Kulu Yahaya

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Kulu Yahaya
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-05-23) 23 May 1976 (age 43)
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Ashiaman Ladies
National team‡
Ghana
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 June 1999 (before the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup)

Kulu Yahaya (born 23 May 1976) is a Ghanaian footballer who played as a defender for the Ghana women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. [1] On club level she played for Ashiaman Ladies in Ghana. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999 - Ghana". FIFA Women's World Cup United States 1999. FIFA. 1999. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
  2. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup 1999 squads". FIFA. 1999. Archived from the original (TXT) on 17 December 2000. Retrieved 29 September 2019.


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