Bernard Dong Bortey (born 22 September 1982) is a Ghanaian retired

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who played as an

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Career

Bortey began his career in 2000 with

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in Tema. One year later, he moved to Accra Hearts of Oak SC and became an integral part of the "64 Battalion" and a deadly force alongside Charles Asampong Taylor, Ishmael Addo,

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. Hearts loaned him out in 2002 to Al Wasl FC in Dubai, where he played for 6 months. He returned in June 2002 to Hearts where he won the league and shared the Top Scorer award with Charles Asampong Taylor. Since 2015 in Sweden with Ånge IF, Bortey was without club until signing with Ghanaian club Accra Great Olympics in December 2019. However, in the beginning of January 2020, Olympics manager Prince George Koffie said, that he hadn't seen Bortey yet and therefore wasn't a part of his team. A few days later Bortey said that he didn't receive the financial benefits he was promised when he signed the contract and that he wouldn't play until they had paid him. On 6 April 2020, Bortey officially announced his retirement and expressed, that he would like to be a coach.

International career

Bortey played seven games for the Ghanaian national football team without scoring; the latest game being in the qualifying stage of the

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. He also represented his homeland in the

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in New Zealand, where he played 6 games and scored 3 goals, helping Ghana to third place.

Style of play

Nicknamed "Dong Dada Diouf" a reference to Senegalese forward

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due to similar style of play and his dyed hair.

Honours

Club

Hearts of Oak * Ghana Premier League: 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006–07 *

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: 2004 Song Lam Nghe An *

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International

Ghana U-17 *

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Third place:

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Individual

* Ghana Premier League Top goalscorer: 2002 * GHALCA Top Four Top goalscorer: 2012

References

External links

GhanaWeb Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dong-Bortey, Bernard 1982 births Living people People from Greater Accra Region Ghanaian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Ghana men's youth international footballers Ghana men's international footballers 2011 African Nations Championship players Great Mariners F.C. players Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. players Al Wasl F.C. players Bnei Sakhnin F.C. players Aduana Stars F.C. players Song Lam Nghe An FC players New Edubiase United F.C. players The Panthers FC players Ånge IF players Accra Great Olympics F.C. players Ghana Premier League players UAE Pro League players Liga Leumit players V.League 1 players Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Equatorial Guinea Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Vietnam Expatriate men's footballers in Equatorial Guinea Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Ghana men's A' international footballers Ghana Premier League top scorers