Ruth Kipoyi

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| image = Ruth Monique Kipoyi Galatasaray 2Eyl2023 2023-24 2. Hafta Maçı (2) (cropped).jpg

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| caption = Kipoyi with Galatasaray in 2023

| fullname = Ruth Monique Kipoyi{{cite web|url=http://admin.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/wwc-qu202016/TeamDetails/playerdetails?CompetitionPlayerId=Df5Oj1ZaQHom3OGBhHNWjnlbv69eTD0YAPMlT91aFR2KoB%2busc%2b%2fSSJrKqxouAxZ|title=Competitions - WWC-Q U20 2016 - Team Details - Player Details|website=CAF|accessdate=3 August 2020}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1997|10|15}}

| birth_place = Kinshasa, DR Congo

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| position = Forward

| currentclub = Al-Nassr

| clubnumber = 11

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| clubs1 = Promesse Star

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| clubs2 = TP Mazembe

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| years3 = 2021

| clubs3 = Simba Queens

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| years4 = 2021–2023

| clubs4 = ALG Spor

| caps4 = 43

| goals4 = 28

| years5 = 2023–2024

| clubs5 = Galatasaray

| caps5 = 26

| goals5 = 9

| years6 = 2024–

| clubs6 = Al-Nassr

| caps6 = 13

| goals6 = 8

| nationalyears1 = 2015

| nationalteam1 = DR Congo U20

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| nationalyears2 = 2019–

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Ruth Monique Kipoyi (born 15 October 1997) is a DR Congolese footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Women's Premier League club Al-Nassr and the DR Congo national team.

Club career

On 15 July 2021, Kipoyi signed for Tanzanian women's football team Simba Queens,{{Cite web |title=Mercato : Ruth Kipoyi signe au SC SIMBA |url=https://www.konisports.com/2021/07/mercato-ruth-kipoyi-signe-au-sc-simba.html |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=KONISPORT}} representing the club in the 2021 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers. The side finished third, failing to qualify for the inaugural CAF Women's Champions League finals.

= ALG Spor =

In December 2021, she moved to Turkey and joined the Gaziantep-based club ALG Spor to play in the 2021-22 Turkcell Women's Super League. On 9 March 2022 she scored her first professional hat-trick with three goals in a 7-0 league win over Dudullu Spor.{{Cite web |title=Dudullu 0-7 ALG Spor |url=https://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageID=29&macId=231080 |website=TFF |language=Turkish}} She enjoyed the 2021-22 Women's Super League champion title of her team. On 18 August 2022, she debuted in the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League.

= Galatasaray =

She signed a one-year contract with Galatasaray on 4 August 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.galatasaray.org/haber/futbol/kadin-futbol/galatasaray-petrol-ofisi-nden-6-imza-birden/53680|title=Galatasaray Petrol Ofisi'nden 6 imza birden!|publisher=Galatasaray S.K.|date=4 August 2023|access-date=4 August 2023}}

International career

Kipoyi capped for the DR Congo at senior level during the 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round).{{Cite web|url=https://www.footofeminin.fr/JO-2020-Qualifications-AFRIQUE-le-NIGERIA-out-le-GHANA-aussi_a16224.html|accessdate=3 August 2020|language=fr|website=FootOFéminin.fr|title=JO 2020 - Qualifications AFRIQUE : le NIGERIA out, le GHANA aussi|trans-title=2020 Olympics - AFRICA Qualifications: NIGERIA out, GHANA too}} She was selected for the DR Congo squad for their 2022 CAF Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification fixture with Equatorial Guinea prior to the side's withdrawal citing logistical and financial issues.{{Cite news |title=DR Congo expelled from women's Afcon qualifying |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/58981051 |access-date=2022-03-11}}

Career statistics

rowspan=2 \|Club !rowspan=2 \|Season !colspan=3 \|League !colspan=2 \|Continental !colspan=2 \|National !colspan=2 \|Total
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Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan=2 \|Simba Queens \|2021 \|Tanzanian Premier League \|0	0	4	0			4	0
colspan="2"\|Total !0	0	4	0			4	0
rowspan=3 \|ALG Spor \|2021-22 \|Super League \|24	21	0	0	0		24	21
2022–23 \|Super League \|19	7	0	0			19	7
colspan="2"\|Total !43	28	0	0			43	28
rowspan=3 \|Galatasaray \|2023-24 \|Super League \|26	9	0	0	0		26	9
colspan="2"\|Total !26	9	0	0			26	9
colspan="2" \|Career total !69	37	4	0	0	0	73	37

Honours

; Turkish Women's Football Super League

:; ALG Spor

:: Winners (1): 2021-22

References

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{{cite news |url=https://www.trtspor.com.tr/haber/futbol/kadinlar-futbol/algspor-golcusunu-buldu-246207.html |newspaper=TRT Spor |title=Algspor golcüsünü buldu |date=13 December 2021 |language=tr |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.trthaber.com/haber/spor/kadin-futbol-super-liginde-sampiyon-alg-spor-687481.html |newspaper=TRT Haber |title=Kadın Futbol Süper Ligi'nde şampiyon ALG Spor |date= |language=tr |accessdate=25 August 2022 }}

{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/match/2035244--brann-vs-alg-spor/ |publisher=UEFA Women's Champions League |title=Brann (NOR) 1-0 ALG Spor (TUR) |accessdate=27 August 2022 }}

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