Mukarama Abdulai

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Mukarama Abdulai
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Abdulai in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-10-10) 10 October 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Tamale, Ghana
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2011–2019 Northern Ladies FC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019 UDS - (-)
2019–2021 Tyler Apaches 39 (50)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Northern Ladies FC
2021–2023 Alavés 5 (0)
International career
2017–2018 Ghana U17 8 (19)
2019– Ghana U20 2 (2)
2019– Ghana
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 March 2023

Mukarama Abdulai (born 16 October 2002) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Hasaacas Ladies F. C., the Black Maidens and the Ghana women's national team. [1]

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College career

University for Development Studies

In late 2018, Abdulai gained admission into the University for Development Studies (UDS) and joined the school's football team. During the 8th edition of the Ghana University Sports Association (GUSA) mini games in 2019, she led the team to win the female football tournament, scoring three goals to win the top scorer and the best player of the tournament accolade. [2] [3] [4]

Tyler Junior College

In August 2019, she got a scholarship to study at the Tyler Junior College in Texas, USA, whilst pursuing her football career. [5] [6]

During her debut season for the Tyler Junior College women's soccer team, she scored 27 goals and made 13 assists to help the team win the 2019 NJCAA Gulf South District Championship [7] [8] and the NJCAA Women's Soccer Championship, including a brace in the final. After recording three consecutive braces to close out the tournament, she was selected as the Most Valuable Offensive Player of the competition.

In her second season, she scored 23 goals and made 10 assists to help the team win the 2020 NJCAA Gulf South District Championship and the NJCAA Women's Soccer Championship for the second consecutive year. [9] In the finals, she scored a brace as Tyler College beat Salt Lake (Utah) 2–0 in the final match of the season to complete the campaign with an 18–0 record. [10] [9] She ended the championship as the top scorer, points leader and was also adjudged the Most Valuable Player. [11] [12] [10]

Club career

Abdulai joined Ghana Premier League side Northern Ladies FC in 2011 at the age of 9. [13] During the 2020–21 season, on match day 1, she scored a hat-trick in their 3–1 win over Ashtown Ladies on 17 January, 2021. She scored two goals in the first half and one in the second half to seal the first win for the club. [14]

On 16 July 2021, Alavés, announced that they had signed Abdulai on a two-year deal and she was set to stay with the club until 2023. [15] [16] In January 2023, Abdulai and Alavés announced that she had mutually terminated her contract with the club. [17] In September 2023, Ghanaian side, Hasaacas Ladies announced the signing of Abdulai on a two-years deal. [18]

International career

She captained Ghana's squad during the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay, [19] where she won the Golden Boot for her tournament-best seven goals and two assists. She scored a hat-trick in the first match against the host country. In addition, she won the Bronze Ball. [20] [21] After her exploits with the team, she was adjudged the Women's footballer of the Year for 2018 by SWAG, beating Grace Asantewaa and Faustina Ampah to the award. [22]

Abdulai was called up to the senior team ahead of the 2019 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup. She made her debut during the first match of the tournament against Senegal and scored a goal to help Ghana seal a 2–0 victory. [23]

She was named on Ghana U20 side and made captain ahead of a double friendly match against Morocco in November 2020. She made her debut in the first match on 23 November 2020 with Ghana suffering a 1–0 defeat, however in the second match on 30 November, she scored a brace to help Ghana win by 4–0. [24] [25] [26]

In March 2024, Abdulai helped Ghana to secure Gold at the All African Games, scoring in the depth of extra time in a 2-1 victory over Nigeria in the final of women football. [27]

Honours

Ghana

Individual

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