Janet Egyir
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 May 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2016 | Hasaacas Ladies | 86 | (16) |
| 2016–2017 | Víkingur Ólafsvík | 32 | (0) |
| 2018 | Afturelding/Fram | 18 | (3) |
| 2019 | Hasaacas Ladies | ||
| 2019 | Afturelding | 12 | (3) |
| 2020–2022 | Hasaacas Ladies | ||
| 2022–2025 | Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem | 67 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Ghana | |||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 October 2014 (before the 2014 African Women's Championship) | |||
Janet Egyir (born 7 May 1992) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a defender for Israeli Women's Premier League club Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem FC and the Ghana women's national team. She was part of the team at the 2014 African Women's Championship.[1] In 2018, she was adjudged the best player of the tournament at the 2018 WAFU Women's Cup. She was born in Sekondi-Takoradi. [2]
International goals
[edit]| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 16 February 2018 | Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan, Ivory Coast |  Niger |
2–0 | 9–0 | 2018 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup |
| 2. | 8–0 | |||||
| 3. | 24 February 2018 | Treichville Sports Park, Abidjan, Ivory Coast |  Ivory Coast |
1–0 | 1–0 |
Club career
[edit]Víkingur Ólafsvík 2016
[edit]In May 2016 she signed for Víkingur Ólafsvík in Iceland.
Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem (Israel)
[edit]In July 2022 she signed for Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem's women's team. On the team's first ever season in the top league, she helped the club finish 2nd, and was nominated for the Defensive player of the year award.
She continued with the club for two additional seasons, finishig 2nd in the league on each season, while on 2023/24 winning the Israeli league cup, and on 2024/25 finishing as runners up in both the league cup and the Israeli Cup.
Honours
[edit]- WAFU Women's Cup player of the tournament : 2018
References
[edit]- ^ "Black Queens name final 21 for AWC". ghanafa.org. 27 September 2014. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Janet Egyir, Biography". www.ghanaweb.live. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
External links
[edit]- Janet Egyir – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Janet Egyir – Israel Football Association league player details
- "Janet Egyir – Knattspyrnusamband Íslands" (in Icelandic). Ksi.
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Sekondi-Takoradi
- Ghanaian women's footballers
- Women's association football defenders
- Hasaacas Ladies F.C. players
- Ungmennafélagið Víkingur players
- Afturelding women's football players
- Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem F.C. players
- Ghana women's international footballers
- Ghanaian expatriate women's footballers
- Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Expatriate women's footballers in Israel
- Ghana Women's Premier League players
- 21st-century Ghanaian sportswomen
- Ghanaian women's football biography stubs