| Justice Blay | |
| Fullname: | Justice Blay |
| Birth Date: | 5 March 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Sekondi, Ghana |
| Height: | 1.75 m |
| Position: | Defensive Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Asante Kotoko |
| Clubnumber: | 5 |
| Years1: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Sekondi Hasaacas |
| Caps1: | 15 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs2: | Medeama |
| Caps2: | 44 |
| Goals2: | 6 |
| Years3: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs3: | → Asante Kotoko (loan) |
| Caps3: | 23 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2020– |
| Clubs4: | Medeama |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | Black Stars B |
| Nationalcaps1: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2019– |
| Nationalteam2: | Ghana |
| Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Justice Blay (born 5 May 1992) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ghana Premier League club Asante Kotoko and the Ghana national team.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Justice started his professional career at Sekondi Hasaacas F.C. and made his debut in the Ghana Premier League in 2016 when he made a total of 14 appearances for the 1977 Ghana Premier League title winners and scored 1 goal.[5] Following a successful campaign at Hasaacas, Justice who is a defensive midfielder, caught the attention of Medeama who signed him in the following season into their squad.[6] On his debut season for Medeama SC he made a total of 15 league appearances and scored once.[7] In 2019 summer Asante Kotoko S.C. completed the signing of the midfielder on a season-long loan deal.[8] While at Kotoko featured in the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup.[9] [10] He scored a 2 goals in 12 appearances for Kotoko in the cancelled 2019/20 Ghana Premier League season.[11] In 2020 summer he reverted from Kotoko to Medeama after the expiration of his loan contract.[12]
Following his return to Medeama several media reports claim Asante Kotoko have harboured plans to Justice permanently from Medeama.[13] Meanwhile, some media reports claim Medeama SC have set a price tag of US$200,000 for interested clubs who want to sign the midfielder.[14] Kotoko's bitterest rivals Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. reportedly entered into the race to sign the midfielder[15] but both Hearts of Oak and Medeama denied the story.[16] [17]
In September 2017 Ghana Black Stars B coach James Kwesi Appiah handed him a late call up ahead of a 2018 African Nations Championship qualifier.[18] In August 2019 Maxwell Konadu invited him to join the Ghana squad ahead of their preparation to face Burkina Faso in an African Nations Championship qualifier.[19] Justice featured prominently for Ghana during the 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations tournament in Senegal.[20]
In 2018 the midfielder reportedly converted to Islam after studying the religion for a while. He was previously a Christian.[21]
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