Bernard Dong Bortey (born 22 September 1982) is a Ghanaian retired footballer who played as an attacking winger.
Career Bortey began his career in 2000 with Ghapoha Readers in Tema. One year later, he moved to Accra Hearts of Oak SC and became an integral part of the "64 Battalion" and a deadly force alongside Charles Asampong Taylor, Ishmael Addo, Emmanuel Osei Kuffour. Hearts loaned him out in 2002 to Al Wasl FC in Dubai, where he played for 6 months. He returned in June 2002 to Hearts where he won the league and shared the Top Scorer award with Charles Asampong Taylor.Profile @ Weltfussball
Since 2015 in Sweden with Ånge IF, Bortey was without club until signing with Ghanaian club Accra Great Olympics in December 2019.Bernard Dong Bortey signs two-year deal with Great Olympics, futaa.com, 5 December 2019 However, in the beginning of January 2020, Olympics manager Prince George Koffie said, that he hadn't seen Bortey yet and therefore wasn't a part of his team.Don Bortey is not part of my team - Great Olympics coach insists, footballghana.com, 8 January 2020 A few days later Bortey said that he didn't receive the financial benefits he was promised when he signed the contract and that he wouldn't play until they had paid him.I won’t play for Olympics till they pay me - Dong Bortey, ghanaweb.com, 13 January 2020 On 6 April 2020, Bortey officially announced his retirement and expressed, that he would like to be a coach.Bernard Dong Bortey Confirms Retirement From Football, modernghana.com, 6 April 2020
International career Bortey played seven games for the Ghanaian national football team without scoring; the latest game being in the qualifying stage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He also represented his homeland in the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand, where he played 6 games and scored 3 goals, helping Ghana to third place.
Style of play Nicknamed "Dong Dada Diouf" a reference to Senegalese forward El Hadji Diouf due to similar style of play and his dyed hair.
Honours
Club Hearts of Oak Ghana Premier League: 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006–07 CAF Confederation Cup: 2004
Song Lam Nghe An V-League: 2011
International Ghana U-17 FIFA U-17 World Championship Third place: 1999
Individual Ghana Premier League Top goalscorer: 2002 GHALCA Top Four Top goalscorer: 2012
References
External links GhanaWeb Profile