Dauda Bortu (born 4 September 1996 in Monrovia) is a Liberian footballer who plays as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dauda Y. Bortu | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-09-04) 4 September 1996 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Monrovia, Liberia | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bangkok | ||
| Number | 98 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2016 | Bærum | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016 | Bærum | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | Mjølner | 4 | (0) |
| 2019 | Nybergsund | 1 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Trysil | 20 | (12) |
| 2021 | Nybergsund | 6 | (0) |
| 2022 | Løten | 9 | (2) |
| 2022– | Bangkok | 3 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2016 | Liberia[1] | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2016 | |||
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 went on to Nybergsund.[5] After only 1 game he moved on to neighbours Trysil.[6]