Wilberforce "Willie" Mfum is a retired Ghanaian association football forward who played professionally in Ghana and the United States. He was a member of the Ghanaian Olympic soccer team at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Club career

Mfum played for Asante Kotoko in Ghana. In 1968, Mfum played for the Baltimore Bays of the National Professional Soccer League. In 1969, he joined Ukrainian SC of the German American Soccer League. In 1970, Mfum played for the Ukrainian Nationals of the American Soccer League. That season, he shared the ASL scoring title with Juan Paletta. In 1971, he signed with the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League.

Wilberforce Mfum

National team

Mfum played for the Ghana Olympic football team at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He also played for the Ghana national football team. In 1963, he scored two goals in the final of the 1963 African Cup of Nations as Ghana took the title. He was the second leading scorer at the 1968 African Cup of Nations as Ghana finished runner-up.

Wilberforce Mfum

Career statistics

International goals

References

External links

NASL stats

FIFA player profile

1936 births

Living people

Asante Kotoko S.C. players

Baltimore Bays players

Cosmopolitan Soccer League players

Ghanaian men's footballers

Ghana men's international footballers

Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers

American Soccer League (1933–1983) players

National Professional Soccer League (1967) players

North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players

New York Cosmos (1970–1985) players

Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals players

Olympic footballers for Ghana

Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics

1963 African Cup of Nations players

1968 African Cup of Nations players

Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States

Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United States

Africa Cup of Nations-winning players

Men's association football forwards

Wilberforce Mfum