Edem Atovor Explained
Edem Atovor (born 10 April 1994) is a Ghanaian footballer. She played for Lady Strikers, Maccabi Kishronot Hadera FC and the Ghana women's national team, and now plays for Israeli Club Hapoel Petah Tikva.[1]
Career
Club
Atovor started her career in 2005 with the Ghatel Ladies in Cape Coast.[2] In 2007, she moved to the senior team.[3] After three years for the Ghatel Ladies in Ghana's highest league, she switched to the Cape Coast Vodafone Ladies.[4] After a season in the zone Three Women's League for the Vodafone Ladies, she changed 2011 to the city rivals Lady Strikers.[5] There she could not cope and therefore changed with the start of the 2012 season on loan from the Lady Strikers, to her former youth club Cape Coast Ghatel Ladies.[6] This season, she celebrated her most successful season and was nominated for the Shield National Player Award as one of the 3 best Most Valuable Players of the season.[7] Nominated for the Shield National Player Award. At the following awards at the State Banquet Hall in Accra, she was awarded a Shield NP Award as Most Dedicated Female Player.[8] Then she returned to the Lady Strikers.[9]
International
Atovor took part in the Women's 2008 U-17 World Cup and the Black Princess in the 2010 U-20 World Cup.[10] Since 2011 has been a member of the Ghanaian women's national team.[11]
Achievements
- Individual Awards:
- Shield National Player Award (1) 2012
- Club Awards
- Zone 3' Women's League (1)
References
- http://afrik11.com/ligues/ghana/17988-ghana-can-feminin-la-preselection.html Ghana – CAN féminin : La présélection – Afrik11.com
- http://ghanafoot.wordpress.com/2010/07/14/womens-u-20-ghana-1-1-usa-kuku-dadzies-work-is-cut-out-for-him/ Women’s U-20: Ghana 1–1 USA.
- Web site: Black Princesses – Epitome of good investment . 2016-11-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161107014038/http://ghanafa.org/blackprincesses/201106/5701.php . 2016-11-07 . dead .
- http://www.modernghana.com/news2/297317/2/zone-three-womens-league-commence.html Zone Three Women's League commence – ModernGhana.com
- http://www.gbcghana.com/1.664128 27 called to Black Queens camp
- Web site: Women's League: Kicks off at last Graphic.com.gh . 2016-11-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140328113206/http://graphic.com.gh/archive/sports/sports-news/womens-league-kicks-off-at-last.html . 2014-03-28 . dead .
- Web site: Rabiu, Wakaso and Fatau Dauda Nominated For Black Stars MVP Award . 2016-11-06 . 2014-03-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140328112601/http://www.blacksportsnet.com/rabiuwakaso-fatau-dauda-nominated-black-stars-mvp-award/ . dead .
- https://www.facebook.com/events/402896796413283/?ref=5 Retired National Footballers Association of Ghana
- http://sports.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201309/113831.php Princesses squad named for 2014 World Cup qualifier
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090201231727/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=300571/index.html FIFA Player Statistics: Edem ATOVOR – FIFA.com
- http://www.modernghana.com/news2/325507/2/olympic-dream-over-for-queens.html Olympic Dream Over For Queens – ModernGhana.com