Justice Tweneboaa

Justice Tweneboaa (born 28 October 2001) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a defender for Ampem Darkoaa whom she also captains and the Ghana women's national team.[1][2]

Club career

Tweneboaa started her career with Ghana Women’s Premier League side Ampem Darkoa. In 2020, ahead of the 2020–21 season, she was appointed as the team captain.

International career

Youth

Tweneboaa has capped for Ghana at the U17, U20 and senior level. At the U17 level, she represented Ghana at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, where she played 4 matches as Ghana were eliminated by Mexico in the quarter-finals via a penalty shootout. She was one of the two who missed their penalties. At that World Cup she played alongside players like Mukarama Abdulai and Nina Norshie.[3]

That same year, Tweneboaa had been called to U20 team at the age of 16 by Yusif Basigi in July 2018 and was called up for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup where she played in all the group matches.[4] In June 2020, she was called up into team as one of the senior players for their 2020 FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifying matches and friendly matches against Morocco between August and October 2020.[5][6]

Senior

In March 2018, she got her first senior national team call up ahead of a friendly match against Japan. She made her debut on 1 April 2018 at the age of 16 in the friendly match against Japan which Ghana lost by 7–1.[7] In July 2021, Tweneboaa made the squad for the Aisha Buhari Cup and 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualifiers against Nigeria.[8][2] This came after her impressive performances in the league which led Ampem Darkoa to 2nd place in the league. She made her international debut during an Aisha Buhari Cup friendly match against South African women's national team on 17 September 2021.[9][10]

References
  1. Amoh, Rosalind K. (13 September 2021). "Black Queens in Lagos for Aisha Buhari Tournament". Graphic Online. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  2. "Black Queens coach calls 38 players for camping". www.ghanafa.org. Ghana Football Association. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  3. "Black Maidens XI to face Uruguay in U17 WC opener". www.ghanafa.org. Ghana Football Association. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  4. "Justice Tweneboaa - Soccer player profile & career statistics". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  5. Ahmadu, Samuel (19 November 2020). "Basigi names Ghana U20 women's squad for Morocco test". www.goal.com. Goal.com. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  6. GFA Communications (14 August 2020). "Thirty-one Black Princesses players to resume camping on Friday". www.ghanafa.org. Ghana Football Association. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  7. "Japan vs. Ghana Match Report". Soccerway. 1 April 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  8. Teye, Prince Narkortu (13 July 2021). "Awcon Qualifier: Former Germany U19 striker Beckmann gets Ghana call-up for Nigeria showdown". www.goal.com. Goal.com. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  9. Twaiah, Martin (17 September 2021). "Aisha Buhari Cup: Portia Boakye, Opoku Sonia Start as Mercy Tagoe names strong Starting XI to face South Africa". Ghana Sports Page. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  10. "Aisha Buhari Cup: This is how we line up against South Africa". www.ghanafa.org. Ghana Football Association. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
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