Dauda Bortu

Dauda Bortu
Personal information
Full name	Dauda Y. Bortu
Date of birth	4 September 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Monrovia, Liberia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
2008–2016	Bærum
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016	Bærum
2018	Mjølner
2018–2019	Singida Fountain Gate
2019	Nybergsund
2019–2020	Trysil
2021	Nybergsund
2022	Løten
2022	Bangkok
2023	Prey Veng
2023–2024	Al-Thoqbah
International career‡
2016	Liberia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 November 2022; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2016

Dauda Bortu (born 4 September 1996) is a Liberian footballer who plays as a forward.

International career

Bortu was born in Liberia, but raised and naturalized as a Norwegian citizen.^{[citation needed]} He was called up and capped by the Liberia national football team in a 5–0 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying win against Djibouti.^[2]

Bortu came through the youth system of Bærum SK, but was released after the 2016 season. He only featured in one 2016 Norwegian Football Cup game.^[3] After fifteen months without a club, he signed for fellow third-tier club FK Mjølner in 2018.^[4] In 2019 he moved to Nybergsund^[5] and after only one game to neighbours Nybergsund_IL-Trysil.^[6]

^ "Dauda Bortu". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
^ Siryon, Momoh B. (4 April 2016). "Liberia: Norwegian Base Delights With National Team Call-Up". Allafrica.com. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
^ Dauda Bortu at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
^ "Home | Liberian Players Outside". Home | Liberian Players Outside. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
^ Tjærnås, Jørgen (12 April 2019). "3.divisjonstipset: Rocky skyter Gjøvik opp". Sportshjørnet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 May 2019.
^ "Dauda (22) spilte 33 minutter". Østlendingen (in Norwegian). 26 May 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2021.^{[permanent dead link]}