Edem Atovor

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Edem Atovor (born 10 April 1994) is a Ghanaian footballer. She played for Lady Strikers, Maccabi Kishronot Hadera FC and the Ghana women's national team, and now plays for Israeli Club Hapoel Petah Tikva. [1]

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Career

Club

Atovor started her career in 2005 with the Ghatel Ladies in Cape Coast. [2] In 2007, she moved to the senior team. [3] After three years for the Ghatel Ladies in Ghana's highest league, she switched to the Cape Coast Vodafone Ladies. [4] After a season in the zone Three Women's League for the Vodafone Ladies, she changed 2011 to the city rivals Lady Strikers. [5] There she could not cope and therefore changed with the start of the 2012 season on loan from the Lady Strikers, to her former youth club Cape Coast Ghatel Ladies. [6] This season, she celebrated her most successful season and was nominated for the Shield National Player Award as one of the 3 best Most Valuable Players of the season. [7] Nominated for the Shield National Player Award. At the following awards at the State Banquet Hall in Accra, she was awarded a Shield NP Award as Most Dedicated Female Player. [8] Then she returned to the Lady Strikers. [9]

International

Atovor took part in the Women's 2008 U-17 World Cup and the Black Princess in the 2010 U-20 World Cup. [10] Since 2011 has been a member of the Ghanaian women's national team. [11]

Achievements

Individual Awards:

Shield National Player Award (1) 2012

Club Awards

Zone 3' Women's League (1)

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References

  1. ↑ Ghana – CAN féminin : La présélection – Afrik11.com Archived 2011-11-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Women’s U-20: Ghana 1–1 USA.
  3. ↑ "Black Princesses – Epitome of good investment". Archived from the original on 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  4. ↑ Zone Three Women's League commence – ModernGhana.com
  5. ↑ 27 called to Black Queens camp
  6. ↑ "Women's League: Kicks off at last | Graphic.com.gh". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  7. ↑ Rabiu, Wakaso and Fatau Dauda Nominated For Black Stars MVP Award
  8. ↑ Retired National Footballers Association of Ghana
  9. ↑ Princesses squad named for 2014 World Cup qualifier Archived 2016-11-07 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ FIFA Player Statistics: Edem ATOVOR – FIFA.com
  11. ↑ Olympic Dream Over For Queens – ModernGhana.com
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