{"id":95715,"date":"2023-08-29T18:22:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T18:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/29\/john-mahama-rescues-ex-black-queens-goalkeeper\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T18:22:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T18:22:21","slug":"john-mahama-rescues-ex-black-queens-goalkeeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/29\/john-mahama-rescues-ex-black-queens-goalkeeper\/","title":{"rendered":"John Mahama rescues ex-Black Queens goalkeeper"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former President John Dramani Mahama has rescued former Black Queens goalkeeper\u00a0Memunatu Sulemana, after learning of the terrible state she currently finds herself in.<\/p>\n

According to a report by the Daily Post, Mr Mahama gave Memunatu Sulemana a fully furnished one-bedroom apartment in the Accra suburb of Dansoman on Monday, August 28, 2023.<\/p>\n

Additionally, he has presented the footballer with a donation from friends and colleagues to help her get back on her feet and find a new road to success.<\/p>\n

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Mr Mahama\u2019s support comes after, an interview with Accra-based Original FM, where Sulemana revealed that she has been 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

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 in the United States.<\/p>\n

She 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 that despite her decorated career, she earned very little while playing football, which has led her to her current situation.<\/p>\n

In 2018, she was invited by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to assist with the draw for the Women\u2019s African Cup of Nations, hosted in Ghana.<\/p>\n

Two years later, she was also named 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

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