Boima Karpeh (born 16 June 1984), also known as Jerry Karpeh, is a
Liberia
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n former
football
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er who plays as a
striker.
Biography
Karpeh was the
Football West State League
The Football West State League is a regional Australian semi-professional soccer league comprising teams from Western Australia consisting of two divisions. The league sits at Levels 2 and 3 on the Western Australian league system (Levels 3 a ...
top goal scorer in 2007 playing for
Floreat Athena
Floreat Athena Football Club is a soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club competes in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia. The club's founders were of Greek heritage.
Floreat Athena has been crowned the Western Austr ...
where he won the club's Fairest & Best Award.
A-League
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club
Perth Glory
Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in Perth, Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under Professional sports league organi ...
signed Karpeh during the 2007/2008 season playing seven games for the club.
Karpeh trialled with
A-League
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club
Newcastle Jets
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in September 2007 but a contract was not negotiated between Karpeh and the club.
Scoring many goals for his next clubs he then made a decision in 2011 to move to
India
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and play for
Churchill Brothers
Churchill Brothers Futebol Clube de Goa (simply known as Churchill Brothers) is an Indian professional football club based in Margao, Goa, that competes in the Indian Super League, alongside the Goa Professional League (reserves). Founded in 1 ...
and become winner of the
2011 IFA Shield Cup with them.
Next year found him in
Indonesia
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having a complete season with 23 games and 7 goals scored for
Persisam Putra Samarinda
Putra Samarinda Football Club was an Indonesian football club located in Samarinda, East Kalimantan. Nicknamed ''Pesut Mahakam'', they won the Liga Indonesia Premier Division title in the 2008–09 season.
History Early years (1989–2003)
...
.
In August 2012 ''Jerry'' received invitation to travel in
Iran
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and negotiate a contract with
Sanat Naft but a contract wasn't established due to visa problems.
Lately in January 2013 returned to
India
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for the second time and signed a five-month contract until end of season to play for
Pune FC
Pune Football Club was an Indian professional football club based in Pune, Maharashtra. The club competed in I-League, then top flight of Indian football league system. The club was one of the most professional clubs in Indian football histor ...
and scored his first goal by opening the score in club's biggest win ever against
United Sikkim
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.
In the
I-League
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match against
Shillong Lajong F.C. on 25 March, he was brought in as a substitute for
Pierre Djidjia Douhou on the 46th minute, and he equalised from a
Jeje Lalpekhlua
Jeje Lalpekhlua Fanai (born 7 January 1991), simply known as Jeje, is an Indian politician and former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. On 27 March 2023, he formall ...
pass on the 51st minute, and then equalised again on the 59th minute from an
Othallo Tabia cross to ensure a 2-2 draw.
Personal life
Boima Karpeh is a brother to Kailo Karpeh who currently plays soccer at , and recently played for Australia
Football West State League
The Football West State League is a regional Australian semi-professional soccer league comprising teams from Western Australia consisting of two divisions. The league sits at Levels 2 and 3 on the Western Australian league system (Levels 3 a ...
club
Bayswater City SC
Bayswater City Soccer Club is a soccer club based in Bayswater, Western Australia. They currently compete in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia.
History
The club in its current form was formed as a result of a merger in 1980 betw ...
that plays in the
Liberian Premier League
The Liberian First Division, officially known as Orange First Division for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of football in Liberia. The first division league began in 1956 and has only once been won by a club outside Monrovia. It has b ...
.
Honors
Perth
*
Football West State League Premier Division : 2005
Floreat Athena
*
Football West State League Premier Division : 2007
Churchill Brothers
*
2011 IFA Shield winner
Putra Samarinda
*
Inter Island Cup runner-up:
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
Individual
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Football West State League Premier Division Top Scorer: 2007
*
Durand Cup
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Top scorer: 2014
References
External links
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1984 births
Living people
Liberian men's footballers
Australian men's soccer players
Australian people of Liberian descent
Footballers from Monrovia
Men's association football forwards
Bayswater City SC players
Fremantle City FC players
Perth SC players
Floreat Athena FC players
Perth Glory FC players
Brunswick Juventus FC players
Oakleigh Cannons FC players
Churchill Brothers FC Goa players
Putra Samarinda F.C. players
Persiram Raja Ampat players
Pune FC players
Sporting CG players
South China AA players
Kingston City FC players
Springvale White Eagles FC players
National Premier Leagues players
A-League Men players
I-League players
Liga 1 (Indonesia) players
Hong Kong Premier League players
Victorian Premier League players
Expatriate men's footballers in India
Australian expatriate sportspeople in India
Liberian expatriate sportspeople in India
Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia
Australian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia
Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia
Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong
Australian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong
21st-century Australian sportsmen