Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 5 February 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Bawku, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Laghi | ||
Youth career | |||
Bolga Ghatel | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2005 | Bolga Ghatel | ||
2005–2006 | Lighi | ||
2006–2007 | Marostica | ||
2007–2011 | Vicenza | ||
2011–2013 | Trevignano | ||
2013–201? | Laghi | ||
201?–2018 | Udinese | ||
2018–2019 | Tavagnacco | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
Ghana | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alima Moro (born 5 February 1983) [1] is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. [2]
Moro started her soccer career in Bolgatanga-based Bolga Ghatel. [3] In 2005, she left her home country, Ghana, to work in the Ghanaian embassy in Rome, Italy. [4] Moro continued her career in the Serie C at Lighi. [5] After just one season, she moved to Serie B side Marostica. [6] In autumn 2007, she moved to Vicenza. [1] There, Moro became a top performer, [1] which got her a contract in Serie A at Trevignano in 2012. [7] In Serie A, after a strong first season, she did not go beyond the reserve roles and returned to Serie C at the start of the 2013–14 season, playing for Laghi. [8]
Having played for Udinese, Moro signed for Serie A side Tavagnacco for the 2018–19 season, [9] as a third-choice goalkeeper. [10]
Moro played for the Ghana women's national team, [11] between 2011 and 2013. [8] She was excluded from the national team in 2013 after accusing the former coach, A. K. Edusei, of corruption. [12] Moro claimed in an interview with a Ghanaian daily that some of the national team players had their place. [13] In December 2013, she returned to the national team. [14] [15]
In the 2011–12 season, she was voted the best African footballer in Italy. [16] On 23 October 2013 she was awarded the Ghana-Italy Excellence Awards in Brescia. [17] In addition, she was awarded the best goalkeeper by the Ghana Football Association. [18]
In addition to her football career, she played futsal for Fontanafredda Futsal Club Caffé dae Tose in Italy for two years. [1]
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