Mercy Tagoe (Tagoe-Quarcoo after marriage, born 5 February 1974) is a Ghanaian football coach and former player who played as a defender for the Ghana women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States. On club level she played for Bluna Ladies in Ghana.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 February 1974 | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Bluna Ladies | |||
| International career‡ | |||
| Ghana | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016 | Amidaus Professionals | ||
| 2018 (interim) | Ghana (women) | ||
| 2019-2020 | Hallifax Ladies | ||
| 2019–2023 | Ghana (women) | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 June 1999 (before the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup) | |||
In February 2018, she led the Black Queens to win the maiden edition to the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire as an interim coach. Making her the first female coach to serve as an interim coach to the Black Queens.
Prior to picking up a coaching role Mercy Tagoe was a referee in the Ghana Premier League.
Refereeing
editShe picked up refereeing in 1995. She made history as the first Ghanaian female referee to officiate at the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2007 held in China. In 2012 she quit as a Referee due to more violence in the games.[2]
Managing
editIn 2016 she was managing the first level side Amidaus Professionals, a first for a woman in Ghana.[3] She was leading the Ghana women's national team on an interim basis after Didi Dramani's managing spell ended.[4] She was named full head coach in 2019.[5]
She also coached Halifax Ladies in the Super League, but quit in 2020, to focus on the national team only.[6][7]
Award
editIn March 2021, she was awarded the sportswoman of the year in the sports category at the Entertainment Achievement Awards.[8]
References
edit- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999 - Ghana". FIFA Women's World Cup United States 1999. FIFA. 1999. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
- ^ "Mercy Tagoe quits refereeing due to crowd violence". GhanaSoccernet. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo appointed headcoach of Amidaus Professionals". GhanaWeb. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ Starrfm.com.gh (13 August 2018). "Official: Bashir Hayford takes over as Black Queens coach — Starr Fm". Starr Fm. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "Sports News". Graphic Online. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "Sports News". Graphic Online. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ News, Ghana (20 February 2020). "Mercy Tagoe quits Halifax Ladies to focus on Black Queens - Ghanamma.com". Retrieved 28 October 2021.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Jonathan Mensah, Mercy Tagoe win at #EAAwards". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
External links
edit- Mercy Tagoe – FIFA competition record (archived)
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