Jade Boho Sayo (born 30 August 1986), simply known as Jade, is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Born in Spain to a Spanish father and an Equatorial Guinean mother, she has represented Spain and Equatorial Guinea at under-19 and

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levels, respectively.

Early life

Jade took the surnames of her mother, Lourdes Cristina Boho Sayo, an Equatoguinean emigrant who received Spanish citizenship in August 1980, and, five years later, played Oud Anna in the film ''

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'', before Jade was born. Her father, whose name is unknown, was Spanish, from

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, where Lourdes was working and living. Jade never met him.

Club career

Spain

Jade previously played for AD Torrejón CF. and

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, winning three championships and one

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and playing the

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with the latter.

England

In summer 2015 Jade signed for Bristol Academy who were winless and at the bottom of the FA WSL table. Despite making long journeys for national team duty in Africa, she proved a prolific goalscorer and was hailed as "inspirational" by the team's

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. When Bristol were

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, Jade left the club to sign for

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ahead of the

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season but her stay was short after making the decision to return to Madrid. Her last appearance for the club was on 30 October against Chelsea.

International career

Spain U19

Jade was born and raised in Spain, but her mother is from Equatorial Guinea, so she was eligible to represent either country. She played in the Spanish team that won the 2004

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, scoring the first goal of the final match against

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Equatorial Guinea

Jade has been a member of the Equatoguinean senior team since 2010. Because Jade competed for Spain in the

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, scoring two goals in the second match, she had been registered as a Spanish player in FIFA's database. Just days prior to the

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, FIFA temporarily suspended Jade from both international and club competition for two months, on the grounds that she was playing with Equatorial Guinea while having played with a Spanish national team within the past five years. Since the

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did not complete the process of changing her FIFA-registered nationality in a timely manner, she was declared ineligible, and Equatorial Guinea were also removed from qualifying for the

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as a result. In September 2011 she announced she would not play for Equatorial Guinea anymore. However, Jade reversed her decision a year later, to go to Malabo for a friendly match against the

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in June 2012. She then won the African Championship that year.

International goals

''Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first''

Honours

Club

*Rayo Vallecano ** Spanish Championship: 2008–09, 2009–10,

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International

*Spain U-19 **

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*Equatorial Guinea **

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; runner-up:

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Personal life

Although born in Valladolid, Jade feels Madrilenian as she has lived in Madrid since she was three months old. She is openly lesbian.

References

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at FutbolEsta.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Boho, Jade 1986 births Living people Spanish people of Bubi descent Spanish sportspeople of Equatoguinean descent Citizens of Equatorial Guinea through descent Equatoguinean sportspeople of Spanish descent Footballers from Valladolid Footballers from Madrid Spanish women's footballers Equatoguinean women's footballers AD Torrejón CF Femenino players Rayo Vallecano Femenino players Atlético Madrid Femenino players Bristol Academy W.F.C. players Reading F.C. Women players Madrid CFF players EdF Logroño players Servette FC Chênois Féminin players Alhama CF players Liga F players Women's Super League players Spain women's youth international footballers Equatorial Guinea women's international footballers Equatoguinean expatriate women's footballers Spanish expatriate women's footballers Equatoguinean expatriate sportspeople in England Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate women's footballers in England Equatoguinean expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate women's footballers in Switzerland Women's association football forwards Lesbian sportswomen LGBT association football players Spanish lesbians Spanish LGBT sportspeople Equatoguinean LGBT people