Ophelia Serwaa Amponsah is a

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ian professional

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who plays as a

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for Ghana Women's Premier League side

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and the Ghana women's national football team. She was top goal scorer in the 2020–21 season. She was adjudged the Women's footballer of the Year in 2021.

Club career

Pokuaa joined

in 2019. She scored 10 goals in 5 matches in the 2019–20 season before the league was truncated. The following season, the 2020–21 season, she scored 17 goals to end the season as the top goal scorer.

International career

In 2020, after an impressive season with Ampem Darkoa, she was named on the squad for the Ghana U17 women's team (the Black Maidens) ahead of their

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. She scored a goal on her debut against

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to help Ghana to a 2–0 win. In the return leg, she scored 4 first half goals in a thrilling 8–0 victory. The qualifiers were cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic however she ended as the top scorer with 5 goals in 2 matches. She was called up for the first time into the Ghana women's national football team in 2020 for the

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Honours

Individual * NASCO GWPL Player of the Month: May 2021 * Ghana Women's Premier League Top goal scorer:

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Women's Footballer of the Year: 2021

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Amponsah, Ophelia Serwaa Living people Ghanaian women's footballers Women's association football forwards Ampem Darkoa Ladies F.C. players Year of birth missing (living people) Ghana Women's Premier League players Place of birth missing (living people)