Opah Clement Tukumbuke Sanga (
Swahili: Oppa Clement Tukumbuke Sanga ; born 14 February 2001) is a Tanzanian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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for Turkish club
Beşiktaş
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and the
Tanzania women's national team.
Club career
Clement began her career with
Simba Queens
Simba Queens Soccer Club is a Tanzanian professional sports, professional women's association football, women's football club affiliated to Simba S.C. and based in Kariakoo, Dar es Salaam, that competes in the Tanzanian Women's Premier League, the ...
, playing in the
Serengeti Lite Women's Premier League. She won the league in both 2019/20 and 2020/21. The latter victory qualified Simba Queens to play in the
2021 CAF Women's Champion's League CECAFA qualifiers. Simba Queens finished fourth. She scored a hat-trick in her team's 10-0 victory over FAD Club.
In the midst of the 2021/22 season, Clement went on loan to
Kayseri Kadin FK in early 2022.
Simba Queens won the
2022 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA qualifiers, with Clement scoring two goals over the course of the tournament. In the
2022 CAF Women's Champions League
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, Simba Queens finished fourth. Clement scored twice in the tournament and was named in CAF's best XI of the tournament.
Clement signed with Beşiktaş in 2023. Prior to signing with the team, she was the leading scorer in the Serengeti Lite Women's Premier League, having scored 9 goals.
International career
Clement has capped for the
Tanzania under-20 team. Clement made her competitive debut for the
Tanzania national team during the
2020 COSAFA Women's Championship.
The following year, Tanzania won the
2021 COSAFA Women's Championship.
In 2022, she finished third with Tanzania in the
2022 COSAFA Women's Championship and fourth in the
2022 CEFCAFA Women's Championship. Clement was the top scorer at the latter tournament.
Honours
Simba Queens
*
Serengeti Lite Women's Premier League: 2019-20, 2020/21
Tanzania
* COSAFA Women's Championship:
2021
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Individual
* CAF Women's Champion's League Best XI:
2022
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* CECAFA Women's Championship, Top Scorer:
2022
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References
External links
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2001 births
Living people
Tanzanian women's footballers
Women's association football forwards
Tanzania women's international footballers
Tanzanian expatriate women's footballers
Tanzanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey
Beşiktaş J.K. (women's football) players
Place of birth missing (living people)
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