Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ruth Monique Kipoyi [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 15 October 1997||
Place of birth | Kinshasa, DR Congo | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward [1] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Promesse Star | |||
TP Mazembe | |||
2021 | Simba Queens | ||
2021–2023 | ALG Spor | 43 | (28) |
2023–2024 | Galatasaray | 26 | (9) |
International career | |||
2015 | DR Congo U20 | ||
2019– | DR Congo | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 September 2023 |
Ruth Monique Kipoyi (born 15 October 1997), known as Ruth Kipoyi, is a DR Congolese footballer, who plays as a forward for Turkish Women's Football Super League club Galatasaray and the DR Congo women's national team.
On 15 July 2021, Kipoyi signed for Tanzanian women's football team Simba Queens, [3] representing the club in the 2021 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers. The side finished third, failing to qualify for the inaugural CAF Women's Champions League finals.
In December 2021, she moved to Turkey and joined the Gaziantep-based club ALG Spor to play in the 2021-22 Turkcell Women's Super League. [4] On 9 March 2022 she scored her first professional hat-trick with three goals in a 7-0 league win over Dudullu Spor. [5] She enjoyed the 2021-22 Women's Super League champion title of her team. [6] On 18 August 2022, she debuted in the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League. [7]
She signed a one-year contract with Galatasaray on 4 August 2023. [8]
Kipoyi capped for the DR Congo at senior level during the 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round). [9] She was selected for the DR Congo squad for their 2022 CAF Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification fixture with Equatorial Guinea prior to the side's withdrawal citing logistical and financial issues. [10]
Club | Season | League | Continental | National | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Simba Queens | 2021 | Tanzanian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
ALG Spor | 2021-22 | Super League | 24 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 21 | |
2022–23 | Super League | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | |||
Total | 43 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 28 | ||||
Galatasaray | 2023-24 | Super League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
Total | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||
Career total | 47 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 29 |
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