Gifty Ayew Asare
{{short description|Ghanaian football player}}
{{Infobox football biography
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| name = Gifty Ayew Asare
| fullname = Gifty Ayew Asare
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1998|06|09}}
| height = {{convert|1.70|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| position = Forward
| currentclub =
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| youthyears1 = 2012–2013
| youthclubs1 = Bafana Ladies
| collegeyears1 = 2016–2017
| college1 = Northern Oklahoma-
Tonkawa Mavericks
| collegecaps1 = 41
| collegegoals1 = 50
| years1 = 2013–2014
| clubs1 = Samaria Ladies F.C.
| caps1 = 24
| goals1 = 22
| years2 = 2014–2015
| clubs2 = Blessed Ladies F.C.
| caps2 = 20
| goals2 = 18
| years3 = 2017
| clubs3 = Dayton Dutch Lions
| caps3 = 15
| goals3 = 5
| nationalyears1 = 2018–
| nationalteam1 = Ghana
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Gifty Ayew Asare (born 9 June 1998) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a striker.{{Cite web|url=https://ghanasoccernet.com/us-based-gifty-ayew-asare-invited-for-black-queens-friendly-against-france-next-month|title=US-based Gifty Ayew Asare invited for Black Queens friendly against France next month|website=GhanaSoccernet|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}{{Cite web|url=https://ghanasportsonline.com/2018/04/ghanaian-female-attacker-gifty-asare-honoured-usa/|title=Ghanaian female attacker Gifty Asare honoured in USA|date=2018-04-17|website=Ghana Sports Online|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://ghanaguardian.com/ghanaian-female-striker-gifty-asare-honored-in-usa|title=Ghanaian Female striker Gifty Asare honored in USA|website=The Ghana Guardian News|language=en|access-date=2020-03-10}} In 2018, she was called up to play for the Black Queens, the Ghana women's national football team, after netting 27 goals in 19 matches for Northern Oklahoma College's Lady Maverick F.C Soccer Team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.region2athletics.com/sports/wsoc/2017-18/div1/players/giftyayewasarewj1o|title=NJCAA Region II|website=NJCAA Region II|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}} Played in the US with 50 goals in Two Seasons in NJCAA D1 League.
- Won Player of the Week Multiple Times in all her Two Seasons in US NJCAA D1 League.
- Won Two Times Best Offensive Player of The Year in Two Seasons in US NJCAA D1 League.
- Won The MVP and Earned All American Third Team Recognition in US NJCAA D1 League.
- A License C and D Coach. FIFA Youth Development Coach
- Women's National Team U-18 Assistant Coach
-FC Epiphany Warriors Assistant Coach
Early life and education
Gifty was born to in Accra. She attended Assin Manso Senior High School, Asuanse Technical Institute and completed Blessed Tutorial College for her second cycle education. She continued to study Health, Physical Education, and Recreation at the Northern Oklahoma College.
Club career
Gifty started her football career playing for PSK Soccer Queens Academy in Komenda. She joined Bafana Ladies (now Sealions FC) from 2011 to 2013 before moving to Samaria Ladies in Lapaz. She later joined Blessed Ladies FC in the Ghana Women's Premier League in the 2014/2015 season.
In 2016, she gained a scholarship to further her education at the Northern Oklahoma College, where she played for the school's women soccer team, Lady Maverick F.C and won the Most Valuable Player Award in 2017. She was also shortlisted for the All-American Third Team in their 2017 NJCAA Division One Women's League.{{Cite web|url=https://njcaa.org/sports/wsoc/2017-18/div1/all-americans/index|title=2017 NJCAA Division I Women's Soccer All-America Teams|date=2017-12-11|website=NJCAA|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}
In 2017, she become the first professional footballer to take part in the Miss Ghana USA.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Miss-Ghana-USA-organization-marks-60-years-of-Ghana-s-independence-559692|title=Miss Ghana USA organization marks 60 years of Ghana's independence|website=www.ghanaweb.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-10}}
International career
In 2014 she was assigned her first national duty to play for the Black Maidens ahead of the U17 World Cup hosted in Costa Rica but did not make the cut.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Ex-Black-Maidens-player-rocks-US-with-23-goals-and-11-assists-in-maiden-season-539505|title=Ex-Black Maidens player rocks US with 23 goals and 11 assists in maiden season|website=www.ghanaweb.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}} In 2017 she was called up by the then Black Queens coach Dramani Mas-Ud Didi in his 28-member provisional squad for camping ahead of an international friendly against France on October 23 in Paris.{{Cite web|url=https://starrfm.com.gh/2017/10/ghana-vs-france-friendly-28-black-queens-invited/|title=Ghana Vs France Friendly: 28-Black Queens invited {{!}} Starr Fm|last=Bebli|first=Anthony|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-08}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/sport-41502552|title=Ghana Blacks Queens don ready for France friendly|date=2017-10-04|work=BBC News Pidgin|access-date=2020-03-08}}
Honours
- 6 times M.V.P: 2015–16 National 'D'1 League– Ghana{{Cite web|url=https://www.poncapost.com/local/noc-tonkawa-players-week|title=NOC Tonkawa Players Of The Week|date=2016-09-15|website=Ponca Post|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}
- 2017–18 NJCAA Women's Soccer (all-American selected 3rd team) – U.S.A
References
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External links
- https://www.nocmavs.com/sports/wsoc/2017-18/bios/ayew_asare_gifty_y0gl
- https://stats.njcaa.org/sports/wsoc/2016-17/div1/players/giftyayewasareh83d
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Category:Ghana women's international footballers
Category:Ghanaian expatriate women's footballers
Category:Ghanaian women's footballers
Category:21st-century Ghanaian sportswomen