Black Maidens arrive in the country after World Cup exit<\/a><\/p>\nAbdulai has become Ghana’s all-time top scorer in FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup history overtaking Jane Ayieyam’s six goals scored over tournaments.<\/p>\n
Last week, the 16 year old was included in a 15 nominees for the African Women’s Player of the Year award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Black Maidens captain Mukarama Abdulai has been crowned the highest goal scorer in the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup after scoring seven goals in the competition. She also won the bronze ball (third best player) behind Claudia Pina (Spain) and Nicole Perez of Mexico. 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