Adjoa Bayor

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.

Adjoa Bayor
Personal information
Full name Adjoa Bayor
Date of birth (1979-05-17) 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 Ghatel Ladies
2006–2007 FC Indiana 5 (0)
2007–2008 Ghatel Ladies 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

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 Ghatel Ladies 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
  1. Abedu-Kennedy, Dorcas (2018-11-15). "I broke my virginity at age 32 - Adjoa Bayor". AdomOnline.com. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  2. "Tony Baffoe challenges Adjoa Bayor to get involved in developing women's football". Citi Newsroom. 2018-11-28. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  3. "FIFA Recognizes F.C. Indiana Star". Women's Professional Soccer League. Archived from the original on 2007-11-08. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
  4. "Ghana keen to repel underdog status". African football. BBC Online. 2007-09-07. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2009-01-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "African Women Player of the Year". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
  7. "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.
  8. "Ghana legends, Bayor and Sulemana to assist in AWCON draw". GhanaSoccernet. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
Awards
Preceded by
Alberta Sackey		 African Women Player of the Year
2003		 Succeeded by
Perpetua Nkwocha
Notes and references
1. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afr-wpoy.html


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