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<\/div>\nFormer Black Queens goalkeeper, Memunatu Sulemana, has revealed that she now lives in a wooden structure.<\/p>\n
The 45-year-old played for Ghana at the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup and played over 30 matches\u00a0for Ghana\u2019s women\u2019s national team in a career that spanned over a decade.<\/p>\n
Sulemana was part of the national team that made its debut at the FIFA World Cup in 1999, hosted by the United States.<\/p>\n
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She was also featured at the\u00a02003 and 2007 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup tournaments\u00a0in the United States and China, respectively.<\/p>\n
Her club career included stints with Post Ladies in Ghana and Pelican Stars in Nigeria\u2019s Women\u2019s Premier League.<\/p>\n
Sulemana said despite her decorated career, she earned very little while playing football, which has led her to her current situation.<\/p>\n
In an interview with Accra-based Original TV, which was broadcast on YouTube, she confirmed living in a makeshift house at Kaneshie in Accra.<\/p>\n
Sulemana\u2019s revelation comes as a shock to the football world having had an inspiring football career.<\/p>\n
In 2018, she was invited by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to assist with the draw for that year\u2019s Women\u2019s African Cup of Nations hosted in Ghana.<\/p>\n
Two years later, she was also named as a member of the technical team of Ghana\u2019s U17 female national team, the Black Maidens.<\/p>\n
Sulemana was appointed as the team\u2019s goalkeepers\u2019 trainer and later occupied the same role for the Black Queens.<\/p>\n
Watch the former goalkeeper narrate her story below:<\/p>\n