Boima Karpeh (born 16 June 1984), also known as Jerry Karpeh, is a

Liberia Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to Guinea–Liberia border, its north, Ivory Coast to Ivory Coast–Lib ...

n former

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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 A-League Men, also known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional soccer league in Australia and New Zealand and the highest level of the Australian soccer league system. Established in 2004 as the A-League by the ...

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

club

Newcastle Jets Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcastle Jets, is an Australian professional soccer club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under licence from the Australi ...

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 India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

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

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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

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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

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 United Sikkim Football Club is an Indian professional Association football, football club based in Gangtok, Sikkim. Incorporated in 2011, the club usually competed in the Sikkim Premier Division League. United Sikkim is the only club from Sikki ...

. In the

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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

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:

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Individual * Football West State League Premier Division Top Scorer: 2007 *

Durand Cup The Durand Cup (also called the IndianOil Durand Cup Powered by Coal India Limited for sponsorship reasons) is an annual domestic football competition in India which was first held in 1888 in Annadale, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Hosted by the ...

Top scorer: 2014

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Karpeh, Boima 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