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Faustina Ampah

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Faustina Ampah
Personal information
Full name Faustina Ampah
Date of birth (1996-11-30) November 30, 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
FC Minsk
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2017 Blessed Ladies FC 60 (16)
2016Lokomotiva Brno H. H. (Loan) 8 (3)
2017–2018 FC Minsk 28 (12)
International career
2012–2016 Ghana U20
2017 Ghana 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Faustina Ampah (born November 30, 1996) is a Ghanaian defender currently playing for Belarus side, FC Minsk. Ampah is one of the two Ghanaians to have played in the round of 32 of UEFA Women's Champions League as at October 2017.

Club career

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Ampah began her professional football career in Ghana, with Blessed Ladies and ended the 7 -year stay with the Kasoa based side by joining Czech Republic's Lokomotiva Brno Horní Heršpice on loan. Faustina Ampah was part of the FC Minsk team in the 2017-18 UEFA Women's Champions League, exiting the competition at the round of 32, losing to Slavia Prague and becoming the first Ghanaian to play in the round of 32 of the UEFA Women's Champions League.

International career

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Faustina Ampah had her FIFA World Cup debut at the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup hosted by Japan in 2012. Her debut game was against United States that ended 4:0 in favor of United States.[1] Faustina Ampah was also part of the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup making her the only Ghanaian to represent the nation at three FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Faustina Ampah wins 2018 WAFU Women's Cup with Ghana's National Women's Football Team

Ampah's first competitive tournament for the Ghana women's national football team was the 2018 WAFU Women's Cup. She played in all five games of the tournament helping the Black Queens to the first place title. She scored a semifinal equalizer against Nigeria women's national football team.[2] She won the player of the match in that game.

Honours

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Club

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FC Minsk

National Team

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Ghana Women's National Football Team

References

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  1. ^ Fifa. "Faustina AMPAH". Fifa. Fifa. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  2. ^ Duah, George (February 25, 2018). "Ghana emerge as winners of WAFU B with a 1:0 win against Ivory Coast". ocsportsnews.com. Archived from the original on March 14, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
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