Janet Egyir

Janet Egyir (born 7 May 1992]) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a defender for Israeli Women's Premier League club Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem FC and the Ghana women's national team. She was part of the team at the 2014 African Women's Championship.[1] In 2018, she was adjudged the best player of the tournament at the 2018 WAFU Women's Cup.

Janet Egyir
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-05-07) 7 May 1992
Place of birth Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2016 Hasaacas Ladies 86 (16)
2016–2017 Víkingur Ólafsvík 32 (0)
2018 Afturelding/Fram 18 (3)
2019 Hasaacas Ladies
2019 Afturelding 12 (3)
2020–2022 Hasaacas Ladies
2022– Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem 26 (2)
International career‡
Ghana
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2014 (before the 2014 African Women's Championship)

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.16 February 2018Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Niger2–09–02018 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup
2.8–0
3.24 February 2018Treichville Sports Park, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Ivory Coast1–01–0

Club career

Víkingur Ólafsvík 2016

In May 2016 she signed for Víkingur Ólafsvík in Iceland.

Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem (Israel)

In July 2022 she signed for Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem's women's team. On the team's first ever season in the top league, she helped the club finish 2nd, and was nominated for the Defensive player of the year award.

Honours

References
  1. "Black Queens name final 21 for AWC". ghanafa.org. 27 September 2014. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.


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