention in 2004 and 2006.[3]
Honours[]
- She was subsequently shortlisted for the best female African player for 2010 which she eventually won beating the likely favourite, Perpetual Nkwocha.
- 2003 — African Women Player of the Year.[6][7]
- She was selected in 2018 by CAF to assist Deputy Secretary in football and development Anthony Baffoe to conduct the draw for Africa Women Cup of Nations.[8]
References[]
- ^ Abedu-Kennedy, Dorcas (2018-11-15). "I broke my virginity at age 32 - Adjoa Bayor". AdomOnline.com. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
- ^ "Tony Baffoe challenges Adjoa Bayor to get involved in developing women's football". Citi Newsroom. 2018-11-28. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
- ^ a b c "FIFA Recognizes F.C. Indiana Star". Women's Professional Soccer League. Archived from the original on 2007-11-08. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
- ^ "Ghana keen to repel underdog status". African football. BBC Online. 2007-09-07. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2009-01-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "African Women Player of the Year". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
- ^ "Player to Watch: Adjoa Bayor". FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 – Teams. FIFA. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
- ^ "Ghana legends, Bayor and Sulemana to assist in AWCON draw". GhanaSoccernet. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
External links[]
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Ghanaian women's footballers
- 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Women's association football midfielders
- Sportspeople from Accra
- FF USV Jena players
- Ghana women's international footballers
- F.C. Indiana players
- Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Ghanaian expatriate women's footballers
- African Women's Footballer of the Year winners
- Ghanaian women's football biography stubs