Princess Marfo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Princess Dankwa Marfo | ||
| Date of birth | 2 October 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Ghana | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | PSV | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2022 | Right To Dream Academy | ||
| 2022 | FC Nordsjælland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | FC Nordsjælland | 37 | (3) |
| 2024–2025 | Bay FC | 9 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | FC Nordsjælland | 17 | (5) |
| 2026– | PSV | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024– | Ghana | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:49, 23 June 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 August 2024 | |||
Princess Dankwa Marfo (born 2 October 2003) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eredivisie club PSV and the Ghanaian national team. She has previously played for Danish A-Liga club FC Nordsjælland and Bay FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
Club career
[edit]Marfo joined the Right to Dream Academy in 2014 and was the first female graduate of the academy in 2022 when she turned 18.[1][2] She made her senior team debut in March 2022, in a match against Fortuna Hjørring. The following season she scored her first goal for the club, on 14 October 2022 against Brøndby IF.[2] She signed a two-year extension with the club on 24 June 2023.[3]
On 30 January 2024, NWSL club Bay FC acquired Marfo through a transfer fee, signing her for a contract through the 2025 season with an option for 2026.[4][5] In her first season with the team, Marfo played in 9 games.[6] She did not make any appearances for Bay FC her second season and ended up mutually terminating her contract with the club on 15 August 2025.[7]
In September 2025, Marfo re-joined her former club FC Nordsjælland.[8]
On 22 June 2026, Dutch club PSV announced the signing of Marfo on a three-year deal.[9]
International career
[edit]Marfo holds both Ghanaian and Danish citizenship.[4] In May 2023, she was being monitored by Ghana national football team coach Nora Häuptle while playing in Denmark.[10] In July of the following year she gained her first call up to a Ghana senior national team squad, receiving her first cap as a substitute in a friendly match against Japan.[11][12]
International goals
[edit]| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 13 August 2026 | Larbi Zaouli Stadium, Casablanca, Morocco |  Ivory Coast | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations |
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 15 August 2025
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Playoffs[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Nordsjælland | 2021–22 | Kvindeligaen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 27 | 5 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||||
| Bay FC | 2024 | NWSL | 9 | 0 | — | — | 1[c] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 51 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 6 | ||
- ↑ Includes Danish Women's Cup, NWSL Challenge Cup
- ↑ Includes NWSL Playoffs
- ↑ Includes the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup
Honors
[edit]FC Nordsjælland
- Danish Women's Cup: 2023
References
[edit]- ↑ salmahamed (31 January 2024). "Game-Changer Princess Marfo Joins Bay FC From FC Nordsjælland". Right To Dream. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- 1 2 Baidoo, Lawrence Degraft (24 August 2023). "Princess Marfo: The first female Right to Dream graduate to play for Nordsjaelland". MyJoyOnline. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ↑ "Princess skriver under på en 2-årig kontraktforlængelse" [Princess signs a 2-year contract extension]. FC Nordsjælland (in Danish). 24 June 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- 1 2 "Bay FC signs young Ghanaian forward Princess Marfo". Bay FC (Press release). Bay Football Club. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ↑ "I pray FC Nordsjaelland succeeds without me, says Ghana forward Princess Marfo after sealing Bay FC move". Football Ghana. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ↑ Princess Marfo at Soccerway
- ↑ Bay FC [@wearebayfc]; (15 August 2025). "#BayFC and @dammcesss have mutually agreed to terminate her contract. We wish her the best in her future!" – via Instagram.
- ↑ "Black Queens forward Princess Marfo returns to FC Nordsjaelland after Bay FC spell". GhanaSoccernet. 24 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ↑ "El PSV ficha a Princess Dankwa Marfo, procedente del FC Nordsjælland". PSV (in Spanish). 22 June 2026. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
- ↑ "Nora Häuptle monitors Princess Dankwa Marfo in Danish Women's League". Ghana Football Association. May 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ↑ "Bay FC's Princess Marfo joins Black Queens squad ahead of friendly against Japan - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ↑ "Japan 4-0 Ghana (13 Jul, 2024) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Princess Marfo at Soccerway.com
- Princess Marfo at FBref.com
- Princess Marfo at Kicker (in German)
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- 2003 births
- Living people
- Women's association football midfielders
- Bay FC players
- Ghanaian women's footballers
- 21st-century Ghanaian sportswomen
- National Women's Soccer League players
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Ghana women's international footballers
- Ghanaian expatriate women's footballers
- FC Nordsjælland (women) players
- A-Liga players
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Expatriate women's footballers in Denmark
- PSV (women) players
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate women's footballers in the Netherlands
- 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations players