Bernard Dong Bortey
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bernard Dong-Bortey | ||
Date of birth | 22 September 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Tema, Ghana | ||
Position(s) | Striker/Winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000 | Ghapoha Readers | ||
2001–2010 | Accra Hearts of Oak SC [1] | ||
2002–2003 | → Al Wasl FC (loan) | ||
2008–2009 | → Bnei Sakhnin F.C. (loan) | ||
2010–2013 | Aduana Stars | ||
2011–2012 | → Sông Lam Nghệ An (loan) | ||
2013 | New Edubiase United | ||
2014 | The Panthers | ||
2015 | Ånge IF | ||
International career | |||
1999 | Ghana U-17 | 6 | (3) |
2002– | Ghana | 27 | (9) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bernard Dong-Bortey (born 22 September 1982) is a Ghanaian footballer.[2]
Career
Bortey began his career 2000 with Ghapoha Readers in Tema. One year later, he moved to Accra Hearts of Oak SC and became an integral part of the "64 Battalion" and a deadly force alongside Charles Asampong Taylor, Ishmael Addo, Emmanuel Osei Kuffour. Hearts loaned him out in 2002 to Al Wasl FC in Dubai, where he played for 6 months. He returned in June 2002 to Hearts where he won the league and shared the Top Scorer award with Charles Asampong Taylor.[3] Nicknamed "Dong Dada Diouf" a reference to Senegalese forward El Hadji Diouf due to similar style of play and his dyed hair.
International career
Bortey played twenty-seven games for the Ghanaian national football team and scored nine times; the latest game being in the qualifying stage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup He also represented his homeland in the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand, where he played 6 games and scored 3 goals.[4]
Honours
- Played in the African Champions League with Accra Hearts of Oak SC in 2001.
- Four-time Ghanaian Premier League Champion with Accra Hearts of Oak SC.
- CAF Confederation Cup winner with Accra Hearts of Oak SC in 2004.[5]
- Ghana Premier League joint goal-king in 2002.
- Topscorer of the 2012 GHALCA Top Four tournament.[6]
References
- ^ https://www.modernghana.com/sports/498669/shocker-former-ghana-star-don-bortey-reveals-he-is-38-years.html
- ^ "Sorteo segunda fase Copa de Su Excelencia". www.feguifut.org. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ Profile @ Weltfussball
- ^ Bernard Dong Bortey – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ [1]
- ^ GHALCA Honours Outstanding Players And Officials
External links
- GhanaWeb Profile
- Bernard Dong Bortey at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from Tema
- Ghanaian footballers
- Ghana international footballers
- Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. players
- Al Wasl FC players
- Bnei Sakhnin F.C. players
- 2011 African Nations Championship players
- Ghanaian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates
- Ghanaian expatriates in Israel
- Expatriate footballers in Israel
- Ghanaian expatriates in Vietnam
- Expatriate footballers in Vietnam
- Expatriate footballers in Equatorial Guinea
- UAE Pro-League players
- Association footballers not categorized by position