Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stella Nyamekye | ||
Place of birth | Kumasi, Ghana | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Dreamz Ladies | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Dreamz Ladies | |||
International career | |||
Ghana U17 | |||
Ghana U20 | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Stella Nyamekye is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who plays as a forward for Dreamz Ladies in the Ghana Women's Premier League, and the Ghana women's national football team. She represented Ghana at the U17, U20 levels and the senior team.
Nyamekye started her career with Dreamz Ladies. In 2022, she led the team into the Ghana Women's Premier League after winning the Ashanti Regional Division One League and placing second in the Zonal Playoff championship. [1] [2]
Nyamekye made her youth debut for Ghana at under-17 level in 2022. She went on to feature for Ghana in the 2022 African U-17 Women's World Cup qualifiers. [3] In the final qualification round, she scored the first goal in the first leg to help Ghana to a 2–0 advantage. [4] [5] However, they lost to Morocco on a 4–2 penalties score after the match ended in a 2–2 aggregate missing out on the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. [6]
In 2023, she was promoted to the Ghana U20 Women's team, where she scored a hat-trick in their 11–0 pre-tournament friendly win over Niger. [7] She was named as the captain of the team by Yusif Basigi. [8] She scored four goals in Ghana's 2023 WAFU Zone B U-20 Women's Cup victory. [9] [10]
Nyamekye is an aspiring coach. In 2022, she earned her CAF License D coaching badge at age Sixteen whilst playing for the Black Maidens (Ghana under-17 side). [11]
Ghana U17
Dreamz Ladies
Individual