Boima Karpeh (born 16 June 1984), also known as Jerry Karpeh, is a

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n professional

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er who last played for

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in the Hong Kong Premier League.

Biography

Karpeh was the

Football West State League The National Premier Leagues Western Australia is a regional Australian semi-professional soccer league comprising teams from Western Australia. The league name is often abbreviated to NPL Western Australia or NPL WA. As a subdivision of the Na ...

top goal scorer in 2007 playing for

Floreat Athena Floreat Athena Football Club is an association football (soccer) club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club competes in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia. The club's founders were of Greek heritage. Floreat Athena has been c ...

where he won the club's Fairest & Best Award.

A-League A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competiti ...

club

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues. Founded in 19 ...

signed Karpeh during the 2007/2008 season playing seven games for the club. Karpeh trialled with

club Newcastle Jets in September 2007 but a contract was not negotiated between Karpeh and the club. Scoring many goals for his next clubs he then made a decision in 2011 to move to

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

and play for

Churchill Brothers Churchill Brothers FC Goa, or simply known as Churchill Brothers, is an Indian professional football club based in Margao, Goa, that competes in the I-League, alongside Goa Professional League. Founded in 1988 in Margao, the club usually part ...

and become winner of the 2011 IFA Shield Cup with them. Next year found him in

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having a complete season with 23 games and 7 goals scored for

Persisam Putra Samarinda Putra Samarinda Football Club was an Indonesian football club located in Samarinda, East Kalimantan. Nicknamed ''Pesut Mahakam'', they won the Liga Indonesia Premier Division title in the 2008–09 season. History Early years (1989–2003) ...

. In August 2012 ''Jerry'' received invitation to travel in

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and negotiate a contract with Sanat Naft but a contract wasn't established due to visa problems. Lately in January 2013 returned to

for the second time and signed a five-month contract until end of season to play for

Pune FC Pune Football Club was an Indian professional football club based in Pune, Maharashtra. The club has competed in the I-League, then top flight of Indian football league system. The club was one of the most professional clubs in Indian foot ...

and scored his first goal by opening the score in club's biggest win ever against United Sikkim. In the

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match against

Shillong Lajong F.C. Shillong Lajong FC (founded as Lajong SC) is an Indian professional football club based in Shillong, Meghalaya, that competes in the Shillong Premier League. The club was established in 1983 with the prime objective of improving the declining ...

on 25 March, he was brought in as a substitute for

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on the 46th minute, and he equalised from a

Jeje Lalpekhlua Jeje Lalpekhlua Fanai (born 7 January 1991) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a striker, and last appeared with Indian Super League club East Bengal. Between 2011 and 2019, he scored 23 goals in 56 international matches represe ...

pass on the 51st minute, and then equalised again on the 59th minute from an Othallo Tabia cross to ensure a 2-2 draw.

Personal life

Boima Karpeh is a brother to Kailo Karpeh who currently plays soccer a
Jubilee FC
and recently played for Australia

club

Bayswater City SC Bayswater City Soccer Club is a soccer club based in Bayswater, Western Australia. They currently compete in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia The National Premier Leagues Western Australia is a regional Australian semi-profes ...

that plays in the

Liberian Premier League The Liberian First Division, formerly known as Liberian Premier League, is the highest division of football in Liberia. The first division league began in 1956 and have only once been won by a club outside Monrovia. It has been dominated by Migh ...

Honors

Club honors

;Perth SC *

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: 2005 ;Floreat Athena *

: 2007 ;Churchill Brothers * 2011 IFA Shield winner ;Putra Samarinda * Inter Island Cup: runner-up:

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Individual honors

Top Scorer: 2007 * Durand Cup Top scorer: 2014

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Karpeh, Boima 1984 births Liberian footballers Living people Perth Glory FC players A-League Men players Brunswick Juventus FC players I-League players Expatriate footballers in India Liberian expatriate sportspeople in India Expatriate footballers in Indonesia Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Sporting Clube de Goa players Footballers from Monrovia Men's association football forwards Australian expatriate sportspeople in India Bayswater City SC players Perth SC players Floreat Athena FC players