- Adjoa Bayor
Infobox Football biography
playername = Adjoa Bayor
fullname = Adjoa Bayor
dateofbirth = birth date and age |1979|05|17
cityofbirth =
countryofbirth =
height = 163 cm
position =Midfielder
currentclub =Ghatel Ladies
clubnumber =
youthyears =
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years =
clubs =FC Indiana Ghatel Ladies
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nationalyears = 1997 – present
nationalteam = fbw|GHA
nationalcaps(goals) = 033 0(6)
pcupdate =
ntupdate = 20 September 2007Adjoa Bayor is the skipper of the Black Queens, which is the
Ghana women's national football team . She was a member of the World All Stars team to play against theChina women's national football team in April 2007 atWuhan ,China .cite web |url=http://www.wpsl.info/news/indexa.php?cat=1&id=149 |title=FIFA Recognizes F.C. Indiana Star|accessdate=2007-09-20 |publisher=Women's Professional Soccer League] [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/6983868.stm |title=Ghana keen to repel underdog status |accessdate=2007-09-20 |date= 2007-09-07 |work=African football |publisher=BBC Online ]She plays for
Ghatel Ladies inAccra ,Ghana and has also played forFC Indiana in theUnited States recently.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.
She was voted African footballer of the year in 2003 by
CAF and was in contention in 2004 and 2006.Honours
*2003 — African Women Player of the Year. [cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afr-wpoy.html |title=African Women Player of the Year |accessdate=2007-09-20 |work= |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation] [cite web |url=http://www.fifa.com/womenworldcup/playertowatch/newsid=550958.html#player+watch+adjoa+bayor |title=Player to Watch: Adjoa Bayor |accessdate=2007-09-20 |work=FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 - Teams |publisher=
FIFA ]References
External links
* [http://www.fifa.com/womenworldcup/playertowatch/newsid=550958.html#player+watch+adjoa+bayor Profile by FIFA]
Persondata
NAME= Bayor, Adjoa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Bayor, Adjoa
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Ghanaian footballer (soccer)
DATE OF BIRTH= 1979-05-17
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DATE OF DEATH=
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