Personal information | |||
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Full name | Myralyn Nartey | ||
Date of birth | 5 November 1981 | ||
Place of birth | United States [1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2001–2003 [2] | Portland Rain | ||
International career‡ | |||
1998–2003 [3] | Ghana | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 September 2003 |
Myralyn “Mimi” Nartey ( née Osei-Agyemang, born 5 November 1981) is an American-born Ghanaian former footballer who played as a forward. She has represented the Ghana women's national team.
Although raised in Portland, Oregon, [4] she qualified to represent Ghana through her father, Simon Osei-Agyemang. [5] She made her international debut in 1998, aged 16, [6] and became the first one who was born outside Ghana. [7] She was part of the team at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. [8]
She currently lives in Playa Vista, Los Angeles with her husband Kofi Nartey and their two children. [9] Her younger sister, Candice Osei-Agyemang, represented Ghana at the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [10]
Here I was, born and raised in the United States with all the resources anyone could have, and commissioned by Ghana to play a sport – yet, I was having problems getting access to health care when I was sick