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Opah Clement
Tanzanian footballer
Opah Clement Tukumbuke Sanga (Swahili: Oppa Clement Tukumbuke Sanga ; born 14 February 2001) is a Tanzanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club Beşiktaş and the Tanzania women's national team.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Opah Clement Tukumbuke Sanga | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-02-14) 14 February 2001 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Tanzania, Iringa | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Beşiktaş | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–22 | Simba Queens | ||
| 2022–22 | → Kayseri Kadın (loan) | 10 | (5) |
| 2023– | Beşiktaş | 11 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017-19 | Tanzania U20 | ||
| 2019- | Tanzania | 12 | (4) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 November 2023 | |||
Clement began her career with Simba Queens, playing in the Serengeti Lite Women's Premier League. She won the league in both 2019/20 and 2020/21.[2] The latter victory qualified Simba Queens to play in the 2021 CAF Women's Champion's League CECAFA qualifiers. Simba Queens finished fourth. She scored a hat-trick in her team's 10-0 victory over FAD Club.[3]
In the midst of the 2021/22 season, Clement went on loan to Kayseri Kadin FK in early 2022.[4]
Simba Queens won the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA qualifiers, with Clement scoring two goals over the course of the tournament.[5] In the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League, Simba Queens finished fourth. Clement scored twice in the tournament and was named in CAF's best XI of the tournament.[6]
Clement signed with Beşiktaş in 2023. Prior to signing with the team, she was the leading scorer in the Serengeti Lite Women's Premier League, having scored 9 goals.[4]
Clement has capped for the Tanzania under-20 team. Clement made her competitive debut for the Tanzania national team during the 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship.[1][7] The following year, Tanzania won the 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship.[8]
In 2022, she finished third with Tanzania in the 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship and fourth in the 2022 CEFCAFA Women's Championship. Clement was the top scorer at the latter tournament.[9]
Simba Queens
- Serengeti Lite Women's Premier League: 2019-20, 2020/21
Tanzania
Individual
- "Opah Clement". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- "Tanzania - List of Women Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- "SIMBA QUEENS YATINGA NUSU FAINALI KIBABE, YAICHAKAZA FAD FC 10-0". Simba Sports Club (in Swahili). 3 September 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- "Tanzanian international Tukumbuke happy to join Besiktas Women's Team". CECAFA Online. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- Barasa, Mike (28 August 2022). "Simba Queens qualify for CAF Women's Champions League". Sports Leo. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- "Simba Queens' Opah named in CAF Best XI". The Citizen. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- "Tanzania ejects Uganda in 2020 FIFA U-20 women's world cup qualifiers". The Independent Uganda. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- "Tanzania stop Malawi to win COSAFA Women's Championship 2021 title". CAFOnline. CAF-Confedération Africaine du Football. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- "Crested Cranes Are 2022 CECAFA Senior Women's Championship Winners". FUFA. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- Opah Clement at Global Sports Archive
- Opah Clement on Instagram
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