Mukarama Abdulai receives FIFA U-17 awards

ghanafa.org Sports News Feb - 19 - 2019 , 13:56

Ghana captain Mukarama Abdulai has received the FIFA Adidas Golden Boot and Bronze ball she won at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup staged in Uruguay.

The Black Maidens captain emerged as top scorer of the competition with seven goals in four matches and also collected the Adidas Bronze Ball (third best player) behind Spain's Claudia Pina and Nicole Perez of Mexico.

FIFA sent her award to the Ghana FA recently to be handed over to the player since Ghana had been eliminated from the competition before the awards presentation at the end of the competition.

Black Maidens Skipper Mukarama Abdulai has received her Adidas Golden Boot (topscorer) and Bronze Ball (third best player) which she won at the 2018 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup in Uruguay pic.twitter.com/dgSZTPFIJI
— Ghana Football Association (@ghanafaofficial) February 19, 2019

GFA Normalisation Committee member Madam Naa Odofoley Nortey presented the awards to the player on Thursday in the presence of officials of some female clubs who were at the GFA Secretariat for a meeting.

Abdulai who is Ghana’s all-time top scorer in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup history was also nominated for the African Women’s Player of the Year award.

Watch the video below;

See a short clip of Ghana U17 captain Mukarama Abdulai receiving her FIFA Golden boot and Bronze ball at the GFA Secretariat today pic.twitter.com/WjClXScrbM
— Ghana Football Association (@ghanafaofficial) February 19, 2019