Princella Adubea

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Princella Adubea
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-12-27) 27 December 1998 (age 24) [1]
Place of birth Techiman, Ghana
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Kiryat Gat
Number 18
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2019 Ampem Darkoa Ladies
2019–2020 Sporting de Huelva 20 (1)
2020–2022 Racing de Santander 32 (4)
2022– Kiryat Gat 28 (17)
International career
Ghana
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 January 2022

Princella Adubea (born 27 December 1998) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Racing de Santander and the Ghana women's national team. She represented Ghana at the U20 level at two World Cups in 2016 and 2018. She previously played for Sporting de Huelva. [2] [3]

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Club career

Adubea started her career with Techiman-based club Ampem Darkoa Ladies in 2014. In 2016, she led the club to their maiden Ghana Women's Premier League for the 2015–16 season after defeating the defending champions Hasaacas Ladies by a lone goal in the championship final. She scored 19 goals in 11 matches to emerge as the top goal scorer of the season. [4] [5] She also ended the season as the top goal scorer in the 2016 Ghana Women's FA Cup. [6] She won the SWAG Female footballer of the year beating off competition from Elizabeth Addo and Sandra Owusu-Ansah. [7] [8]

She helped the club to retain their Premier League title by scoring the lone goal in the Championship final at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium against Lady Strikers. [9] She scored 16 goals to also retain her top scorer award and win it in two consecutive seasons. [10] [9]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.6 April 2016Stade Oued Ellil, Oued Ellil, Tunisia Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 2–12–1 2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.12 April 2016 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 3–04–0
3.24 October 2021Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1–01–0 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4.19 February 2023 Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 2–03–0 Friendly
5.14 July 2023 General Lansana Conté Stadium, Conakry, Guinea Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 2–03–0 2024 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
6.18 July 2023Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, GhanaFlag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 2–04–0

Honours

Ampem Darkoa

Kiryat Gat

Ghana

Individual

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