Bernard Dong Bortey

Bernard Bortey
Personal information
Full name Bernard Dong-Bortey
Date of birth (1982-09-22) 22 September 1982
Place of birth Tema, Ghana
Playing position Striker/Winger
Club information
Current team
 Ånge IF
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
National team
1999 Ghana U-17 6 (3)
2002– Ghana 27 (9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Bernard Dong-Bortey (born 22 September 1982) is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for Swedish side Ånge IF.[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 were 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

References

  1. ↑ https://www.modernghana.com/sports/498669/shocker-former-ghana-star-don-bortey-reveals-he-is-38-years.html
  2. ↑ "Sorteo segunda fase Copa de Su Excelencia". www.feguifut.org. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Profile @ Weltfussball
  4. ↑ Bernard Dong Bortey – FIFA competition record
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ GHALCA Honours Outstanding Players And Officials
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