Mercy Tagoe (Tagoe-Quarcoo after marriage, born 5 February 1974) is a Ghanaian football coach and former player who played as a
defender for the
Ghana women's national football team. She was part of the team at the
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
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in the United States. On club level she played for
Bluna Ladies
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in Ghana.
In February 2018, she led the Black Queens to win the maiden edition to the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire as an interim coach. Making her the first female coach to serve as an interim coach to the Black Queens.
Prior to picking up a coaching role Mercy Tagoe was a referee in the Ghana Premier League.
Refereeing
She picked up refereeing in 1995. She made history as the first Ghanaian female referee to officiate at the
FIFA Women's World Cup
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in 2007 held in China.
In 2012 she quit as a Referee due to more violence in the games.
Managing
In 2016 she was managing the first level side
Amidaus Professionals, a first for a woman in Ghana.
She was leading the Ghana women's national team on an interim basis after Didi Dramani's managing spell ended. She was named full head coach in 2019.
She also coached
Halifax Ladies in the Super League, but quit in 2020, to focus on the national team only.
Award
In March 2021, she was awarded the sportswoman of the year in the sports category at the Entertainment Achievement Awards.
References
External links
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1974 births
Living people
Ghanaian women's footballers
Ghana women's international footballers
Place of birth missing (living people)
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Women's association football defenders
Ghanaian women's football managers
Ghana women's national football team managers
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