Wilberforce Mfum
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wilberforce Mfum | ||
| Date of birth | 28 August 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Ghana | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Asante Kotoko | |||
| 1968 | Baltimore Bays | 5 | (4) |
| 1969–1970 | Ukrainian SC | ||
| 1970 | Ukrainian Nationals | ||
| 1971–1972 | New York Cosmos | 29 | (11) |
| International career | |||
| Ghana | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Wilberforce "Willie" Mfum is a retired Ghanaian football (soccer) forward who played professionally in Ghana and the United States. He was a member of the Ghanaian Olympic soccer team at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Club career
Mfum played for Asante Kotoko in his native Ghana. In 1968, Mfum played for the Baltimore Bays of the National Professional Soccer League. In 1969, he joined Ukrainian SC of the German American Soccer League.[1] In 1970, Mfum played for the Ukrainian Nationals of the American Soccer League. That season, he shared the ASL scoring title with Juan Paletta.[2] In 1971, he signed with the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League.
National team
Mfum played for the Ghana Olympic football team at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[3] He also played for the Ghana national football team. In 1963, he scored two goals in the final of the 1963 African Cup of Nations as Ghana took the title. He was the second leading scorer at the 1968 African Cup of Nations as Ghana finished runner-up.
References
- ↑ The Ukrainian Weekly: Sports Scene
- ↑ The Year in American Soccer – 1970
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- Pages with broken file links
- 1936 births
- Living people
- Asante Kotoko F.C. players
- Baltimore Bays players
- German-American Soccer League players
- Ghanaian footballers
- Ghana international footballers
- Ghanaian expatriate footballers
- American Soccer League (1933–83) players
- National Professional Soccer League (1967) players
- North American Soccer League (1968–84) players
- New York Cosmos players
- Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals players
- Olympic footballers of Ghana
- Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- 1963 African Cup of Nations players
- 1968 African Cup of Nations players
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Ghanaian expatriates in the United States
- Africa Cup of Nations-winning players
