Opah Clement Tukumbuke Sanga ( Swahili: Oppa Clement Tukumbuke Sanga ; born 14 February 2001) is a Tanzanian professional

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who plays as a

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for Turkish club

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and the Tanzania women's national team.

Club career

Clement began her career with

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, 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

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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:

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Individual * CAF Women's Champion's League Best XI:

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* CECAFA Women's Championship, Top Scorer:

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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) {{Tanzania-women-footy-bio-stub