Jade Boho

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Jade Boho Sayo (born 30 August 1986), known as Jade Boho or just Jade, is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. She has spent most of her club career in Spain, but also competed in England and Switzerland. Born and raised in Spain to a Spanish father and an Equatorial Guinean mother, she has represented Spain and Equatorial Guinea at under-19 and senior levels, respectively.

Full name Jade Boho Sayo
Date of birth (1986-08-30) 30 August 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth Valladolid, Spain
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
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Jade Boho
Jade with Logroño in 2019
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Full name Jade Boho Sayo
Date of birth (1986-08-30) 30 August 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth Valladolid, Spain
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position Striker
Youth career
2000–2003 Orcasitas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Torrejón 34+ (19+)
2007–2013 Rayo Vallecano 138 (44)
2013–2014 Atlético Madrid 28 (12)
2014–2015 Rayo Vallecano 29 (10)
2015 Bristol Academy 6 (3)
2016 Reading 8 (1)
2016–2018 Madrid CFF 22[a] (14)
2018–2021 Logroño 76 (28)
2021–2022 Servette 18 (8)
2022–2023 Alhama 25 (3)
International career‡
2003–2005 Spain U-19 21 (12)
2010–2018 Equatorial Guinea 13 (18)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Spain
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
First place2004 Finland
Representing  Equatorial Guinea
Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Second place2010 South Africa
First place2012 Equatorial Guinea
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 May 2023.[1]
‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 April 2014
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Early life

Jade took the surnames of her mother, Lourdes Cristina Boho Sayo,[2][3] an Equatoguinean emigrant who received Spanish citizenship in August 1980,[3] and, five years later, played Oud Anna in the film Dust,[4] before Jade was born. Her father, whose name is unknown, was Spanish, from Valladolid, where Lourdes was working and living. Jade never met him.[5]

Club career

Spain

Jade previously played for AD Torrejón CF.[6] and Rayo Vallecano,[7][8] winning three championships and one national cup and playing the UEFA Champions League with the latter.[9][10]

England

In summer 2015 Jade signed for Bristol Academy who were winless and at the bottom of the FA WSL table. Despite making long journeys for national team duty in Africa, she proved a prolific goalscorer and was hailed as "inspirational" by the team's coach.[11] When Bristol were relegated, Jade left the club to sign for Reading ahead of the 2016 FA WSL season[12] but her stay was short after making the decision to return to Madrid. Her last appearance for the club was on 30 October against Chelsea.

International career

Spain U19

Jade was born and raised in Spain, but her mother is from Equatorial Guinea, so she was eligible to represent either country. She played in the Spanish team that won the 2004 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, scoring the first goal of the final match against Germany.[13]

Equatorial Guinea

Jade has been a member of the Equatoguinean senior team since 2010.[14] Because Jade competed for Spain in the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, scoring two goals in the second match, she had been registered as a Spanish player in FIFA's database.

Just days prior to the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, FIFA temporarily suspended Jade from both international and club competition for two months, on the grounds that she was playing with Equatorial Guinea while having played with a Spanish national team within the past five years. Since the Equatoguinean Football Federation did not complete the process of changing her FIFA-registered nationality in a timely manner, she was declared ineligible, and Equatorial Guinea were also removed from qualifying for the 2012 Summer Olympics as a result.[15] In September 2011 she announced she would not play for Equatorial Guinea anymore.[16] However, Jade reversed her decision a year later, to go to Malabo for a friendly match against the Democratic Republic of the Congo in June 2012. She then won the African Championship that year.[17]

International goals

Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first

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No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
12 November 2010Sinaba Stadium, Daveyton, South Africa Cameroon1–02–22010 African Women's Championship
211 November 2010 South Africa2–03–1
314 November 2010 Nigeria2–32–4
417 April 2011Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Cameroon2–00–3[note 1]2012 CAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament
523 June 2012 DR Congo3–0Friendly
631 October 20126–06–02012 African Women's Championship
73 November 2012 Senegal1–05–0
82–0
97 June 2014 Ivory Coast1–02–22014 African Women's Championship qualification
1023 May 2015Stade de Kinkala, Kinkala, Republic of the Congo Congo2–03–02015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
113–0
1231 May 2015Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea1–04–0
132–0
143–0
1510 April 2016Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Mali1–02–12016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification
1626 November 2017 Comoros3–04–0Friendly
174–0
186 June 2018Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos, Kenya Kenya1–01–22018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification
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Honours

Club

International

Personal life

Although born in Valladolid, Jade feels Madrilenian as she has lived in Madrid since she was three months old.[19] She is openly lesbian.[19]

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