Janet Egyir

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Janet Egyir
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-05-07) 7 May 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2016 Hasaacas Ladies 86 (16)
2016–2017 Víkingur Ólafsvík 32 (0)
2018 Afturelding/Fram 18 (3)
2019 Hasaacas Ladies
2019 Afturelding 12 (3)
2020–2022 Hasaacas Ladies
2022–2025 Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem 67 (3)
International career
Ghana
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 July 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2014 (before the 2014 African Women's Championship)

Janet Egyir (born 7 May 1992) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a defender for Israeli Women's Premier League club Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem FC and the Ghana women's national team. She was part of the team at the 2014 African Women's Championship. [1] In 2018, she was adjudged the best player of the tournament at the 2018 WAFU Women's Cup. She was born in Sekondi-Takoradi. [2]

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International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.16 February 2018 Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 2–09–0 2018 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup
2.8–0
3.24 February 2018Treichville Sports Park, Abidjan, Ivory CoastFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 1–01–0

Club career

Víkingur Ólafsvík 2016

In May 2016 she signed for Víkingur Ólafsvík in Iceland.

Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem (Israel)

In July 2022 she signed for Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem's women's team. On the team's first ever season in the top league, she helped the club finish 2nd, and was nominated for the Defensive player of the year award.

She continued with the club for two additional seasons, finishig 2nd in the league on each season, while on 2023/24 winning the Israeli league cup, and on 2024/25 finishing as runners up in both the league cup and the Israeli Cup.

Honours

References

  1. "Black Queens name final 21 for AWC". ghanafa.org. 27 September 2014. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  2. "Janet Egyir, Biography". www.ghanaweb.live. Retrieved 27 March 2025.