Former Black Queens goalkeeper Patricia Mantey, appeals for funds to undergo ligament surgery

Former Black Queens goalkeeper Patricia Mantey has made a heartfelt appeal for financial assistance to undergo ligament surgery.

She is seeking support from the Ghana Football Association (GFA), the Ministry of Youth and Sports, and the public.

Mantey, who played a pivotal role in helping Ghana Immigration Ladies qualify for the National Women’s League (now the Malta Guinness Women’s Premier League) in 2012, is currently using crutches and wearing a leg brace due to her injury.

She sustained the ligament injury in October 2021 during a friendly game.

“While playing a friendly game with my club at McDan Astro Turf, I jumped to catch a ball during a corner kick and landed awkwardly, twisting my leg. The MRI test showed that my ligament tissues were torn to pieces, and I need surgery costing GHC 60,000,” Mantey explained on Asempa FM.

Despite still receiving a salary from Immigration, Mantey, who played for the Black Queens from 2012 to 2018 and was part of the team that won the maiden edition of the WAFU Zone B Women’s tournament in Abidjan, is in urgent need of funds for her surgery.

She also played for the Black Maidens team that secured Ghana’s first-ever FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualification.

Mantey is appealing for help to cover the cost of her surgery, emphasizing the importance of the procedure for her recovery and quality of life.