Ghana youth star, Mukarama Abdulai has secured a transfer to Europe with Deportivo Alavés who have been promoted to the Spanish Primera Iberdrola.
The 18-year-old 2018 Fifa U-17 Women’s World Cup golden boot-winning forward signed a two-year contract after recently ending a scholarship stint with Tyler Junior College in Texas, USA.
🗨️ @AbdulaiMukarama ya es albiazul❕#AbdulaiAlbiazul #GoazenGloriosas 🦊 pic.twitter.com/pdNlltQEDH
— Deportivo Alavés Gloriosas (@AlavesFem) July 16, 2021
A club statement Friday read:
“Deportivo Alavés and Abdulai Mukarama have reached an agreement whereby the Ghanaian forward will become a new Albiazul player for the next two seasons.
“Abdulai Mukarama [Ghana, 2002] occupies the position of forward and arrives at the Gloriosas from Northem Ladies FC. Last season she competed in LSU Soccer, the American university league, where she managed to be the top scorer of the championship. The Ghanaian attacker has international experience as the captain of her national team , being one of the top references of the ‘Black Maidens’ scoring 12 goals in the preliminary competition of the African zone for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Uruguay 2018.
“In her debut at the 2018 U-17 Women’s Soccer World Cup, she scored a hat-trick against the host team, Uruguay . Scoring a total of 6 goals in the international championship in the three games played with Ghana.
“Abdulai Mukarama arrives at the Paseo de Cervantes entity to bring youth, strength and a goal to the premiere of the Gloriosas in the Primera Iberdrola, and in what will, in turn, be its premiere in the Spanish league.
“From Deportivo Alavés we want to wish the best of luck to Abdulai Mukarama in his time as Albiazul.”
