Dauda Bortu (born 4 September 1996) is a Liberian footballer who plays as a forward.

Dauda Bortu
Personal information
Full name Dauda Y. Bortu
Date of birth (1996-09-04) 4 September 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Monrovia, Liberia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2008–2016 Bærum
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Bærum 0 (0)
2018 Mjølner 4 (0)
2018–2019 Singida Fountain Gate
2019 Nybergsund 1 (0)
2019–2020 Trysil 20 (12)
2021 Nybergsund 6 (0)
2022 Løten 9 (2)
2022 Bangkok 9 (3)
2023 Prey Veng
2023–2024 Al-Thoqbah
International career
2016 Liberia[1] 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 November 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2016

International career

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Bortu was born in Liberia, but raised and naturalized as a Norwegian citizen.[citation needed] He was called up and capped by the Liberia national football team in a 5–0 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying win against Djibouti.[2]

Club career

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Bortu came through the youth system of Bærum SK, but was released after the 2016 season. He only featured in one 2016 Norwegian Football Cup game.[3] After fifteen months without a club, he signed for fellow third-tier club FK Mjølner in 2018.[4] In 2019 he moved to Nybergsund[5] and after only one game to neighbours Nybergsund_IL-Trysil.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Dauda Bortu". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  2. ^ Siryon, Momoh B. (4 April 2016). "Liberia: Norwegian Base Delights With National Team Call-Up". Allafrica.com. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  3. ^ Dauda Bortu at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  4. ^ "Home | Liberian Players Outside". Home | Liberian Players Outside. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  5. ^ Tjærnås, Jørgen (12 April 2019). "3.divisjonstipset: Rocky skyter Gjøvik opp". Sportshjørnet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Dauda (22) spilte 33 minutter". Østlendingen (in Norwegian). 26 May 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2021.[permanent dead link]
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